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----I dont know about the rest of the world, but back in 1968/72 in Ft.Lauderdale we would buy brand new aftermarket wheels and take them straight to the local polisher. They just looked so much better polished than the way they came out of the box. With slots we would do the whole face, but with spokes we would leave the spokes rough-cast and paint them metallic grey. This is a practice I still follow to this day. Nothing beats a set of American spokes with a rough center and polished up outer lip.
----A lot of us also drove on Goodyear racing tires because the southern Goodyear Racing Distributer used to be on Federal Highway just north of the Lauderdale airport. They were happy to sell us any tire they had. It did help that I shared a house with the shop manager though!.....Bill S