The OTHER 60's wheel - tru-spokes - my car is "done"

[praisethelowered]

I built my car last year with big painted smoothies and spider caps with skinny black walls but it never really seemed right. . .It seemed like a good idea in concept, but it never really worked with the flaked roof and all of the original 60's gear I had scrounged up.

I saw Lee Pratt's 58 chevy and realized that the 60's show car, lowrider-before-they-were-called-lowriders style is what I was born to rock. Butt's chevy has it too, Donnies Olds and LuckyStiff's too.

A lot of the sixties show cars seem to be on chrome reverse wheels or supremes. But a whole lot of them are also on tru-spokes or buick wires. . .and nobody seems to run them anymore. Why? Are they too strongly associated with t-buckets, brass lanterns, and vans? Whatever, I'm into them, and they can be bought cheap used because most people think they are gay.

Too "lowrider" for the custom guys, too "custom" for the lowriders . . . just right for a white cholo.

fuck supremes man . . the tru-spokes have spoken the truth! ha, ha, ha. If I take my hands of the wheel this car now heads straight for Whitier Blvd.

Anyway, this car is just about as done as it will get and I never really posted pics before because it was never quite there. I am feeling good about it now and at the rate I have been going it will never be completely don anyway. So here's some pictures.

[praisethelowered]

The money shot

[praisethelowered]

The motor

[crow]

very nice!

[lownslow]

right on robert . looks AWESOME!...... that definateLy made a huge difference.......you are a RULER !!!!!!!!!!!!! NOW LET'S GET ON DOWN AND CRUISE WHITTIER BLVD.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!......o.k. maybe not ...not the place for two white cholos.....hahaha

[Alfster]

<font color="red"> That rocks. I have always liked the chrome wires. Just the keeping them clean is a time consumer. Real nice truck. How about some more pics and details of the engine. Gotta love a six pack

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[Scrub]

Aw man...that thing is right on...Perfect!

[ray]

right the fuck on. tru-spokes rule! mmm, some pinner whites, throw on some repro buick spinners, and nobody will know they aint buick wires. add a serious rake, or pancake it...uh, nevermind, better not turn people on to them, then the damn price will go up! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

i got truspokes collecting dust for my riviera.

one look i've dug from the 70's that you never see anymore, is full fendered A's slammed low on truspoke wires. a million times cooler than fad T's.

[Church]

damn that beeeatch is clean! lookin good holmes!

[OG lil E]

CHINGON!

[Flatdog]

Nothing about the looks realy matter.The shot of the hood up just says COOL.

[quickrod]

nice chopped chort meyeen http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Sam F.]

that looks fuckin FIRME holmes!!!

[Sam F.]

man,that ride has the "OLD" easLOS-whittier written all over it http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

back in the day fuckin TUFF,dont change a thing!

[luckystiff]

holy shit i likes the look of that alot. i've actually been after a set of tru spokes or buick wires for a coupla years now. i always either miss out or the buick wheels just go to high. i had put the buick to the side for a year until this week really. yeah i'd mess a little here and there but not much. well this week i've taken a break from the plymouth and am thinking buick stuff. think i got a '66 tbirb interior for it if the guys will ever reply back to my email. got a new motor for it from a friend the other day and he's even gonna do the rebuild for me. i may scallop/panel the roof in the next week or two. anyhow that thing looks incredible. now i want one again and there's one for sale locally.damit...ken....

[Radshit]

Very...Very nice!!!!!!!..........thumbs up!....

[Mojo]

right on the friggin money! You're right about tru-spokes... old school that never came back. Certain cars look made for them, and that's one... Very nice!

[haring]

Sweet. (I have a '61 Futura, so I dig it.)

What size wheels and tires?

