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  1. I’m dealing with a serious family problem that has put this on the back burner for the immediate future. Not life and death but serious attention needed for a while. 
     

    the tires are more than 10 years old so I doubt any reputable tire place will remount them. I was planning on new tires then mounting the covers but needed to see which wheels I have since the recent discussions about stud length and wheel width. 

  2. Thanks.  You both have  confirmed what I suspected was the best answer.  Next step is to remove a wheel from the car and do the test fit again with access to the back of the wheel for easiest confirmation of the wheel width.  Then decide about changing studs vs changing wheels.

     

     

  3. I have a set of 64 restored Turbines that have the studs for 6" wheels.   I took a spare 5.5" and a 6" wheel cover to test fit and it looks like the 5.5" was correct for my car, without removing the tire to actually measure the wheel width.  I am leery of trying to remove the studs and replace with either the 5.5" ones or other similar solutions.

     

    For those that have added these did it really matter which stud/wheel combo you have? I'd hate to mess up the restored set by mounting the 6" caps on 5.5" wheels.

  4. 1 hour ago, George Buick Riviera said:

    I would also like to take one cardboard set for me. @riv2x4 - will you consider to ship it further to IL 60156, of course I will cover the costs ?  @abandg - will you ship additional set (4 in total, I believe) ?

    I can do PayPal (preferred) or wire transfer.

    I could be the Chicago area drop spot for anyone interested.  Further shipping or meet up could be arranged.

  5. 11 hours ago, 1965rivgs said:

    Gene,

     I`m near enough to Larry, maybe you could throw in 2 sets for me?

    Tom

     

    11 hours ago, abandg said:

    I will check on shipping for three sets. Larry send me your zip code and city. Gene.

    That's what I was thinking, ship 3 to us and we can get them divided up here.  My zip is 60048.

  6. ROA, Riviera Owners, already cancelled their meet in June.  No good answer with all the uncertainty and actually no bad ones today.  I have already seen one of my daughter's summer programs cancelled and another on hold for a month. I've faced similar situations with having to cancel large events due to weather related issues and having thousands disappointed. For me decision time was as soon as we could determine there was no alternative.  I don't know when the hotels need a commitment for Sept, but that would be the decision deadline unless it was determined prior to cancel for 2020.

  7. 7 hours ago, Seafoam65 said:

    The ones I have seen have what to my eye would be a 30 degree gloss. If you have a black interior, Krylon semi-flat black should be about right. 30 degree

    gloss is one step up from flat black. 60 degree gloss is what was originally used on the air cleaner and inner fenders on 60's GM cars .The part number for the Krylon semi-flat is KO1613A07. 1613 is the short number printed on the can.

     

    Thanks that is what I was looking for. I have the major parts, not the special footswitch.  I'm not real concerned about it working, mostly using it to cover the holes from the dash mounted tach.

  8. While I've thoroughly enjoyed this discussion on Guidematic's, I still need the help with the paint finish, guessing somewhere between flat and satin?  I'm not planning on mine being operable, if it is great.  I have a dash mounted factory tach and I need it to cover the holes in the dash when I move it to either the ashtray or or under dash where the cruise control is usually mounted..

  9. Just picked up a 64 guidematic set up but I need to paint it to match my interior, white and black, black dash.  Does anyone know the right black paint I need to use?  Not real worried about working, I know I need a different foot switch, more to replace tach on dash.

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