Cant pick a good wheel , test 69 charger 15"
Been a long time but now im working on my 1965 Barracuda. Last time i test drove it i noticed an up and down wobble on the left rear tire and or wheel . I figured it was the axle. So i went to remove the rear wheel and couldn't. The nuts were frozen . So i bought a $300 lug ripper from the site and it did good for about three nuts then dulled out. The nuts were spinning with the studs too. So then i just heated the nuts with a torch and beat the nuts off with sledge. They were 13 inch factory wheels but they were in such bad shape, they rusted and leaked air around the edges.They have to be trashed there is no restoration hope for them . So i just cant find wheels i really like so i took one of the front wheels off one of my 69 chargers and stuck it up to the drum just to see what it would look like. I think it looks good but the bolt circle is too big and the center is also . But i love these Vector American Racing wheels so much i think they look so good, better then any other wheel. If only i could fit them to the car and get them to work. I didnt put the center cap on the wheel because this was just a test and i didnt wash the wheel but it is new just dusty .The Vector wheel is 15X7. As of now there are drums in the rear but if i have to go disk conversion i guess ill have to. Any tips and or ideas would be a big help . New axles are on the options table as well. Im thinking about buying a disk brake conversion kit from The Right Stuff, their MDC46DC kit. Says it will allow 15 inch wheels . MDC46DC
Been a long time but now im working on my 1965 Barracuda. Last time i test drove it i noticed an up and down wobble on the left rear tire and or wheel . I figured it was the axle. So i went to remove the rear wheel and couldn't. The nuts were frozen . So i bought a $300 lug ripper from the site and it did good for about three nuts then dulled out. The nuts were spinning with the studs too. So then i just heated the nuts with a torch and beat the nuts off with sledge. They were 13 inch factory wheels but they were in such bad shape, they rusted and leaked air around the edges.They have to be trashed there is no restoration hope for them . So i just cant find wheels i really like so i took one of the front wheels off one of my 69 chargers and stuck it up to the drum just to see what it would look like. I think it looks good but the bolt circle is too big and the center is also . But i love these Vector American Racing wheels so much i think they look so good, better then any other wheel. If only i could fit them to the car and get them to work. I didnt put the center cap on the wheel because this was just a test and i didnt wash the wheel but it is new just dusty .The Vector wheel is 15X7. As of now there are drums in the rear but if i have to go disk conversion i guess ill have to. Any tips and or ideas would be a big help . New axles are on the options table as well. Im thinking about buying a disk brake conversion kit from The Right Stuff, their MDC46DC kit. Says it will allow 15 inch wheels . MDC46DC
