What's with the white wheels?

[JBOYLE]

Being fairly new (2 months of ownership) to the wonderful world of Studebakers, excuse me if I ask as question that's been asked before...

What's up with the white/off-white wheels?
Why did Studebaker choose that color?

63 Avanti R1 2788
1914 Stutz Bearcat
(George Barris replica)

Washington State

[JDP]

Many early Studebakers had multicolor wheel choices, often body color and even pin striped. With full wheel covers becoming more common, it only made sense to save a few dollars by painting the wheels a common color. Off white looks fine with any body color.

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64 R2 4 speed Challenger
63 R2 4 speed GT Hawk
63 Avanti
54 3R Pickup

[sbca96]

quote:Originally posted by JDP
Off white looks fine with any body color.

And with drum brakes they didnt have to worry so much about brake
dust buildup! Didnt they change to black wheels on the disc cars??

Tom

1963 Studebaker Avanti, 102,000, custom made brake brackets to mount 1998 Mustang GT 4 wheel disc brakes (soon to get 13" Cobra front brakes, 2003 Mustang Cobra 17" wheels, GM altenator, will be getting : 97 Camaro Z28 tan leather seats, 97 Camaro Z28 T-56 6-speed trans, Ported 'R3' style Avanti heads with stainless full flow valves, 'R3' 276 duration cam w/chrysler solid lifters, shortened push rods, aluminum cam gear, Edelbrock AFB Carb, GM HEI distributor, 8.8mm plug wires, waiting in the garage.

[studegary]

quote:Originally posted by sbca96

quote:Originally posted by JDP
Off white looks fine with any body color.

And with drum brakes they didnt have to worry so much about brake
dust buildup! Didnt they change to black wheels on the disc cars??

Tom

Not that I am aware of and not on any of the 1963-1964 Studebakers (including Avantis) with factory disc brakes that I have owned.

Gary L.
1954 Commander Starliner (restomod)
1959 DeLuxe pickup (restomod)