Wheels . . . . ?

[MosportGreen66]

I do agree with you guys. I was at a local Cruise Night at Rutts Hut in Clifton, NJ last night and I was talking to the owner of 1967 Nova. The car was sitting on 14 inch Cragars and wrapped around 220/75/14s. Although the tires are too big for the Camaro, I got a very good idea on what the wheel and tire package looks like and costs. He said to get the Cragars from Summit because they are cheap. I think I will go to Coker for the tires. The owner also said his wheel and tire package cost under $800. I thought that price could fit anyones bugget! Not bad. Thanks for that feedback! Now onto tires. . . What should I do???

-Dan

PS - on the Camaro now are 195/75/14s, I want to get 205/75/14s. What should I do??

[JoeG]

Sell The Car Dan-, I can't take the suspense!-------- [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]------ [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beers.gif[/img]

[hvychev]

Thats weird whitetop. I see more Cragers in the Chi-town area than TT's. My father says that people in the inner city were running TT's more in the 60's (including himself) and the Cragers were the majority post 1970.

[MosportGreen66]

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Sell The Car Dan-, I can't take the suspense!-------- [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]------ [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beers.gif[/img]

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HAHAH ... I can't run on wheels... i need some tires.

[JoeG]

Frank-----In Brooklyn ,Chrome/reversed wheels first--- then early 60's cragars S/S ruled --they were the rim to have--I didn't get turned on to TORQUE/THRUST's until I started getting into Motion '67 --then in the early 70's Ansen Sprints took over, until they had the legal problem of copying the Ansen Sprint design from another rim company and went under.Just some Booklyn info.

[JoeG]

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PS -.............. I want to get 205/75/14s............

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You will post pictures????

[hvychev]

Joe after reading your post I drilled the old man for some more wheel info. He said what you said before I even mentioned it about the chrome reverse. I even posted some vintage pics of his 55 Chevy hot rod a while back sporting chrome reverse and then some more pics with Keystone Kustomflite (TT style) mags on it. He also told me for the fella's that lacked a fat pocket in the 60's (him included) they used to get a set on steel wheels & paint them gloss black and get a set of bright chrome lug nuts for them to stand out. Some would add baby moons which he said would pop off if you hit a pot hole in Chicago! He also told me that he used to cut a piece of card board and paint half of the the wheel white so you got a psycadelic look when the wheel was rolling! [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

Here is a vintage pic of the 55 Chevy from Oct. 1968 with the Chrome reverse.

[Belair62]

You rarely see REAL TT wheels...just the re-pops.

[hvychev]

Here is a pic of the 55 Chevy taken in July 1969 with the Keystones.

[JoeG]

Your Dad's right about the baby moons and the chrome lug nuts on black painted rims------really reaching back now

Usually --I would see that wht/blk painted rim on the rear at least where we roamed.---- Had to pull that baby/moon stuff out of the cob-webs [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]-----THANKS FOR PIC [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]

Your Dad's also right about those baby/moons popping off on impact with a pothole---Man I can hear that baby/moon rolling down the street now [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]