Customs What wheels? Gotta loose the stupid.

Try the photoshop thread of your car or that car painted white with different wheels. https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum...-to-end-all-photoshop-threads.300531/page-835

 

I know where, In our classifieds!

 

Xmany on the Astros with skinny whitewalls.

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Unless you were mounting drag slicks to them, anything wider than 6" isn't really period correct for the early 60's. Also, 14" wheels were the hot lick at the time. Stuffing the widest wheel possible into a car, at a minimum of 15", is a modern interpretation.

I love the idea of the chrome slots and thin whitewall tires, or chrome OE/chrome reverse, or Astro Supreme wheels, I even like the idea of Foresight Venture mags, Fenton Hawks, or two piece Rader wheels, if you could find some in good shape. I am also a fan of Keystone Kustomag wheels (not Klassics). All cool period correct choices that will set your car apart from the 0ff-the-shelf wheel'd cars.

 

Magnum 500's can be had in different sizes and look good on all Ford and Mercury products.

 

Chrome reverse, Chrysler or Packard wires, Magnum 500's with MERCURY HEAD centers, or the ol' black steelies with chrome acorns and no center caps, in that order. 15 inchers are a lot easier to get tires for, IMHO.

 

52 Mercury 15 wheelcovers added center spinners from 64 park Lane.thats how Ford made it in 63 for 427 marauders

 

Superior Typhoon wheels. Nos just out of the boxes. Waiting for my next project.

 

My vote would be Supremes and skinny whites

 

X2

 

1) Supremes or
2) Chrome reverse.
3) Add skinny whitewalls and DRIVE.

 

X2

 

Looks like I gotta post something in the photoshop thread
Gonna take a pic of my car ( with the stupid wheels and a list of what you guys have suggested.

I like the slots and the supremes
Also the torque thrust wheels but might be to muscle car / hot rod for a ‘ vert

I found a few sets of steel slots over the years and just assumed they where cheap aluminum kidney knock offs

 

A car that big needs a set of 22's!!!! and some really thump'in sub wooferz. J/K

It DOES need a set of 16's though. They will help fill up the wheel wells and there is still a fair choice of sizes available. (unlike 15's and 14's) 16" rims sizes will be no problem either.
Torque Thrusts look good on just about anything('sept a Honda) Chrome reverse if you like to polish.
6sally6

 

I like the idea of chrome steel slots. Usta be ya couldn't swing a cat without hitting a set. Always liked 'em, where the hell did they all go?

 

It's not a 3/4 ton truck or a pre-1950 car so it absolutely does NOT need 16" wheels.

 

I can't add any more suggestions for the wheels. But only bowie post #19 is thinking like me for the tires. He said thin Redwalls. I remember them as Redlines. But I agree that it would be a nice accent with the red and white color scheme... with whatever wheels you choose. And they're pure 60s.

 

I always thought the red line tires gave a car a nice street performance look without going overboard.

 

Chrome wheels with shannon cones.

 

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Yes, but it looks so F'in good.

Great stance and as meat as you can shove in the hole always works.

 

I vote for chrome reverse with or without baby moons. I got a set of the chrome slots for cheap in the early '70's, hated them, hated the way they looked, hated cleaning them, but sounds like I'm in the minority on them, but that's OK!

 

If the chrome steel
Shiny slotted wheel
Gets rusty even a tiny little bit
They really really really
Really really really
Really really start to look like shit

I know... Really? LOL

 

But it's true.

 

Thought that was called PATINA

 

rust isn't patina . or that's what I was told .over and over ! nice looking car ,but, its a boat .nothing can change that .I say stock wheels .BUT ,with as much offset as can be had . and stock / style hub caps .I just put stock wheels/caps on my 64 impala ss and the wheels are soooo ugly with no offset im embarrassed to drive it !!!!

 

Nothing wrong with a boat

 

Wheels are a sensitive topic on here it seems like.. Wheel choices are very personal. We all have different opinions as to what we like. Find a set you like, put them on and run 'em.