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Scored some Super Trick wheels

Bigfoots N Mopars

Bigfoots N Mopars

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These are kinda beat like my car. Rears are 15x10 with 6” bs, fronts 15x3.5. Ordered Hoosier 29x12 slicks. 13.7 cross section. About 2 inches wider than the MT 295/65 r15s on 15x10 5.5 bs seen in this picture. I’ve got little over 16 inches of clearance.

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Ive got a pair of 15x3 1/2s too, but i wish mine were as nice as yours! Mine were neglected, sat outside in the weather for years. If you decide to do a restoration on yours, please post up a thread! (Mine need it, but i would leave yours just as they are!)
Edit: did you get the caps with them?
 
Nice score :bananadance:, some extremely light wheels :thumbsup:
be careful
do not drive on any rough surfaces, if you can help it
any transitions in surfaces, like driveways, bumps etc. take it easy

don't ask me how I know :BangHead:

I had Cragar Super-tricks spun alum. racing wheels
on several of my old racecars
both in polished & just natural spun alum. look

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Budnicks said:
Nice score :bananadance:, some extremely light wheels :thumbsup:
be careful
do not drive on any rough surfaces, if you can help it
any transitions in surfaces, like driveways, bumps etc. take it easy

don't ask me how I know :BangHead:

I had Cragar Super-tricks spun alum. racing wheels
on several of my old racecars
both in polished & just natural spun alum. look

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I’ve read some stories about them. I plan to run the steel wheels when cruising. These will be used at the track, or if I pull it to a show.
 
33 IMP said:
Ive got a pair of 15x3 1/2s too, but i wish mine were as nice as yours! Mine were neglected, sat outside in the weather for years. If you decide to do a restoration on yours, please post up a thread! (Mine need it, but i would leave yours just as they are!)
Edit: did you get the caps with them?
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33 IMP said:
Ive got a pair of 15x3 1/2s too, but i wish mine were as nice as yours! Mine were neglected, sat outside in the weather for years. If you decide to do a restoration on yours, please post up a thread! (Mine need it, but i would leave yours just as they are!)
Edit: did you get the caps with them?
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33 IMP said:
Ive got a pair of 15x3 1/2s too, but i wish mine were as nice as yours! Mine were neglected, sat outside in the weather for years. If you decide to do a restoration on yours, please post up a thread! (Mine need it, but i would leave yours just as they are!)
Edit: did you get the caps with them?
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no caps. I’ll be leaving them as is for now. They fit the car’s theme better. I had planned to check on the Bogart versions. But haven’t seen or heard about them being used.
 
Very Nice !
My fav wheel.I use to run them on the street in the 70's..I have 4 cracked front rims upstairs,all cracked from the valve stem to the closest bolt hole...
For the track they are great...on the street the fronts can't take it..
Great Score !!
 
My 64 will be coming home
From storage next week, with Super Tricks on and ready for the next outing, whenever that happens.

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So I pulled the thirty year old Dunlops and tubes off my 15x3.5 a few weeks ago, so now it's on to the restoration. I'm gonna put a set of new grade 8s in, even though they still have the Rockford originals still in. Should I use stainless bolts? Any other good restoration tips?
(I see now why they have a reputation for being fragile. 8 lbs on my bathroom scale. I've got bowling balls that weigh twice that, and do a lot less work)

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33 IMP said:
So I pulled the thirty year old Dunlops and tubes off my 15x3.5 a few weeks ago, so now it's on to the restoration. I'm gonna put a set of new grade 8s in, even though they still have the Rockford originals still in. Should I use stainless bolts? Any other good restoration tips?
(I see now why they have a reputation for being fragile. 8 lbs on my bathroom scale. I've got bowling balls that weigh twice that, and do a lot less work)

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I did mine with stainless. Fine thread, 1” long. I actually did 3/4 long but should have done 1”.
 
Frank Mopar said:
I did mine with stainless. Fine thread, 1” long. I actually did 3/4 long but should have done 1”.
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I did mine also with stainless 1”. I initially tried flange nuts on the backside with the serrated teeth. I found that while the nuts didn’t move, the bolts were loosening up. I switched to good old lock washers/nuts with a dab of blue loctite and no further problem.
 
I have been running Super Tricks since they came out in 1972. At that time they only had the 5 bolt hole pattern and you could buy the aluminum lug nuts also. In the lug nut packaging it had directions on how to use these nuts, and stated that they should be checked for tightness often. Guess what. NHRA banned them for safety reasons. On a lighter note, I just scored 4 new center caps for my Super Tricks for $100
 
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