[shawn e.]

Can't wait to get these babies on my car!

Shawn

[67blackcherry]

Originally Posted by shawn e.

Can't wait to get these babies on my car!

Shawn

Nice, very nice...that's my next set.
I love Cragars, if my LeMans wasn't white I would've bought a set; I just don't think the chrome would've looked good against a white car. Perhaps I should've bought those for my Firebird instead of the Torq Thrusts...

I think PMD nailed the design with the Rallye II. An article in HMM a few years back said "we think that's the best looking factory rim ever" and I've got to agree.

[Rugratman]

Ditto.

But....with our car's. Order the bigger backspacing.
I love my chrome rally 2's.

I like the cragers also, and the dog dish look.

[6 Grrrs]

I voted steel wheels/poverty caps as a 'stock' choice.

There are too many 17" & 18" wheels I would pick as my favorite choice.

[Old Blue 66]

Originally Posted by 6 Grrrs

I voted steel wheels/poverty caps as a 'stock' choice.

There are too many 17" & 18" wheels I would pick as my favorite choice.

Im surprised Bart hasnt posted a pic of those 17" steel wheels with the caps. If money were no object, Id have those on mine in a second.

[Old Blue 66]

Originally Posted by shawn e.

Can't wait to get these babies on my car!

Shawn

Those are beautiful Shawn. Are they repro's or did you have them refinished?

[67blackcherry]

Originally Posted by Old Blue 66

Those are beautiful Shawn. Are they repro's or did you have them refinished?

Aren't those Wheel Vintiques?

[shawn e.]

I bought these from "mitchgto" a couple years ago, I blasted them in a cardboard box and then painted them. I found the trim rings in the for sale section. They are 15x7 JJ's.

Shawn


Links for my shade tree wheel resto.

http://forums.maxperformanceinc.com/...d.php?t=513054


http://forums.maxperformanceinc.com/...d.php?t=513790

[72pontiac]

when my 65 see's light again she will be wearing poverty caps .for how long remains to be seen.

[b-man]

Originally Posted by shawn e.

I bought these from "mitchgto" a couple years ago, I blasted them in a cardboard box and then painted them. I found the trim rings in the for sale section. They are 15x7 JJ's.

Shawn

Links for my shade tree wheel resto.

http://forums.maxperformanceinc.com/...d.php?t=513054

http://forums.maxperformanceinc.com/...d.php?t=513790

That's one of the things that makes the Rally II wheels so attractive. It's not too difficult to make 'em look really nice in your home garage. Some time spent sanding or with a blaster along with some paint materials really brings out the beauty in these wheels.

You can run them without trim rings 'ala Judge' too if you like a more simple look, or just to keep from having your trim rings stolen on a daily driver.

They can also look good painted in non-factory colors (I'm sorry that my examples aren't mounted on '66-'67 A-body cars).

Here's a set of 15X7s painted with bright silver and gloss black acrylic enamel with no trim rings, 235/60 tires.





Another set of 15X7s with no trim rings (or caps), painted in a duller silver and gunmetal gray (I mixed some black with the silver) acrylic enamel, 245/60 & 275/60 tires:





Okay, and finally a plain-steel wheel built in 17X8" size with a 235/45 tire. Shown here with and without the poverty cap, it's both subtle and a little outrageous all at the same time. Just one of these wheels (unpainted) costs about the same as a whole set of 4 good used Rally IIs that need restoration so they're not nearly as budget-friendly. Very heavy at 37# bare compared to a 15X7 Rally II at 25#:

[Rugratman]

Wow, I would have assumed they would be the cheapest....
I like them. They look tough.

[b-man]

You can get 17X7, 17X8 & 17X9 steel wheels from Wheel Vintiques (14 Series Gennie, bare) for right around $200 to $240 each, it looks like their prices just jumped by $20 per wheel for 2009.

They are now available with custom backspacing, a must if you're going to be tucking 8 and 9 inch wide rims on your car:http://wheelvintiques.com/shopsite_s...age13-ss4.html

Don't forget to add another $200 if you want 4 new reproduction poverty caps, originals in really good shape go for about the same price or even more depending on condition.

Just think about how many of these caps were tossed in the nearest trash can when someone put a new set of Cragar Super Sports on their GTO or Lemans back in the day.

[GT182]

Torq Thrust Ds or Cragars are my choice. But seeing my car came with the Cragars, I'll stay with them... they've grown on me and I can't see replacing them now. 15x8s on the rear and 14x6s on the front.

[67blackcherry]

Bart

You have WAY too many cars...

[b-man]

Originally Posted by 67blackcherry

Bart

You have WAY too many cars...

Paul,
The '69 Firebird belongs to my brother and the '70 T-37 was sold a few years back and ended up in the hands of PY member goatless (Jeremy). And I still have too many.

[goatless]

Originally Posted by 67blackcherry

Bart

You have WAY too many cars...

You don't have enough!

[67blackcherry]

Originally Posted by goatless

You don't have enough!

Oh whatever!!!

My next car would be a 64 LeMans post coupe or a '64 GTO post coupe OR...a 1970 Mustang Boss 302.

[Greg Reid]

Originally Posted by 67blackcherry

Oh whatever!!!

My next car would be a 64 LeMans post coupe or a '64 GTO post coupe OR...a 1970 Mustang Boss 302.

Now, that would definitely be one too many.

[67blackcherry]

Originally Posted by Greg Reid

Now, that would definitely be one too many.

That's the only non-Pontiac I'd ever consider buying. It's that racing heritage thing that does it for me! Ford won the SCCA Trans-Am series in 1970 with the 302 Boss...

[Tin indian GTO]

just put these on my car earlier this year. Need to get center caps but I want to make a set of flat caps not the kind that you get that stick out