Technical Cragar S/S 15 x 4.5 (Series 08/61)

Hi,

Sorry for asking a stupid question perhaps, but I’m getting more or less desperate here.

Does anyone know if there are any retailers of the 4.5” wide Cragar S/S wheels these days? Seems as if they’re out of production for some weird reason, but I thought maybe some company have them shelved?

Thanks

 

They quit making them awhile ago, Last new set I saw on ebay sold for about $2500.00. (crazy )

 

Jesus... well, thanks for the reply.


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I just heard that they might start making them again.

 

https://www.summitracing.com/parts/...MI7s7xnrbH5gIVhYbACh3faAcpEAQYAiABEgKY6_D_BwE

 

Looks like one problem solved thanks to Hamb!

Pat

 

Cool.... No uni-lugs....

 

I am thinking these wheels must be DOT approved. I had a pair back in the 70’s that were stamped on the inside of the outer rim “Not for Highway Use”. I never had an issue but I did not have them on a heavy car or tried to do autocross with them. (That is them on the front of my Cyclone in my avatar photo)

 

Probably get a back ordered notification if you ordered them

 

I made some this summer. Found a fella on the hamb that sells 4.5" NEW chrome wheel shells, cut the welds out of a pair of wider cragars and pressed them apart. Set up a dial indicator, one was .015 out and the other .018. tack, check again to be true and weld'm up.

 

Supposed to ship by 1 20 2020 ?

 

Doing it like big deuce did it you can play with the offset to some degree.........................................

 

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/members/phillips.128261/
This is the fella that I bought the chrome wheel shells from. On that narrow of shell, there isn't much room to jockey the offset. I ran as much backspace as I could to make the front side "look" the narrowest.

 

Nice job big duece.

 

very cool nice work

 

The new wheels are flat spoke, at least all of the photos I've seen, so still out of luck for a skinny round spoke Cragar.

 

I was not aware of that! I guess it makes sense, since all the other S/S wheels that are currently made are flat spoke...
Go red, white, n blue!

 

Anyone have a side by side pic?

 

Do they still come with the guarantee that they will rust and the chrome will peel ? Ahhj, nothing like nostalgia.

 

I think that the same guarantee with concrete turning gray, and cracking once it's cured...

 

I have one early 15x4 uni-lug. I thought the 15x4.5's were the re-re-released ones??

 

They are. The original ones I remember were 4" wide, rumors of a 3.5" wide one. I could have swore my dad had a pair of the 3.5" wide ones back in the 70s.

 

From my photo album 1977

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I've got this old pair of 4" ers. 5 on 5-1/2. Crusty but awesome. I can't wait to build a RPU around them! Sorry no help, just bragging!

 

Mine were 5 on 5, plugged the holes and redrilled... to 5 on 5.5

 

Awesome! On what will they go?

 

Very possible the 5w

 

Those aren't crusty ma boy, now these are crusty, this after I scraped them..ha ha

 

crusty....it's what I run on my trailer.........