He did, thats all that counts. Thats it right there. Go with the one you like best, if all it is to fix is a tiny detal,,,, fix it. Yea, because none of us on here have to have THE gauge, or THE correct rib on something Really? A guy that sells them and it doesnt bother him? Awfully unbiased of you
people run the 10 spokes bolt on's so they can run brakes! i have two sets of real 60's 12 spokes americans, but you have to modify them pretty much to get them on, plus the brakes that will work with them, look like they might stop a go cart. it's a compromise, but they don't look THAT bad.
Sorry man, just an opinion, but they can be picked out as fakes from space! Not even just twenty feet, we're talking upper atmosphere. The thing about the discs that will fit the 12 spokes you mentioned, is you have to think in proportion to the tires your stopping them with. I have a client that has "T" bucket wires on a Bantam I built for him, and he wanted me to build backets for a 4 piston Wilwood caliper. Why? He has only a 4.60X16" tire to stop. I made him buy a pair of Airheart 150 calipers, built the brackets and they work spectacularly. Another opinion, Twelve spokes don't belong on ANYTHING over about 2000 pounds or with fenders.... Just opinions.
of the two in quertion though? i like the e/t's over the rocket. the et has a slight bow to it that i like. the rocket looks to flat. i bought my 12 spoke americans thinking no matter what, they're going on my 64 econoline. but after the 302/aod went in, it did'ent make sense to put them on with the "t" bucket brakes. i've got 4 piston torino brakes on there now.we all know the 12 spokes are the ones, but they dont allways make sence on the street. i can't be a fashion show all the time, these things still need to be safe.
I think a pair of skinny Halibrand cookie cutters or Cragars or 5 spoke mags looks better any day. Because it is possible today to be practical, legal, and traditional at the same time without looking fake and ugly.
Sorry, but NOT with big ugly disks up there for all the world to see, ESPECIALLY on a nose-up car with super-skinny wheels with tiny spokes on them! Only way they would stand out WORSE than a sore **** is if the calipers were painted hot pink. Super-light drag cars didn't need them then, don't need them now.
The g***er haters and wheel haters are out in full force today... let's face it, if we all wanted "cookie cutter" cars, we would all be driving ****in' Camry's....(no offense to camry owners)....LMAO
if your going to use those ****py wheels, make sure you get the fake kinsler fuel injection contraption that goes right over your carb. that'll be the **** right there!
Those fake 10 spokes look real dumb. Also make sure to put on a beer-keg "Moon" tank on flimsy-*** brackets and put /GS on a fenderless car.
X5 or 6 or whatever it is by now on the ********, fake, **** psuedo spindle mounts. The automotive equivalent of wearing an "I'm with stupid" t-shirt that has the arrow pointing straight up.
Haha, you guys are breaking the hearts of many HAMB'ers out there! Sent from my DROID device using the TJJ mobile app
some real blowhards out tonight. let people enjoy themself's. the "brake" reason not good enough? some of you people relly act like a horses ***.
anybody want to buy my cheesy, fake from outer space, ******** pseudo spindle mount wheels? . I don't like them any more. What the **** were they thinking with that valve stem hole? They should have their toe nails ripped off for thinking of such things. On second thought I can't sell them , they'll be s****ped
After you have been on the "H.A.M.B." long enough, you will begin to realize that there are more horses ***es than there are horses. **** is a way of life to some. This thread makes me want to go out and buy some Rocket wheels just to piss off the **** ****s.
The way I see it is there are alot of guys who would like to have a set of originals but would never be able to afford the big buck$ they bring. These are not originals, they don't look like originals, they are simply $180 option for those who want something that looks somewhat similar. Sent from my DROID device using the TJJ mobile app
Wont piss me off in the least, they give me (and judging by this thread, a LOT of other guys) a chuckle every time I see them. Keep the chuckles coming...
This thread is too funny. I'm enjoying myself immensely, reading about everyone's opinion's and reactions to such. In the end, buy what you like, whatever that may be, and don't worry about what everyone else thinks. Gotta go......there's a fake blower on ebay with 2 minutes left in the auction that'll look perfect on my '69 Lincoln Continental G***er. I think it will look awesome with my fake double-overhead cam valve covers and the mud bog headers with the flapper caps.
My buddy drives this car from april-november every day it isn't raining to work. It has 5 spoke spindle mounts and he just bought a set of 12 spokes that he plans on running. Look at the front spindles there are no brakes , it's a hot rod not a minivan drive it like a motorcycle and pretend everyone is out to get you and just rear brakes are fine.
If you wanna sell them, your not too late YET. Just do an ad something like this.... G***ER! G***ER!!G***ER!!! Be a rebel! Flaunt your individuality by hopping on the G***ER! bandwagon before it finally rolls out of town! Be the thirty first on your block to own a set of real genuine, fake, bolt-on ten spoke "spindle mount" G***ER! wheels!! Its not too late! Its happening! Its cool! its NOW! Be a bad-*** rebel, and SHOW those period guys you dont give a flying **** about history! Buy NOW! Buy MORE! Buy OFTEN! Free fake, non-functional, plastic BB Chevy "Crower" injection stacks with every purchase!! Another HAMBer will snap those bad-boys up in no time... WARNING. Please note signature line, it definately applies to this post.
Okay, before I get further labled a "blowhard", let me explain part of why these wheels piss me off. See, Romeo Palimedis cast the first set of 10 spokes and later 12 spokes to go on the front of ever lightening and quicker moving dragsters in late '58. By late '59, dragsters were skipping the 12 spokes and going to laced motorcycle wheels for the front in the interest of weight. The next guys that grabbed them and ran was the Altered guys, and they were wonderfully suited for their needs. "G***ers", until the noses came down in '66 or so with the advent of slicks with good bite, were always a cl*** that was supposed to be about full bodied, "street" ready cars. Beyond requiring a full interior, lights, wipers, cooling system, and such, was the requirement that they had four wheel brakes. This is why a proper "g***er" will have a narrow Halibrand, or American, or steel wheel on the nose, or even at the latest a narrow Cragar - so it can fit the brake! An Altered and a G***er are two VERY different cars, yet I hear allot of the newbies out there refer to say, "a Fiat G***er"... WRONG! Just 'cause the nose is up, doesn't make it a g***er! So in the very first place, you guys are trying to put a ****py copy of a wheel on a type of car that would have never had the original of the sort on in the begining! If you are dead set on replicating something that basically never happened, Raider makes a beautiful pair of later sixties styled 18" twelve spokes that are set up to take a disc brake. No, they aren't cheap, but they are correct looking and replace the original in appearance well. Otherwise, put a correct type of wheel on the type of car you are building... It's just that simple. Ya ever see the guys that dress up in plastic "armor" and go out and hit each other on the weekends with foam and wood swords? They are called The Society of Creative Anachronisms. They know what they are doing isn't quite a true reinactment of mideveil times, but they have fun. Most of US look at them and say "****"... don't be a ****.
Dead to nuts on the money. But these guys are WAAAY more interested in fitting in and jumping on the bandwagon than they are in g***ers.
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