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stoppa - November 6th, 2007 at 08:10 PM

its been a while since ive been on here so just a pic of the volksrod with the new wheeels there 1935 ford wire rims with firestone crossply white walls.650/16 on the rear and 450/470 /16 on the front.
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g174/stoppa_2006/IMG_0125.jpg


squizy - November 6th, 2007 at 08:55 PM

Nice one Brock. How's it going over there?


reub - November 6th, 2007 at 10:50 PM

Much better dude!

Congrats on the feedback the car has received.


stoppa - November 7th, 2007 at 04:07 PM

yeah good paul,
thanks reub.


greedy53 - November 7th, 2007 at 05:10 PM

looking good dude keep up the good work sorry u had to defect to the dark side lol


CAFFINEPUSHERMAN - November 9th, 2007 at 05:34 PM

mate where did you get the wheels wouldnt mind them on my a model


greedy53 - November 9th, 2007 at 05:38 PM

are they the early ford i was offered a set for $100 not long ago at a swap meet should have taken them


stoppa - November 9th, 2007 at 07:51 PM

as it says 1935 ford wire wheels Amodel wheels where diferent


kroozzn63 - December 11th, 2007 at 06:50 PM

looks almost at its peak of style dude .... r u over in wa your sig says still central coast ,, heard about where your volkstruck has gone ,, curious myself where it went??


humpty - March 5th, 2008 at 12:14 AM

Brock was telling me late last year that the ute was coming over, as soon as his house is in order.... Must give him a call an see how he's gone with the rego issues....


pezzano - March 27th, 2008 at 08:26 PM

HI HOW MUCH WORK IS THERE IN FITTING THE 35 FORD WHEELS UP TO A VW BUG ,CAN YOU BY A KIT YET


pezzano - March 27th, 2008 at 08:29 PM

ONE OF MY PROJECTS ,THIS IS WHAT I WANT TO FIT WIRES TOO


humpty - March 27th, 2008 at 09:42 PM

STOP YELLING!

You can get adapters....


theVman - March 1st, 2011 at 10:39 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by stoppa
its been a while since ive been on here so just a pic of the volksrod with the new wheeels there 1935 ford wire rims with firestone crossply white walls.650/16 on the rear and 450/470 /16 on the front.
Hi stoppa,

Where do you get those rims, im after a set too. Everyone appears to be putting them on lately but know one will say where to get them.
I ended up getting a set of 17" chev pattern off ebay that i will look into getting cut down to 16" but prefer to just get the 16" straight up.
im after the firestone crossply white walls 750/16 on the rear and 500/525 /16 on the front.


Jinx - March 13th, 2011 at 02:51 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by theVman
Quote:
Originally posted by stoppa
its been a while since ive been on here so just a pic of the volksrod with the new wheeels there 1935 ford wire rims with firestone crossply white walls.650/16 on the rear and 450/470 /16 on the front.
Hi stoppa,

Where do you get those rims, im after a set too. Everyone appears to be putting them on lately but know one will say where to get them.
I ended up getting a set of 17" chev pattern off ebay that i will look into getting cut down to 16" but prefer to just get the 16" straight up.
im after the firestone crossply white walls 750/16 on the rear and 500/525 /16 on the front.


Buying some old rims and rebuilding them sounds like an expensive exercise Vman. Have you thought about some Tru Spokes and white walls from the US. Still a bit pricey but a quality wheel and ready to go.
http://www.truespoke.net/ 


humpty - March 13th, 2011 at 03:28 PM

You need to be buying some hot rodding mags.... Look for Ol' Skool Rodz, Hot Rod Deluxe and Rebel Rods to name a few.... There are loads of advertisers in there who have what you need.... Then of course there is the Hot Rod and Volksrod forums like HAMB and Volksrods.com and the many others, that also have plenty of good used stuff.... The next obvious thing to do it hit up the vintage swap meets.... I often see good usable wheels for sale for very reasonable prices.... Since my Dubrod is more a 60's style project, and I didn't want to run wires on my project, so I looked at other period options.... I scored some OG Oz made 12 spoke spindle mount rims from a local vintage swap for 200clams (sold them on to a local rodder as I want to run front brakes), and the 15x10 kidney spokes I scored out of the local trader rag for a carton of Coopers...


theVman - March 13th, 2011 at 09:02 PM

Thanks guys....

I have purchased some rod magazines and have been looking for suppliers.
I still have not found any supplier of wheels that are like the original ford wires. The new wires available are the adjustable spoke type with a lot more number of spokes making the rim look busy, cluttered and also the impression they are smaller in diameter.
For the time being I have bought a set of Toyota 16” rims (same as ford pattern) for $40 that I will use in the interim until I can source the wires I want. They will still give me a style I like of the 50’s/60’s and later I can just do a strip and fit to the wires I like for an earlier style.
New wires –
http://www.truespoke.net/Chromespoked.jpg
http://www.daytonwirewheel.com/images/wheels/c-c2-cross-well.jpg

OriginalFord -
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4037/4461229265_c4804213ce_z.jpg

Toyota Camry – (Chrome, paint or powder coat with mini moons or smoothy caps.)
http://www.hubcaps-wheelcovers.com/photo/to269514.JPG
http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh49/treehuggerdave/2009_1012Photobucket10025.jpg


Jinx - March 14th, 2011 at 05:28 AM

Hi Vman. I agree the Tru Spoke look busy compared to the early Ford wire. What about the Fat Wire?
http://www.truespoke.net/FatWire.html 
or
http://www.mcleanwheels.com/index.html 


theVman - March 14th, 2011 at 08:49 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Jinx
Hi Vman. I agree the Tru Spoke look busy compared to the early Ford wire. What about the Fat Wire?
http://www.truespoke.net/FatWire.html 
or
http://www.mcleanwheels.com/index.html 
Hi Jinx,
The Fat wire is only available in 15" but the Mclean wheels look a lot better. Still have adjustable spokes but are less cluttered and as close to the original ford that I have see yet. Thanks, they may be an option pending price. I hope they can do them in a narrow width to suit 750-16 rear and 500/525-16 front firestone ww.

http://www.mcleanwheels.com/images/30spoke_fwd.jpg