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Re: Aluminum wheels that look like steelies?
[Re: Moparteacher]
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06/04/13 11:08 PM
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I made my own version from Centerlines Drag and my own custom hubcap.
I got sick of waiting and hearing excuses. That's Hot Rodding for you in the flesh. Lots of Mopar guys are even tricked into thinking they are steel.
Last edited by fullmetaljacket; 06/04/13 11:17 PM.
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Re: Aluminum wheels that look like steelies?
[Re: fullmetaljacket]
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06/04/13 11:10 PM
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ahhh, looking good !
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Re: Aluminum wheels that look like steelies?
[Re: B5 Bee]
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06/06/13 12:33 PM
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Kinda rusty for aluminum. Looks like the steel 16 hole wheels used on late 70s B and C bodies.
They're similar looking to the steel ones, but have 15 holes instead of 16, and the lip is different and won't accept a trim ring. I have them on 73 and 67 Chryslers.
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Re: Aluminum wheels that look like steelies?
[Re: Grizzly]
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06/07/13 12:15 AM
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Why in the name of all-that-is-holy can't anyone make a 15" aluminum copy of a 1970 Rallye wheel?????? IS THIS JUST TOO MUCH TO ASK?
Wide open market to whoever is listening: I'd buy at least 4 sets tommorow.
No problem...I can have cast aluminum wheel center molds made(once you have something to go off of)...runs you about $9,000ish for the mold, plus then to make each center from that. Then just weld them into standard aluminum outers.
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Re: Aluminum wheels that look like steelies?
[Re: Skeptic]
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06/07/13 12:17 AM
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Take a Midol why don'cha. No one is forcing you to buy those wheels  I think that AAR looks killer. You realise that if modern 17" tires would have been available in '70 they would ABSOLUTELY have been running then. Jeeze
Indeed.
Y'know, if Year One did aluminum rallyes in 15's they would outsell the 17's by probably 50 to 1.
I can count on one hand the number of members on this board who have posted that they own a set of the Year One 17's. Pretty dismal numbers if I'm sitting at the bosses' chair over at YO. 
Yep, they're kinda neat to look at but destined for the swap meet table in about 5 years time. I dunno, I thought lots of people would buy them but it just isn't the case.
Modern wheels belong on modern cars. I won't give up the 17, 18, and 20's that are on the rest of my new vehicles, but I'll burn in hell before they wind up anywhere near my old girls.
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You'll be famous if you do it, Oz. Not that you aren't already, of course. 
Oh, I've thought of it for a long time, but my biggest roadblock is the liability/testing and the rest of the red tape that would have to go into the safety and certification aspects of something like this. It's a wheel and it better not fly apart on someone at 140 mph.
But, yeah, bruttaly simple idea, I've got tons of 'em.
Last edited by Grizzly; 06/07/13 12:24 AM.
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Re: Aluminum wheels that look like steelies?
[Re: Grizzly]
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06/07/13 10:36 PM
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Nope, we get to have our choice of Year One's 17" wheel. Because nothing looks more at home on an AAR 'Cuda than rubber-band tires. 
Or order a tire that is bigger than what YO used in the ad. 
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Ahhhhhhh!!!!!!...........17 inch wheels! 
