Old pal of mine said Tech at Fremont drags wouldn't let him run Moon discs with only 3 screws. (needed 6) "How do you drill for 6 (3 pair) even spaced when they're already drilled for 3?" I said "Easy...Just punch 'em 5 minutes away from each of the 3. Make sure you do 'em 5 minutes after, don't mix 'em up!" He said, "Huh?" Clock that sucker.
I ran a set of Ansen's in the 80's on a red 73 chevy dropped PU . I used chopped sections of vacuum line between the screw head and the disk . Had the only set in Santa Rosa being ran on the street back then . Had CP performance order them in . First set he had sold in years . They were cheap compared to rims I could not afford . I had the valve stems on the back side.
Just recalled I ran homemade flat wheel discs on my roadster for a short time. This is the only photo I could find, with my dad and Grandma (RIP).
My Coupe already had the 666 on it when I got it, so I had to put Moon discs on it. I love the dry lakes/Bonneville look.
Hello, One day my wife and I were driving toward the Dana Point Harbor down this steep hill facing the ocean. The view is a little distracting as the blue ocean is so close and yet, so far away. But, out of the corner of my vision, I saw something sticking out and up over the tops of the normal daily drivers parked there. We could not stop for photos of an unusual 1932 Ford Flatbed Truck hot rod. The traffic was lining up to go to the harbor or turn on Coast Highway to travel down the shoreline. So, it was a hectic point. We decided we would see it sometime in the future. These photos were taken several months later in another So cal location. There were only a few cars in this industrial area and we just happened on to the same 1932 Ford Flatbed Truck, again. So, out came the digital camera and a few more distinct photos were taken. Jnaki Then one day we were at stereo /tv store and we came in to the parking lot , but my eyes were not on the large screen tv and stereo sound systems. It was glued to the 1932 Ford Flatbed Pickup Truck parked across the street. We finished our business and on the way out, I ran across the street and took some fast photos. It was one nice truck and the Moon Discs made it stand out quite well. The overall look was or could have been a tow truck to take another race car to the dry lakes or an event somewhere in So Cal. It was the same truck we had seen months earlier on that busy street. Up close, it was just a very nicely finished truck. Then, one day, we saw the same truck loaded with auto parts of some kind. It was built to do some hauling and it was doing its own thing... In recent times, again, my wife mentioned that… “a funny looking toy car was in the flatbed area of that cool white truck.” It was the same 1932 Ford White Stakebed truck and this time, had a Maroon color, quarter midget sitting in the flatbed. My wife apologizes for the only quick photo taken in a split second. A huge white SUV with a tiny blond lady having an expression of urgency on her face, was barreling up the street, directly behind us. So, one quick photo was all that became the result. We all know the urgency that those small blond ladies have when driving those large battleships all over the landscapes, in any area of your environment. Ha!
Tip for Hot Wheels & Matchbox car collectors and modifiers: Make mood disks using a Whitney Punch and some thin aluminum sheet.
Going back to the younger years again, we had a privately owned gas station in the neighborhood that dealt in hub caps, be mindful we're talking the 1950's, the owner & his wife had a proudly placed display of his for-sale samples, some of which I & neighboring friends on occasion would supply him. We would ride our bikes south along the shoulders of the highway keeping a keen eye wherever there were potholes, railroad tracks etc. that might dislodge a hub cap. Seems we only got two or three dollars, depending on condition. Seemed the early 50's Oldsmobile's had a problem as at one point, we amassed (3) of a kind, my father was rebuilding a customer's 52-53 Olds & was my best contributor, as I made $10 bucks on that haul. As I think about it now, the Olds was the choice of the younger so called jet set crowd that perhaps didn't slow down for anything, no fault of the hub cap........It was a big deal to find an Olds or Dodge flipper as they were called, & did find a full moon cap, the clencher type at one time.
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