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Re: can old Cragars be rechromed?
[Re: John_Kunkel]
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01/11/18 10:01 PM
01/11/18 10:01 PM
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Benton, IL.
DaveRS23
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Special needs idiot
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Posts: 12,075
Benton, IL.
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Cragrars (sic) where THE wheel back in the day. They still are to a lot of us dinosaurs.   Love the Cragars. I have them on my Cuda today partly because I couldn't afford them in the '70s. But the quality SUX. Then and now. Did I mention that the quality SUX?
Master, again and still
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Re: can old Cragars be rechromed?
[Re: Hemi_Joel]
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01/11/18 10:55 PM
01/11/18 10:55 PM
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Chicago Blackhawks
hemicar1971
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Chicago Blackhawks
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Been thinking of improving the chrome on my Cragers. They were welded up in 1971 to make a stock type rim into a just bigger than 15X12 inch wide rim around 9 1/2 inch inside off set with a stock rear end width. Might look into the power coating way because, Chroming is very expensive were I live because of so many Government Regulations that have come into effect over the years.
1971 HEMI E BODY REGISTRY
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Re: can old Cragars be rechromed?
[Re: DaveRS23]
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01/12/18 06:34 PM
01/12/18 06:34 PM
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Missouri
randavis
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Missouri
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I still have a set of 14" Cragers that I received as a graduation present in 1970. They have some rust after sitting in my garage for 27 years. I hate to send them to the scrapper.
I restored the 1974 Challenger that were on, last year. When it came time to get new tires, I couldn't find hardly any 14" tires, so I bought a new set of 15" Cragers.
74 Challenger, bought it new. In 1978 I replaced the original 318 with a 446 and 727. Mild cam, Jardine headers, and Holley Sniper EFI.
New engine! 511" RB, Edelbrock Performer RPM heads, Eagle rotating assy, Comp hyd roller cam, Doug's 2" headers.
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Re: can old Cragars be rechromed?
[Re: randavis]
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01/12/18 11:25 PM
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Lost and Spaced
bboogieart
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Lost and Spaced
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I'm krusty, Old & Cheap, My van is Krusty Old & Cheap. The Key Stone wheels are krusty Old & Cheap.  I just keep things cleaned up and enjoy the ride. Still get plenty of thumbs up.  That's my story & I'm sticking to it. 
I have mechanical Aptitude.
I can screw up anything.
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Re: can old Cragars be rechromed?
[Re: MarkZ]
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01/13/18 01:28 PM
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Rust Belt, SW PA
Silver70
I Live Here
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I Live Here
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Posts: 18,582
Rust Belt, SW PA
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My Dad bought a set of brand new Cragars for his car a few years ago. Inside of a year they started rusting and this was on a garage kept fair weather driver. Car maybe saw 1,000 miles that year. I don't know if their QC has gotten any better since then. I see people say this all the time, but I have a set that are 5ish years old now and they look brand new still. My garage has a gravel floor where the car sits.
68 Road Runner, 69 Belvedere, 71 Challenger Vert
340 barracuda, 01 Ram CTD, 95 Ram, 04 Ram, 85 Daytona turbo Z
66 GTO, 06 Magnum RT AWD. 07 Ram CTD, 07 Ram
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Re: can old Cragars be rechromed?
[Re: autoxcuda]
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01/13/18 02:35 PM
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Valencia, España
NachoRT74
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Valencia, España
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You just cut the center from the outer casing.
Then re chrome both
And last weld them back together. There are steel inserts in the aluminum center that you weld to. This is a common deal.
I searched for couple of years somebody locally who wants to make that and nobody wanted... The ones I had were also 6" and wanted to go 7" so just changing the outer ring from any stock steel donor. They were Keystones. Need to note, that could have being cheaper than buy and ship overseas, that's the reason to find soomebody locally to modify the ones I found used down here. I finally gave up.
With a Charger born in Chrysler assembly plant in Valencia, Venezuela
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Re: can old Cragars be rechromed?
[Re: NachoRT74]
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01/13/18 06:36 PM
01/13/18 06:36 PM
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Wichita
GY3
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Wichita
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This guy is local to me. Everything is sprayed with a gun. The end product is amazing! https://g.co/kgs/YhRL6w
'63 Dodge 330
11.19 @ 121 mph
Pump gas, n/a, through the mufflers on street tires with 3.54's. 3,600 lbs.
10.01 @ 133mph with a 250 shot of nitrous an a splash of race gas. 1.36 60 ft. 3,700 lbs.
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