[DrJ]

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right on robert . looks AWESOME!...... that definateLy made a huge difference.......you are a RULER !!!!!!!!!!!!! NOW LET'S GET ON DOWN AND CRUISE WHITTIER BLVD.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!......o.k. maybe not ...not the place for two white cholos.....hahaha

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Hell I usta cruise Figueroa in Highland park in my 55 Olds, because I had to to get to my house up the hill in Pasadena from there.


I likes them stylin rims there... They look a whole lot better on your Ranchero than the one I have on the front porch with the hose wrapped around it.... http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif


So what you going to do with the wheels you took off?
( I was sorta diggin' them when I saw them at Eldorado Park)

[SanDiegoJoe]

dig that engine
not usually a fan of the spokes, but it's just right on.

cool, cool.

[abe lugo]

Hey Mr Lowered, pretty cool there are also some other 60's wheels the nobody likes I'm going to attempt to rum in lew of being a cheap bastard, and not wanting to get supremes like everyone else. I know I'll get some heat for these http://vondrunk.com/Hambthumbs/tireside.jpg
http://vondrunk.com/Hambthumbs/greentire.jpg

[Johnny Angel]

That is THE nicest Falcon I have seen. The spokes do it justice. One clean ride....I've always had a thing for them maybe because I took got my driver's licence in my old man's 60 Falcon..If I only had that back then... http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[Dat Dirty Rat]

Right on holmes,,,thats the shit i'm talking about! I have a 62 Impala i've been debating on putting either Supremes or the Tru-Spokes..A close friend of mine as a set of original ones i've been bugging him for,,but he wont part with them...I cant blame him.


Nice ride holmes..


Dirty

[lownslow]

abe ,
those are rad....what are they?....

[133]

your Falcon looks better with the wires. good call on that one. overall, kickass ride.

[luckystiff]

donnie,
those are keystones with the black painted. those were the wheels to have all over the south. there are still tons of cars runnin around here with original keystones from way back when still on 'em. you can usually also pick up a nice set $50-$100 without much problem. i've sold a bunch of 'em from stuff i've picked up. had a white '66 ford with a set with the painted part matched in white and they looked real good on that car for some reason. if anyone ever wants a set of those i can probably find around here if i get off my lazy ass once in a while...ken....

[Scraper]

I used to think I was twisted cause I dug wires..I'm not alone!!! That Ranchy is bad as hell. I'm putting 14" 100 spokes on my wife's Galaxie for the same reason..Astros are cool, but they are on everything!

[chaco]

Ive been looking for a good set of original tru spokes or tru classics for my ride. I looked in a lowrider magazine the other day (I have every issue from 88 to 95 ,its gone to shit all ads now)They dont have any advertisers selling buffed out white walls or bolt on wires, its all 20s and black walls. Sorry about the rant.Your ride looks mighty nice whith those wires. Aren't those crager "star wires" though?Thats what we used to call those any ways.Nice ride Chaco

[burndup]

Ahh, hell, I drive around whittier all the time... usually the only non-late model out there...

Those rims look dope!

What are those other rims with the green, they're ffin cool too!

[Boones]

What about the big hub tru- spokes... When did they make their presents.. later 60's ?

[KCsledz]

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Hey Mr Lowered, pretty cool there are also some other 60's wheels the nobody likes I'm going to attempt to rum in lew of being a cheap bastard, and not wanting to get supremes like everyone else. I know I'll get some heat for these


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Those rims are really cool! give me a bit more info on them!

[dixiedog]

Those rims look like painted Keystones - I thought they were more 70's from what I remember as a kid.

That Ranchdog is straight and tight - looking real sweet there Homey http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

[Ryan]

Great looking car.

[saltflataddict]

what else can be said. La carro se mira muy chingon ese!! I love 60's style and that car is right on with those wires..Lets see more pics of the engine, looks like a neat 6...

[Nads]

Loos killer, most digable. I ran fat spoke Cragars on my '57 Chevy for a short spell back in the mid '80s, looked good too.

Abelugo, those look sharp, who woulda thunk? But your feet man, they're tiny, what are you, a kids size 4?