Chrome slots, next big thing?

there may be stickers or something inside the rim, check when you take those rear tires off.

also, when i mentioned the j.c. penney catalog, i must have been clairvoyant, these look like they came off of some chrome slots, check the line of corrosion where they were mounted. what else would be that thin?

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for those that don't know, A F/X was the penney's 'house' brand, it was on most of the auto and motorcycle stuff they sold. if one of you guys buy this stuff, let us know.

 

He didnt love them he was really dreaming of a different wheel but those are what his wife bought him for x-mas, So go ahead and sell them to me and put the wheels on that car hat he was dreaming of!!!!

I want a set of these that are 5 on 51/2 but steve just drove the price up so Ill go buy some wagon wheels.

 

more chicagoland slots....

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I wish I could find a set! My dad had them on his '56 Chevy in 1966- he chose to BUY a set with his money over a set of Halibrands he could have got for the same amount because Ted Halibrand and my grandfather were old friends- he didn't want to keep polishing the Halibrands and they just weren't the "cool" wheel on the street. I know the guy who still owns Astro plating and his father made all of those wheels. My dad said they used to have huge parking lot sales on Saturday wher you could buy thier "blems"- $10 bucks for ANY chrome wheel!

If anyone has a set or pair of 15's with Chevy bolt pattern to sell please let me know. Thanks Jim

 

In '66 I was running them on a '59 Ford, I'm not sure where the "70's wheel" comes from

CC

 

I had them on my first car - a 67 Mustang - cause they were cheap and easy to find back in the 70's. What I really wanted bad at the time was a set of 'Keysone Klassics'

 

I had a set on a '64 Impala I owned in the early '70's. I thought they looked cool, but they kept snapping off wheel lugs. The center hole was not the proper size, so all the stress was on the lugs.

 

couldn`t you just polish a set of alumn. slots?

 

They probably aren't the size everyone wants but I believe a company reproduces them for Little Red Express Trucks. You can maybe fing their add in Mopar Collectors Guide (MCG on the cover).

 

Man, that was a DEAL. We called em Astros back in the late 60's-early 70's

 

Had them on my '59 Ranchero.In my opinion they only look good with skinny whitewalls.I tried them with blackwalls and thought they looked like crap.

 

WOW! Those were the first set of wheels I bought when I was 16 in 1976. Thanks for the memories.

 

They have always been cool.

When I was a little kid in the 70's they were THE SHIT, so they're kind of special to me.

Back in those days when I was little, whenever I'd see a car on the streets with "mags and stripes" I'd be like "dad, is that a hot rod??!!!"

If it had loud pipes I'd just lose it.

Good times.

 

keystones always remind me of gene simmons......weird,huh?

 

I ran those on my old 57 sedan del back in the 70's As I remember I had to knock off the rivets that held the front drums on so the wheels wouldn't dimple between the lugs.

 

A guy across the street from me had these on his 62 Impala with the Firestone 500's until a few years ago. He has had the car since 63. But to my dismay he has taken those off and put the stock wheels back on with the hubcaps. It had the perfect rake too. I will post pictures later this week of the car with those Astro Customs on it.

 

Fresh Ebay Links! 3 sets!

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zero bids, bargain prices, get 'em while they're not hot...

 

They were the first wheels I put on the only new car I've ever owned. It was a '66 SS396 Chevelle. I took them off when I sold the car and later they were used on the drag car trailer. after about 10 years they were still on the trailer when I sold it. The chrome was completely gone and I used to freshen them up every spring with a coat of spray bomb gloss black.

Frank

 

Ive got 2 crusty ones

 

Back in the day My dad had those on a 73 nova and someone stole them. Hell Yes I'd run them. They were cool back in the day.

 

There is a set of 14's on Pittsburgh Craigslist....5 on 4 1/2 pattern....

 

this is my 1930 ford pseudo roadster with some late 60's chrome slots - wish i could find a pair of 15 inchers so i could put a fatter meat on the rear...they are kool and are period - like em or not!..i just put it on the road firat time is has seen pavement since 1962!

 

Here in Texas we called those chromeplated steel slotted dish wheels, boat trailer wheels, 'cause that's all they were installed on around here.

 

Trailer Wheels.... Thats what I thought they were.

 

Roth had some on the front of the Road Agent,that looked like he cut the center out and put them on some motorcycle rims.

 

Never did like them. I was an Ansen Sprint man myself.