20 inch Lincoln rears and 17 inch Auburn fronts - Still

[Southfork]

In looking through an old farm junk yard the other day, I found a pair of 20 inch Lincoln wires to run on the back of my 26 roadster. They ought to both look good and handle some beans out of the hopped flatty. Combined with 17 inch Auburn knockoffs on the front, they ought to yield a pretty good stance and unique look to this otherwise-TRADITIONAL roadster. Think they'll look better than 17 inch Kelseys. The rubber currently on the Lincoln 20-inchers is 7.50 X 20. I'll probably not go with quite so much rubber when I re-meat them though. Interesting brakes are on the rear end that the wheels are currently on: They are the notorious Rocky Mountain Brakes. Geez! Running that rear would be living with a death wish! Too bad too, 'cause the Lincoln rear end and brakes seem to function perfectly. Now if I can find some caps that sort of match the Auburn caps up front.

[Southfork]

Here are the fronts:

[porknbeaner]

Cool, old school hoops, whoda thought. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif
I think you can adapt some later juice brakes to the Lincoln, I got a pretty rightious dodge rear that I'm thinkin' of upgrading to hydraulics myself. Unless some concourse chump buys it of course. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Spooky]

Wow. It is amazing to me that the reamins of such high dollared cars is found on old farms.
How did it get there? Was it bought as scrap or did the Lincoln or Auburn have an accident out in the rural area and were left to be dealt with by the locals after the owners had perished.
That is some neat stuff there.

[286merc]

Wow. It is amazing to me that the reamins of such high dollared cars is found on old farms.
How did it get there? Was it bought as scrap or did the Lincoln or Auburn have an accident out in the rural area and were left to be dealt with by the locals after the owners had perished.
That is some neat stuff there.

The big buck cars very often got scrapped before Fords and Chevys.
Remember this was during the Depression, those big cars sucked gas, parts were expensive since there was virtually no interchangability, so many were just abandoned or given away for pennies when their owners couldnt afford to run them. At least they didnt get melted down for WW2 use.

Out here I still see farm equipment that was made from 30's Chrysler Imperials, Lincolns, Stude Presidents, Hudsons, etc. Probably owned by the local banker or factory owner who went bust.
Smart farmers loved those big engines as cheap alternatives to real store bought farm equipment. Many even converted them to run on corn squeezins'

[modernbeat]

Can you measure the bolt pattern on the Lincolns?

If it matches mine, I might need those brakes!

I've got Lincoln hubcaps to trade. No wings, but they look like a giant, narrow nut.

[Paul2748]

Tires are big bucks. Coker shows a BFG 700x20 for $212(whites), Firestone 650x20 $182 (whites)

[Flipper]

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Tires are big bucks. Coker shows a BFG 700x20 for $212(whites), Firestone 650x20 $182 (whites)

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$200 is not outrageous for something that different. Look at what people pay for those 24 or 26 inch tires and wheels on the $$$$ pimp-mobile SUVs

[Southfork]

I'll email you tomorrow, Modernbeat.