60-66 Tire/Wheel Pics

[SNTOS63]

I'm painting the rears the same cast iron grey with a trim ring to make them match a lil. Till I find the right slotted mags.
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[chevy_mike]

Originally Posted by SNTOS63

Haha! Yeah I get carried away! Here you go chevy_mike!
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Sweet man!!! Thanks a bunch. I think you're on the right track with painting the rears with trim rings for the time being.

[SNTOS63]

Hey Chevy mike, yeah I did use a '71 rearend. The track is one inch wider than the stock one on each side. I figure I'll be cool with a pair of new Ansen sprints cause they have a back spacing of -4", with will fit just like these steelies on now. (cross my fingers)
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[Wrecker55]

15x8 rallys front
15x10 white spoke rear
moon disc cut to fit with knock offs I picked up

[blackedoutharley]

That ^^^^ is a very slick, low buck idea!!!!!

[C-10cutty]

Originally Posted by 62 Bowtie

15x7 Smoothies and wide whites

That's the look I'm going for.

[SNTOS63]

Originally Posted by Wrecker55

15x8 rallys front
15x10 white spoke rear
moon disc cut to fit with knock offs I picked up

VERY COOL! Reminds me of Cobra's Merc!
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[1Bad62Pro/Street]

I'm surprised no one has Halibrand wheels on their trucks!
http://www.halibrand.com/index_frames.htm

SPRINT

SPEEDWAY

5-SPOKE

SWEET SWIRL

KIDNEY BEAN 5

KIDNEY BEAN 6

OVAL TRACK

SPRINT II

WHEEL ACCESSORIES

[hemifalcon]

^^^cuz they are soooo expensive!!^^^

[chainsaw]

I was looking at the jd wheels fake ones , lots cheaper

["El Jalapeno 66"]

my wheels

[joedoh]

B.A.D. Rockstars 22x8.5 front 4 inch backspace and 22x10 rear 3 inch backspace.



thinking of switching to wheel vintiques 15x8 4 backspace and 15x10 3 backspace artillery with 30s chevrolet caps and thin rings.

["El Jalapeno 66"]

looks bad ass MAN!! i like your wheels, im looking to do the same thing on my hood can you pass the tip

[LostMy65]

I always figured I'd get really deep baby moons.
My truck had these on them when I bought it.
I like them a lot.
295/50 R15

[jrisch]

Originally Posted by LostMy65

I always figured I'd get really deep baby moons.
My truck had these on them when I bought it.
I like them a lot.
295/50 R15

I like the way they look on your truck!! What size wheels?

[blackedoutharley]

Originally Posted by hemifalcon

^^^cuz they are soooo expensive!!^^^

And because they're not currently in production.

[LostMy65]

Originally Posted by jrisch

I like the way they look on your truck!! What size wheels?

I'm not sure.
The tires are 295/50 R15
Using this, I would guess they are 10's
http://www.rimsntires.com/specs.jsp

I'll try and get an actual measurement when I get it in my shop/barn.

[1Bad62Pro/Street]

Rocket Racing Wheels
http://www.rocketracingwheels.com/
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[1enick72]

Here is my combo. Wheels are BOSS 330s 20" x 8.5".Tires are Good Year RS-A 245/45R20

[tripleD]

few wheel pics!!!

[wagonslayer]

Stock steelies painted with 235x75x15

[markeb01]

Originally Posted by 1Bad62Pro/Street

Rocket Racing Wheels
http://www.rocketracingwheels.com/
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It’s kind of funny they thought bringing the Rocket name back would be inspiring to the nostalgia crowd. The new wheels are probably great, just like the new Rader Mags. But back in the day Radir, Rocket, and Astro mags were not considered very good wheels. They were all two piece with an aluminum center and steel rim, either welded or bolted together. They were heavy, and the ones that were bolted together were prone to leakage, out of round/out of balance problems, and fractures.

I bought a pair of Rocket 5 spoke mags when I first got back from Vietnam because they were half the cost of Americans. Here’s a picture of them on my 63 Galaxie in 1970:



They looked exactly like American Torque Thrusts, but were indeed really cheap wheels. The aluminum spokes and cosmetic aluminum rim covered the face of the steel rim all the way to the tire. They worked fine until the first monkey tried changing tires with an automatic tire machine and bent the front of the aluminum rim edge down against the steel rim and cracked it.

This has nothing to do with the quality of the current production wheels, just interesting the new company doesn’t appreciate the Rocket name use to reflect the same quality level as Fenton products.

[1Bad62Pro/Street]

Originally Posted by markeb01

It’s kind of funny they thought bringing the Rocket name back would be inspiring to the nostalgia crowd. The new wheels are probably great, just like the new Rader Mags. But back in the day Radir, Rocket, and Astro mags were not considered very good wheels. They were all two piece with an aluminum center and steel rim, either welded or bolted together. They were heavy, and the ones that were bolted together were prone to leakage, out of round/out of balance problems, and fractures.

I bought a pair of Rocket 5 spoke mags when I first got back from Vietnam because they were half the cost of Americans. Here’s a picture of them on my 63 Galaxie in 1970:



They looked exactly like American Torque Thrusts, but were indeed really cheap wheels. The aluminum spokes and cosmetic aluminum rim covered the face of the steel rim all the way to the tire. They worked fine until the first monkey tried changing tires with an automatic tire machine and bent the front of the aluminum rim edge down against the steel rim and cracked it.

This has nothing to do with the quality of the current production wheels, just interesting the new company doesn’t appreciate the Rocket name use to reflect the same quality level as Fenton products.

Yea,

My dad had a set of 15x10' a couple of years ago.
He still has 2 14x8 Rocket Racing 5 Spoke Wheels with the Spinners on them.
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=371199

They remind me of Cragers. He said they were kinda popular back then.

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[K5 Addiction]

Here's mine. 15x6 smoothies, Shannon Cones & Coker Classic Wide whites.

[forestb]

17x8