Pics from Back in the Day

[Dave6T4]

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This is for you @dadsbee!

 

[joel snyder]

If I remember my broke-dick-days, you find a smokin' deal on 2 used wheels and you have the $ in your pocket. The question to answer is, 'Will my car look better with those 2 wheels than without them. If it's yes, you buy them with a plan to upgrade the other 2, or find an even better set of 4 later. I remember a lot of horse trading back in those days.

You also had your burnout wheels that you put whatever crappy, hopefully free tires on to vaporize. Clorox bleach allowed!

bought my first set of 2 chrome slots before i had a car to put them on. when i got the car [ '71 torino ] i bought 2 matching wheels for the front.

 

[Big bill]

Back in the day, you did what you could afford. I had slots on the back on my Dart, and factory wheel covers on the front! Some of my buddies had to get what was available and they could afford - so that sometimes led to different style mag wheels on the front vs. the back. Not great by today's standard, but much better then being a "dork" back then!

I’m still being a dork .

 

[YY1]

When I bought my first Coronet, it had rallye wheels, but only four.
However, I went through a fair amount of tires, so it spent a few days or weeks with one steelie.
I couldn't even afford to buy a 5th rallye wheel.
Until one day I had a flat in front of a house that had a mercury montego sitting in the yard that had one Mopar rally wheel.
I knocked on the door, told them I was stranded, and offered them $10 and my spare on the steelie in exchange for their rallye wheel, while pointing to my car that had matching wheels.
They accepted.
It was Friday night, and that was my gas and food money, but well played moving forward.

 

[YY1]

My Super Bee came with Cragars.
The front two were mismatched.
One had an insane dish offset, and the other was "normal".
After I figured that out, that car ran with rallye wheels on the front for nearly the entire time I owned it.
I never found a Cragar that matched either of the ones I had and I wasn't about to order a new one.
The rears were 10" wide and the tires had good tread, so those were staying.

 

[HawkRod]

I’m still being a dork .

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No, no!

You would be a dork if you left the factory wheel in the back. You have bigger tires on mags now, so you get to drive with the cool kids!

 

[Cheapsunglasses]

I’m still being a dork .

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Nope, looks perfect!

Hopefully you can eventually get cragars on the front, maybe the boss will give you a raise , until then rock that look!

 

[Cheapsunglasses]

 

[SlingLow]

No, no!

You would be a dork if you left the factory wheel in the back. You have bigger tires on mags now, so you get to drive with the cool kids!

Business in the front, party in the rear.

Now, where did that come from?

 

[Fran Blacker]

Mags on front, factory type wheels on rear with extra tire.

 

[Coelacanth]

Business in the front, party in the rear.

Now, where did that come from?

It came from describing the mullet. Maybe this is a good look for some? Touché...

 

[guy gadbois]

An actual "mullet" is a good look for most.