Cragar SS designs and the round spokes.

[Jonas Nordstrom]

When I bought my car it came with Cragar SS rims and it looked awesome.
Now they did have some rust spots so my plan was to buy new ones (7" front, 8" rear).
Sold the old rims and got a brand new set.
Perfect chrome...but they didnt look quite right....

In this pic you can see my old rims in the rear and new ones up front:

Later I found out that the design on the Cragar SS had changed two times like this:

So after a lot of hunting I managed to find the old style round spoke Cragar SS rims again.
Lucky that the american car hobby is big in my country.

Here is the interesting part, when balancing them, the guy that did it had a lot of trouble balancing the brand new rims......but gave comments in how easy to balance the old round spokes was.
(Same place, same guy, same machine)

 

[6PKRTSE]

Looks familiar. I like it. I have old style Cragars that I bought used in the mid 80's when I was a kid. Been on my Charger since.

 

[davek]

Love the Cragar look

 

[Curiousyellow71]

I agree. They were on my first car in the 80s. Still a fan!

 

[WileERobby]

Best looking wheel ever made.

 

[Runner 68]

When I bought my car it came with Cragar SS rims and it looked awesome.
Now they did have some rust spots so my plan was to buy new ones (7" front, 8" rear).
Sold the old rims and got a brand new set.
Perfect chrome...but they didnt look quite right....

In this pic you can see my old rims in the rear and new ones up front:

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Later I found out that the design on the Cragar SS had changed two times like this:

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So after a lot of hunting I managed to find the old style round spoke Cragar SS rims again.
Lucky that the american car hobby is big in my country.

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Here is the interesting part, when balancing them, the guy that did it had a lot of trouble balancing the brand new rims......but gave comments in how easy to balance the old round spokes was.
(Same place, same guy, same machine)

I'm an **** bastard about these things but to be honest I cant tell the difference in your first image.
Me thinks you're over thinking it. They all look good.
People just don't look at the rims, they look at the whole package. Most people these days will come up to you and tell you what an awesome Mustang you have, especially in Europe.
Beautiful Charger BTW.

 

[toolmanmike]

I have been a fan since the 70's. I would need to buy a whole new set so they all matched. I did that with a set of Rally's just so the Argent would match.

 

[Jonas Nordstrom]

I'm an **** bastard about these things but to be honest I cant tell the difference in your first image.
Me thinks you're over thinking it. They all look good.
People just don't look at the rims, they look at the whole package. Most people these days will come up to you and tell you what an awesome Mustang you have, especially in Europe.
Beautiful Charger BTW.

Funny, my dad said the same thing.
And I guess I was used seeing the round ones.

Though the round ones has more "depth" to them in a way. When you do see it there is no going back.

I just sold a rusty round set and the guy buying them told me he had been looking for the old style for a long time.

 

[hunt2elk]

I'm kind of partial to Cragars as well, got a set on my Bee.

 

[Sinitro]

If U bought Cragers in the last 5 years...
Check each wheel carefully for cracks..
When they went to China multiple defective casting issues surfaced..

Just my $0.02...

 

[Runner 68]

Funny, my dad said the same thing.
And I guess I was used seeing the round ones.

Though the round ones has more "depth" to them in a way. When you do see it there is no going back.

I just sold a rusty round set and the guy buying them told me he had been looking for the old style for a long time.

Follow the old guy wisdom my son.
While we aren't pretty faces anymore we still know a thing or two about a thing or two.

 

[Jonas Nordstrom]

If U bought Cragers in the last 5 years...
Check each wheel carefully for cracks..
When they went to China multiple defective casting issues surfaced..

Just my $0.02...

Glad I got an old set and sold my new ones.
Have also red horror stories about rust showing up quickly.

 

[1MYTGTX]

Looking for a set of 15x7's locally and finding it hard to find any decent ones! This is the only wheel other than the Magnum 500's that would look good on my '67 GTX

 

[Jonas Nordstrom]

All done. Round spokes are back.

 

[1MYTGTX]

Got me a set of vintage 1989 Round Spokes!

 

[74ChargerSE440]

I agree. They were on my first car in the 80s. Still a fan!

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Nothing special. Proportion rear wheels total out of wack. Devaluates a classic car. Doesn't make any sense of all. Just saying.

 

[74ChargerSE440]

All done. Round spokes are back.

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I don't see any added value to the look of the car. Sometimes it helps to look at things from a 'distance'. I just did. No difference for the better. I think it's a kind of personal mind **** so to speak. Cragar fetish?

 

[66 Sat]

Geez you're a bundle of laughs. Post some photos of your car so we can critique.

 

[Curiousyellow71]

Nothing special. Proportion rear wheels total out of wack. Devaluates a classic car. Doesn't make any sense of all.

 

[WileERobby]

I'm kind of partial to Cragars as well, got a set on my Bee.

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Wow... that is an AWESOME beauty !!