Cragars

[83hurstguy]

A local friend recently purchased a '69 Camaro from the original owner's family. The car is a factory 396/350 car that received a day two paint job when it was a year old. It had Cragars early in its life, although the wheels didn't stay that way.

We are planning to put Cragars back on the car with F60-15 and L60-15 polyglas... does anybody have a nice set of Cragars available that would fit? I'm thinking we would go with 15x7 for the front and 15x8 for the rear. Would prefer the correct, older style as opposed to the newer versions with the flat spokes. The car is in incredible condition for its age, so the wheels will have to be nice.

Would consider pairs or the full set of 4. Let me know if anybody has anything available, thanks in advance!

[scuncio]

Wow, just look at that paint job. Don't you dare change a thing! Except the wheels.

[earntaz]

WOW -- Paint is right out of the 60s/70s ... to lay out something like that is a nightmare ... TAZ

[luzl78]

Great artistry to paint like that.Lots of patience. Kudos to the people who kept the paint in that condition!

[L78M22Rag]

Psychedelic! Is the car's original original factory color Cortez Silver?

[AMANOCC]

Wow!!!

[mockingbird812]

THAT is pretty cool! Congrats! Keep us posted.

[83hurstguy]

Thanks everyone for the kind words. I'll put a thread up in the Day 2 forum when I get some time. It might go to MCACN this fall, so I don't want to spoil it either.

It's an original cortez silver car with houndstooth interior. The car actually was in an accident in Sept. 1969, and the paint repairs didn't match the original paint well, so the original owner had it painted like this. The car has an incredible stack of paperwork... down to the police report from the accident, receipts for the paint, etc.

No worries, this car is in a 100% preservation mode. It's been off the road, so it needs some refreshing in the mechanicals department, but the goal is to keep it this way with some period correct Cragars... I attached a picture of it back in the 70's.

[21superboat]

the cragars in the vintage photo look like 14 inch to me

[Crush]

Such a cool car!

[mike1971]

Love it ! I might have a set of 7's i may part with.. PM me

[L72Biscayne]

I have a mint vintage set of four . All are 15x7. 1970 era. Came on a low mileage 70 Chevelle. There's still tires mounted on the. I'll have to dismount then to get you the dates.

[83hurstguy]

The owner of the car bought a set from Mr70, who is local to us; they are 15x8 and 15x6. They should work perfectly for what he needs, we will see how they look with the offsets and tires mounted. I'll let you guys know if we end up looking for different ones due to fitment issues.

Thanks to everyone for the responses and help, didn't think this would end up so easy. There are a lot of great folks here.

Good eye above, the rims on the car were originally 14's, with H60's on the rear and F60's on the front. With the limited availability of new 14 inch tires, and the fact this thing will be driven, we wanted to be able to put new/repro tires on it.

[mike1971]

Can't wait to see it in Nov. at MCACN