Seeing those newer wheels and tires on all kinds of old classics now. Got a friend who posts pics on FB, 50’s and 60’s Chevys, Fords mostly. Gorgeous classics, some with nice custom paint, but the modern wheels and tires are out of synch. Like a suicide knob on a Ferrari steering wheel.
A classmate’s older brother worked at the local GM plant and got a new vette the year the 427 came out. Little brother talked him out of the keys but it scared him, he hadn’t driven much. We were 16. He told me to drive and said to “lay some rubber”. We were on a fairly wide street at night but cars were parked on both sides. I stopped, floored it, popped the clutch and next thing I knew smoke was everywhere and I couldn’t see anything. I backed off and we came to halt facing almost the opposite way. Never touched a thing though, she went in a tight circle, to the left.
IMO, the only way they look right on older cars is when they're on a highly customized retro-mod, where the body and interior have been altered from original.
**We were on a fairly wide street at night but cars were parked on both sides.**
Ha! Did your brother find out not long after? I mean, that sort of thing leaves bits of melted rubber stuck in the wheel wells and on the lower rear fenders.