[California Travieso]

In the '50's my 48 Ford Coupe and my 1957 Chevy two-door both had whitewall tires because most American cars had WW's then, especially the wide ones.

When the imported sports cars came in in the 50's and 60's they all had BW's because they wanted to identify with rally and road racing cars. In the early 50's the 6 cylinder Corvettes and 50's T-Birds had WW's. By the 60's the muscle cars and imported cars all had BW's because they wanted to identify with track cars, e.g., drag racers and road racers. Even my 40 HP VW had BW's.

its pretty hard to find WW's on modern cars, my BMW and my wife's Lexus both have BW's, they would look odd with WW's.

WW's are pretty much reserved for classic and antique cars like my wife's 29 Roadster, although, when we buy new tires for the Roadster, we'll probably by BW's.

David Serrano