Took the wheels over to a local tire shop and had the old tires taken off. Two of the rims have some rust on the inner portion of the rim. Hopefully, that cleans up. Neighbor stopped by and saw the truck. Told him what we were doing and he said he would take the rims in to a friend and have them sandblasted and powder coated for free. I guess they do a lot of "horse trading" as he termed it, and this guy owes him so he is hoping to at least get some of his debt offset. We will keep you posted.
On the subject of color. The truck appears to have been Forester Green. My son isn't sure if he wants to repaint or go the "patina" route. In any event, any thoughts on what color to do the rims? He was thinking just black. Seems like that would go with any color route we choose.
