where to get skylark wires ? does anybody repop em ?

[lownslow]

these are some of my favorite wheels....anyone know wher i can get a set either og or rproductions ?.....thanks,donnie

[50Fraud]

Look in Hemmings under Buick parts. Whoever it is that repops all the factory wires (Packard, Chrysler, Buick, Cadillac -- Wheel Vintiques?) advertises their wires under each make.

[manyolcars]

Are you talking about this? Why repro them when they grow on bushes? http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[zman]

I thought I saw some out there at one point. I thought it was Kanter that had them but I can't find their catalog. I'll look again.

[modernbeat]

Yep, they're available. Expensive, but available.

Buick Wires (http://www.rallyamerica.com/74-75-76-77series.html)

Scroll down past the Caddy wheels. I think that real Buicks have a locating hole in the hub that a pin on the drum stick through.

I've been hoarding a set for a future project. They rarely come up on ebay, and I've only seen a few sets at swapmeets - always snapped up early. Most seem to trade hands between friends.

Good Luck.

[ray]

kanter has em.

but what i would (and am) do, is just run some tru-spoke wires with the skylark spinners. tru-spokes are just copies of the buick wires, there are differences of course, but the savings is significant!

[lownslow]

that is definately a strong possibilty ........HUGE savings and just as cool and traditional.......

[choprods]

I got 4 of them-Blasted- [primed]....two are stock buick pattern and two have Chevy centers welded in from the '50s hotrodder I guess.No caps

[luckystiff]

the repops are high. i was thinking on using them when the buick is redone, but am looking more into tru spokes now because of price. several of the wheel places have 'em some are a little cheaper than others, but if i remember correctly the cheapest i found a set of repops was around $1400 or so. they do come up on ebay now and again and go pretty high if the chrome is good. typically you can find tru's for about a third of that price. also look for the old appliance wires from the 60s. they are modeled after the buicks to. i missed a set of nos appliance on egay a while back for $450. that day sucked. i had the high bid with 15 seconds at $410 and got sniped. i do think tru's with buick caps look just as good. the guy my wife got her New Beetle from says he knows of a few sets of the good tru spokes sitting in his goldchainer buddies garages i need to go ask him about 'em again. you thinkin about these for the olds or the buick? i can't believe you wanna run something other than supremes.ha. good luck and if i see any in the meantime i'll let you know...ken....

oh yeah. www.petepaulsen. com has 'em and is at least on yuor side of the country as is everything else. he's usually decent on price and service if you reall want a set of the repops. it's been a while since i priced 'em. actually thats what i was gonna run on the buick before i got my supremes then i found out what they cost and ordered up a set of supremes real fast like.........

[praisethelowered]

tru-spokes aren't that much cheaper retail but there are more of 'em out there used . . . and most people think they are worthless.

I got the 470's

http://www.cragar.com/truspoke.html

Cus d'amato from the HAMB was looking for some and contacted cragar and reported to me that they said they don't make them anymore. Not sure how that turned out. If you decide to settle for tru-spokes I can give you a guys email that has some access to the overstock cragers that don't sell or something . . . I got mine for $100 each from him.