[Bill Pritchard]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: EZ Nova</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Really? Look at old race car picture, Color Me Gone for example. ALL seem to have BIG painted wheels on the back</div></div>

Correct, and most of them had a couple contrasting color pie-shaped wedges painted on them. The reason for this was so that an observer (i.e., friend or pit crew) could easily see how far the tires spun after leaving the line. And you should also be able to notice on the old race car pictures that they all had narrow wheels and tires up front, to reduce rolling resistance. Wheels on the front of the subject car look to be at least 8&quot; wide and substantially 'reversed', which combined with bias-ply tires of the day, would be a real handful to drive on most roads.

No one is saying it's impossible for the wheels to be a dealer installed item, but based on knowledge of practices back in 1966, it is highly unlikely.