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Old 10-09-2018, 12:23 PM
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Default Vintage Torq Trust Style wheel restoration.

I have been working on restoring a set of 1960s Rocket RPM special wheels. Anyone have a NOS or really nice set of original center caps for these wheels? Or a good picture of what the center caps would have looked like. Here is my progress on one wheel after polishing the lip. Anyone have a paint suggestion for correct cast paint color for center. Has anyone ever used Martin Senour MS 7250 Iron Block Cast Paint on wheel spokes? Thanks.
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Old 10-09-2018, 02:55 PM
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Hey Nasblu,


Check out these guys. They have lots of pix and may have views of what you need. Nice wheels, btw. Gutsy to go the road-less-travelled!


http://akhwheels.com/
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Old 10-09-2018, 07:51 PM
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AKH may give you some info. but my suggestion is don't deal with the guy. Bad experiences and he typically over restores his aluminum rims, meaning he scrubs them flat and polishes to satin finish.
There was a guy down in S. Cal., Rods West if my memory serves. He restored TTs correctly but haven't seen him at any of the recent shows. Good guy that really knew his craft.
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Thanks guys I have talked to the guy at AKH wheels before but I never bought anything from him. There used to be another guy up in the northwest big into vintage wheels I believe they called him Torq Thrust Tony but dont have his info. One guy told me eastwood Detail Grey was a nice match for vintage torq thrusts
Spokes. I dont want to slap american racing centers on the wheels. I hope I can find a set of the original caps. The caps look to have a rocket going threw the center of a wheel. I have never seen a clear picture of the center cap in person.
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It looks like other Mfg's used the same Caps w/ different Centers as ET pic below, maybe you can find some and swap Centers?
Coker has a few Rocket Caps although none the same as you need, the page keeps changing but there's a similar Rocket Ctr. only around page 4-7 @ this link...
https://www.cokertire.com/accessories/caps.html#p=6
Other style 5-bolt tab Caps may fit too, I just checked the tab mount hole Ctr to Ctr dimensions of some Fenton Dish Caps here and got 2-1/8" between holes 1&2 also 3-7/16" between holes 1&3.
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----On some original T/T's I have restored I used Long Island Corvettes 1965-66 knock-off wheel rattle can paint. Its a bit dark but I like the contrast with the polished rim......Bill S
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I have lately been using Plastikote paint called "Steel Wheels". I'm pretty happy with it.
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Thanks everyone for the information.
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Just Finished restoring my wheels. I need to find a very nice original or NOS set of Rocket R.P.M Special center caps. These 15x6 wheels are goin to soon to be mated with a set of 670x15 Bf Goodrich Slivertown Blackwall tires. Anyone know of any of these center caps let me know. Thanks.
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Fenton cap for show till find correct center caps and screws.
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