Thought I lost my mind, I saw this pic earlier, went looking again in your thread and not there. Here it is Cool can’t wait to see it with new wheels and tires. Dan
If the weather cooperates, I have a 3 hour drive one way to get them Thursday or Friday this week. They are on old tires but should be able to mount on the hub for a pic. I'm not sure how old the Dougl*** GT's White Letter tires are on the Champ 500 Apollo's when I got it if I switch to the Cragar's to use them or not. But for a quick candy visual, I'll do a mock up ( on the Jack stands) with the tires on it the Cragar SS's I'd be making a lot more progress if it wasn't so F'n cold.
Set them on the hub for a quick pic. I need to clean them up and light ghost chrome silver in a few surface spots. I’m updating tires. Looking at….. 225-70-14 for the rear 195-70-24 for the front. Undecided on White Letter Tires or just black walls. I am going to paint the hubs cast blast. As expected the lug nut diameter in the small bolt pattern Vintage Cragar’s is really tight (a tad too tight ) as it could cause stripping tightening up. So I’m going to ream the mag lug nut hole a 32nd, or 16th, just enough so they have clearance to tighten down.
Change of plans on the Mags lug nut holes after chatting with @Moriarity. Going to wrap the OD of the lug nut or a deep socket with Emory cloth or lighter grit sandpaper and hand turn in the stud hole to take off hole ID scale / corrosion. Not removing material, more polishing for smoother surface to reduce any lug nut turning resistance.
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