Has anybody come up with "reasonably priced" solution? Harley wheels, machined spindles, etc. Want this: http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=236462&d=1161776387 Just trying to avoid thi$. http://www.slingshotdragsters.com/wheels.html At first I didn't like the wire spokes on the front... Lately, I have this strange fascination with them, and I'm starting to really like them... Like fat girls at closing time. If there is no low end solution, what are our higher end, off the shelf options? TP at Speedway are not available, hallcraft seems to be a re-direct spam site (maybe I got the wrong URL). Couldn't find the Daytons. What's out there? Any direction is appreciated.
I went the same route as you as I didn't like the old Ford steel wheels either. A Hamb member was going to sell me a set of Harley wheels that had been modified to work with Ford spindles but then he didn't contact me back for a long time so I bought some aluminum look alike Halibrant's. The Harley wheels came from a Harley Hummer which was made in the early 60's. If you can buy any for less than a $1000 new I don't know where and all of them use Anglia type spindles which makes you have an investment of $1500. Roy P.S. I have a picture of Romeo Palimides 1954 dragster with the first set of his mag wheels which look just like what I have except mine are shiney. I guess I could sand blast them but I'm sure my wife would send me to the physco ward if I did. The wheels cost $89 apiece.
Coming from bikes I've always wondered why dragster wheels are so expensive. I would contact these folks; http://www.buchananspokes.net/ , bet they can point you in the right direction for a lot less $. I have some ideas of how I'd go about doing it using bike hubs, but would be mostly talking out my *** in relationship to load carrying capabilities.
I know, you see those, and if you can scrounge a used set, they're a bargain. I just don't know how durable they are, or if I have the stones to ride them to 100mph or not. 70-75, prolly. I wonder if any of the hotrod style mag's or e-zines have ever tested these in an abusive situation?
I gave the hairy eye to their site. Looks like they don't do hubs though. I bet it's still a $1000 deal to get those guys to lace something up. At that point, might as well swing for the real deal. Hard decisions.
The wheels are strong and if you are worried about tires there are plenty of speed rated motorcycle tires out there that fit. It ain't like you are running autocross.......just going in a straight line for a quarter mile. Actually knew a guy back in the '70s that ran sports car rallies with a '29 A so they cant be too weak.
Vector, contact member PRIMERDAVE, he had some T-bucket Hallcrafts I think. I got a set of 16" Harley wheels from Thingy'. The center hub was machined to accept Ford brgs, the inners went directly in the hub the outers had a machined adapter ring pressed in. I didn't take any pics, sorry.
Harley uses either 3/4" or 1" axle depending on year and application we machine the axle to use the Harley bearings and used wheels we paid $100 each from the dealer so far have only used 3/4" size.also used aluminum spoked Japanese motorcycle wheels changed the bearings to cup and cone and machined axle to just under 1" about .960"? and wheels are cheaper but more machine work is required and there is a bigger choice
After thinking about having things built, re-spoked, machined and adapted... I decided the best plan of attack was NOT to "re-engineer" the wheel, so to speak. Picked up these puppys. And they finally got here today. WHOOHOO!!!
we used harley spoked wheels because stock the carry more weight than on the front of a fed and they come in 16,18,19 and 22". what are your wheels from? nice size 16" an alloy wheel off a small street bike?
what type of bearings are you going to use tapered (cone and cup) or ball,with ball you will have to use a spacer between them to adjust preload.
Those are exactly what I have on the front of my HA/GR.. If you are using early ford spindles, It will take early Ford (32-48) bearing races,bearings and seals. BTW they will look really cool...
The guy I got them from took them off his vintage dragster because he went to Anglia spindles. These are for Stiletto spindles. what the differences are, I do not know. If you know, feel free to add on to this thread. Took me a while to source Stiletto spindles (get 'em from Strange) http://store.summitracing.com/partd...=STR-S-3457&N=700+4294853238+115&autoview=sku front axle. http://www.deezperformance.com/CatalogFabrication.pdf
Looks like I might be able to answer this myself. I called STRANGE. I was told that Stiletto was a brand, not a style. Stiletto made Anglia spindles. That's good news. I don't need a "Stilleto" spindle, I need an Anglia spindle. An Anglia spindle (according to Strange) has an outer bearing of 5/8" of an inch and an inner of .984" with a separation of 1.703". What he wasn't able to tell me was whether that separation was center center on the bearings or outer to outer, or inner to inner. If you have more information, please add it.
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