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Title: anyone know anything about these wheels?
Post by: daboss351 on July 24, 2007, 05:40:23 PM
My dad picked them up a long time ago, and a few junk dealers have offered him good money for them and he only has 2! Im just curious if anyone knows anything about them.
(http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c384/boss3512/mas014.jpg)
(http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c384/boss3512/mas015.jpg)
and for the heck of it the torque thrust d's for the stang
(http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c384/boss3512/mas005.jpg)
Title: anyone know anything about these wheels?
Post by: cougrrr302 on July 24, 2007, 05:44:18 PM
Look to be optioned wheels on a Mustang. Like the Bullitt wheels. Unless the Shelby center caps were added on.
Title: anyone know anything about these wheels?
Post by: daboss351 on July 24, 2007, 05:50:41 PM
its not a center cap, its the wheel
Title: anyone know anything about these wheels?
Post by: Prototype Services on July 24, 2007, 05:56:17 PM
The first wheel looks like a 67-70 Shelby Mustang wheel, but only going from memory.
The second wheel looks like a second version of the very early American Racing 5 spoke. Name escapes me at the moment.
Both should have markings on the back, maybe along the rim of the wheel.
Title: anyone know anything about these wheels?
Post by: P71 on July 24, 2007, 06:05:31 PM
It's a Cragar S/S wheel (or a knock off of one). The Shelby center cap is the only part worth anything, as they are still sold new.
Title: anyone know anything about these wheels?
Post by: daboss351 on July 24, 2007, 06:15:34 PM
but its not a cap, its the wheel itself, its part of it, i know what the american racing ones are i jsut posted the pic to how you guys the wheels for the stang
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Post by: Romeo2k on July 24, 2007, 06:28:26 PM
Dunno about the shelby part of it, But they sure look like cragars:
http://www.racerwheel.com/wcra-561.html
and
(http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g294/boughtitxsoldit/Automotive/wheelall.jpg)
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Post by: cougrrr302 on July 24, 2007, 06:39:12 PM
Mason, what we are saying is that the Shelby center caps can be added on, they arent hard to change. But the centers are what are worth something. They look like a Mustang wheel or a cragar knock off.
Title: anyone know anything about these wheels?
Post by: daboss351 on July 24, 2007, 06:41:39 PM
i know thats what confuses the  out of me
the wheel center? the part that fits in the outer rim you mean? or the center cap. cause its not a center cap, its all one peice
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Post by: 32VFoxBird on July 24, 2007, 07:02:59 PM
it has to have a removable center cap. how else would you be able to balance the wheel/tire?
Title: anyone know anything about these wheels?
Post by: daboss351 on July 24, 2007, 07:04:32 PM
ill go look closer
 thats what i get for assuming, yea they come off. So its they are cragers with a center cap, some guy offered like 500 for both once i wonder if the caps are rare
Title: anyone know anything about these wheels?
Post by: P71 on July 24, 2007, 07:11:24 PM
It's a centercap, it's probably just stuck. There is supposed to be 1 bolt holding it on from the backside.

These:
(http://www.mustangsunlimited.com/ProdImages/S1MS1007A-B.jpg)
Are what Shelby Cragar's (65/66) are supposed to look like. See how the spokes have a sunken center? Again, still sold new.

These:
(http://www.mustangsunlimited.com/ProdImages/S9MS1007A-B.jpg)
Are the 69/70 version. Again, still sold new.

These:
(http://www.mustangsunlimited.com/ProdImages/S1MS1130AR-B.jpg)
Are the correct centercaps for the above wheels.
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Post by: daboss351 on July 24, 2007, 07:19:49 PM
ever seen a center like these before???and yea thers a flat head screw in back
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Post by: BCA on July 24, 2007, 08:55:37 PM
If you want to make it look new again, the background should be painted blue.

Brent
:cougarsmily:
Title: anyone know anything about these wheels?
Post by: daboss351 on July 24, 2007, 09:34:11 PM
AH HA!! i need to find 2 more! i want to amke a full set of them!
Title: anyone know anything about these wheels?
Post by: turboranger91 on July 25, 2007, 10:09:39 AM
i wouldn't sell them at all.  can you imagine how much those will be worth in another 20-30... even 50 years from now?!?!
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Post by: P71 on July 25, 2007, 03:51:31 PM
They're being made new still, so I'd say about half the price of brand new ones? They're not NOS...
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Post by: dudeman351 on July 25, 2007, 03:58:21 PM
the way the center cap area is in the center of the wheel looks more like a torque thrust d wheel like used on the mc queen bullitt
Title: anyone know anything about these wheels?
Post by: turboranger91 on July 25, 2007, 04:08:49 PM
Quote from: Aerobird Motorsports;163362
They're being made new still, so I'd say about half the price of brand new ones? They're not NOS...


ah.  i'm an idiot and didn't read the whole thread.:hick:
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Post by: slamedcat on July 25, 2007, 11:16:06 PM
Its not a crager rim. The Crager rims have only one bolt as stated above. They are 1 of 2 rims either an American racing rim or an Old Indy rim. If you look at the pic there are 5 small screw holes in the rims that the center car bolts to.

I would lean more toward it be an old indy rim seeing as there are no provisions on the outer bead for wheel weights.