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Hot Rods What is your "go to" wheel for a street brawler?

Discussion in 'The Hokey Ass Message Board' started by Roothawg, Jan 25, 2024.

  1. G_Don
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    Not quite street worthy yet, but I like Kidneys the best. IMG_3203.jpg IMG_3202.jpg
     
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  2. Nothing wrong with your truck as is, but I just can't picture it as a street brawler.
    Might be a geographic thing tough . ;-)
     
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  3. Roothawg
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    It doesn't look like much, but it ran 12.60's through the mufflers on street tires. I did a lot of street racing in the 80's with it. By today's standards that's not all that fast, but back then it was a lot of fun. Good times.
     
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  4. High test 63
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  5. Halibrand kidney front runners and any vintage mag rear. Would love a set of Halibrand 4-small-hole kidneys but didn't make them in 15" aluminum for street.
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  6. choppednslammed
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    Steel rears with 8”cheaters and steel 4” skinny Firestone 670-15’s

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  7. RmK57
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    The 64 sedan looks great.
     
  8. choppednslammed
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    Thanks man!
     
  9. Man…I just tripped across the 4” wide slots I need on Marketplace last night, but they are much more proud of them than I am willing to pay… I guess I’ll keep waiting to find the set that someone doesn’t know what they are worth. :eek:
     
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  11. Roothawg
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    The last pair I had, I sold at Chickasha in the 80's. I wished I still had them.
     
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  12. I guess I may be willing to pay more than I thought… Heading to see them. :rolleyes: More to come.
     
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  13. Roothawg
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    Just think of it per wheel. It doesn't hurt as bad.
     
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  14. These are for sale with a set of 15x10’s that I can’t use. But, a buddy with a Willys coupe needs them… :D
     
  15. Roothawg
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    I saw them. I figured you could sell them off and offset some of the cost.
     
  16. snoc653
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    from Iowa

    Good looking wheels, the seller must have been fairly close as fast as you made it back with your score. I've always liked slots. Since I now know for sure the wheels my Slicks are on are OT, I'll have to look for set. 8 or 9 is about as wide as I'd go on the back, but the 4s would be perfect on the front.
     
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  17. They were an hour and a half away, but worth the drive. I think I got a decent deal on them especially since I sold the rears to my buddy. And, the pic I took was just after loading them. I still had to drive home an hour and a half so didn’t get them unloaded until about an hour ago. Thankful to have found a set since I have been watching since about November or so for some to pop up. I’m trying to take a car I built a little over thirty years ago back a couple decades as far as when it could have been built.
     
  18. snoc653
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    Well worth the drive to have the wheels you want. I understand the desire to have the build to appear to be of a specific era. While I am not a purist, I do want the outward impression of my build to be vintage 50s or 60s.
     
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