It's HEMI time !!! Compliments of NJSteve

[njsteve]

Steve Martin relayed a great story from the early 70’s:

“At the time, I had a 70 Chevelle 454. One night we were all hanging out in South Plainfield on Park Avenue. Two guys from Plainfield showed up with a fiberglass nosed, Ford pick up truck. They wanted to street race on Park Avenue where we all raced, just off of Oaktree and Park Avenue. These two guys walked into the wrong crowd. We collected the cash and got ready to race. After the money was taken by a neutral guy, Wickberg showed his hand when someone from the crowd yelled out that the car had a Hemi. With two minutes to go before the race, the slicks came out of the trunk of the car and the next thing you know, the two guys took off for the hills when they heard this was a smoking 13:1, cammed, hemi car. Wickberg would never show the motor to anyone, which to my satisfaction drove everyone completely crazy.”

[68427caprice]

Love this story! I am not even a Dodge guy...

[njsteve]

I've been looking for one of "The 500" Superior Industries red metal flake wheels for a few years now. I always thought it would look nicely vintage on the car. It will also save the wear and tear on the original factory wheel's delicate woodgrain finish that my 200 or so miles a year have put on it over the past quarter century.

The early Father's Day gift arrived yesterday and I immediately installed it. Only took about 10 minutes with the still-available Grant adapter kit and horn button.

There's nothing like what a vintage hunk of 40 year-old, metal flaked, rubber and chrome will do to irritate the stock-o-philes.

We have our first cruise night tomorrow. We'll see what the reaction is.

[mockingbird812]

Nice touch Mac! Your photo lighting even makes it look like a retro vintage shot!

[MrsBillyBobcat]

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There's nothing like what a vintage hunk of 40 year-old, metal flaked, rubber and chrome will do to irritate the stock-o-philes.



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LMAO!

VERY COOL Steve!

[Verne_Frantz]

I can't park my car next to yours anymore......

PS: What about Tues???

[olredalert]

-------What, Verne,,,All the red metalflake wheels gone now???.........Bill S

[njsteve]

Ok, so here's today's Twilight Zone episode.

I guess the car likes the new steering wheel based on the odometer reading...and no it's not 666.666.

Here is the odometer reading when I bought the car in the Summer of 1987: 12,234.75



And here is the odometer reading this evening when I pulled into the garage after going to the local cruise night: 17,234.75. You can see the original yellowed numerals 1-234.7 lining back up perfectly in order. Only the "7" is the bright number as it was hidden behind the dial for so many years.



Any questions?

[Verne_Frantz]

It's most definitely Haunted! No question about it.

And, No. .....Steve asked me if I had any "spares" of my red flake wheel, and I've never bought another. Just the one that's still on my car now.

You know, Steve......they did make a black glitter wheel too. (silver sparkles) I think you should look for one of those to better match the interior. But then, you wouldn't receive the 2" eyebrow raise that red one would produce.....

PS: Don't shoot yourself in the foot.........(private joke)

Verne

[njsteve]

Wow, that black metal flake wheel sounds neat. Probably looks like a custom bowling ball.

I do like the red glitter wheel. Got a lot of compliments at the cruise night. Then again, any time someone was about to say they didn't like it, you'd see a flash of light and then they were gone...poof!