Features Vintage front wheels, post pic's here.

Wish I could find that magazine. This is an ad for the C.T. wheels that I may have thought were E.T.s. The other wheels were very similar with the same large center.

 

My Raders. I plan to paint them Rally Wheel Argent Silver and run them. 14X6

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You had it right, just going through some old magazines and found the ad I was thinking of and it wasn't it.


Scanned this a while ago but forgot about it.

 

Landseaandair, Thanks for finding that ad. I try not to post anything unless I'm 98.9 percent sure I'm correct. I had a chance a few years back to buy a set of four 15 inch but I passed because I figured I'd never find the right center caps, now I wish I would have bought them anyway.

 

American Racing Magnesium skinnys.

 

Nice wheels.

We are working on some old 5 spokes do any of you guys know what kind of paint and primer to spray the spokes with?

 

I wish that I could help you. The wheels in the picture were out of long term storage and were hardly ever run. It looks like a non glossy dark gray paint.

 

I like to use this "Cast Blast" . I get it from National Parts Depot.

 

http://www.napaonline.com/Catalog/C...Based-Spray-On-9-25-oz/_/R-MCR1413_0434862878
Some guys have used this to darken cast aluminum....

 

DO YOU PRIME THEM BEFORE YOU PAINT?

 

I don't prime them, just clean them up real good.

 

THANKS I WILL GET SOME AND GIVE IT A TRY

 

Can't believe I haven't posted here before this. Al ran Howard's wheels on his Savoy. Haven't seen any of them in real life.

 

I picked up a pair of 15x4's 5 spoke magnesium but I'm not sure of the manufacturer. I'll have to look at the caps but the rears look the same as the fronts but don't have the caps.

The rears are 16x10 5 spoke magnesium would there be a manufacturing stamp on them?

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Should all be Americans. Magnesium American 5 spokes were usually unmarked.

 

These are VINTAGE.

 

ordered this today. Time to get the boy back on his wheel project.

 

Thanks!

They are Americans!

 

I'm drooling over alot of these wheels, fronts AND backs. Especially halibrands.

 

The 15x4 Cragars on the front of my Comet:

 

How would I get the checked and crazed clear coat off the fronts without ruining the oxidation????

 

Fill a big pan full of cheap lacquer thinner and soak them. May need to do one side at a time. Lacquer thinner shouldn't do anything to oxidation, but after a while it will dissolve/lift any paint.

 

Forgot all about that... thanks for the refresher!

 

Even if you found something that did clean them well and it took some of oxidation, it will be back SOONER than later. Cool wheels.

 

What brand of 5 slots are these?

 

Those look like the Ford factory accessory wheels used on trucks and vans (5 on 5.5 bolt pattern) in the late 70's

 

Ok thanks I have them on a 46 ford coupe that was imported from the US to Australia with them already fitted, everyone here that sees them loves them but didn't know what brand or era they were from. We have all seen similar wheels but not exactly the same. Here they are fitted on the back of the car as well.