Center line wheels??
 

What year did Center line wheels appear on drag cars?
The wheel I'm asking about is the drag satin Center line wheels.

Thanks
Bernhard

I’ll take a stab and say 77?

I bought a set of these for my Super Stock Chevelle in 1974. They were a fairly new deal at that time.

I think they started up in 72.

I have these on my 68 El Camino. I am not sure if all of the very early ones had these caps that were held on with allen head beveled screws or not. 15 x 10 in rear and 15 x 8 in front.

They closed the doors in April of this year. Corona, California-based wheel manufacturer, Design Infini, acquired the Center Line brand and associated intellectual property.

I believe these are the wheels we are referring to? Very light weight with a brushed finish, needed to be handled with care. I agree with Lynn, 1972 sounds right. Didn't Cragar come along with their own version a little later? Street versions came later also.

Those are Cragar Super Tricks on the wagon and they came out before the Centerlines. Not sure when centerlines came out exactly but really started to gain fame mid 70's. As stated above approx 1974. I don't think they were around in 1972.

I wouldn't be surprised either way; 72 or 74. I know they moved into a new facility in 74, but think they had been producing wheels on a smaller scale befor that. Could be wrong. Lots of fuzzy memories. But, I think those smooth ones (without the exposed rivets) slightly pre-date the "auto drag" with the exposed rivets.

The early ones have both ford and chevy bolt patterns, designed to use beveled lug nuts. Because of the larger center caps, the dual pattern and standard type beveled lug nuts did not show. The later ones (dubbed "auto drag") use the shank type lug, and a small push on cap.

I have auto drags on the Z.

I ran them on a few cars in the late ‘70s through 1990.

Like Lynn said, fuzzy memories!! As soon as I read this I remembered mine in fact were Cragar S/T. Very sorry for the confusion.

The light weight aluminum Cragar Super Tricks were out well before Centerlines and were the popular race wheel from the late 60's through the 1970's. Cragar then released the Super Street Trick which were the steel chrome version with the bolts. I was never fond of those as they looked cheap.

As stated above, Centerline Auto Drags would have been around 1974 and quickly became the hot wheel throughout the latter half of the 70's and into the 80's. I still like the auto drags best of all the solid wheels.

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Drag Pic with Cragar Super Tricks 1974

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Same car today with Auto Drags