The "Screamin' Rat" Got New Rims & Skins!

[horseballz]

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I know the body/paint is BUTT UGLY right now, but a new set of Cragar 15"x8"/4.25" backspace wheels with 245/60/15 BFGs on all 4 corners helps a little bit!

Thanks Again,
Gene

 

[horseballz]

The Other Side

The 245's just barely fit with not much wiggle room, but, I like my tires FAT!

Thanks,
Gene

 

[66Couper]

Looks good, real beefy. What color do you want to do the car? It'd look good flat black with white Shelby stripes

 

[horseballz]

I've narrowed color choice down to 2. Either the original "Sunlit Gold" in 2-stage base coat/clear coat (will appear more glossy than original) or dark "British Racing Green". The nice interior is "Light Nugget Gold" and light tan and only a few colors will go well with that.
Thanks,
Gene

 

[spirockp]

BUTT UGLY, no way. Looks great! Smoke those new bad boys up!

 

[tx65coupe]

That looks cool. I like the Cragars.

 

[CarFreakGT]

Me likey. I have a set of '20-footer' Cragars that I got off of E-bay for my 68. I like the size of the tires you chose, too. I may have to go w/ that size myself.

 

[CarFreakGT]

BUTT UGLY, no way. Looks great! Smoke those new bad boys up!

I agree, BTW. And tell people that you're going bumperless for the old Trans Am racing look!

 

[horseballz]

Yeah,
The rear bumper and valance (for license plate purposes) is going back on today and the front bumper and grill will go back on after I fork around with some front fender alignment issues. I've pretty much resigned myself to the fact that I likely won't be able to afford a "proper" strip and paint job for a year or two or more , so I'm gonna button it up and put on the Magnaflow exhaust, finish refurbing the AC (a must in 115 degree Las Vegas), new trac-loc rear center chunk with 3.40 gears and put in a Borgeson power steering box. At least by then, the car will be mechanically and functionally done and ready for cross country cruising trips. I was going to go with 15x8 steel wheels and stock dog dish hub caps (same tires but black wall out) to complete the rat/sleeper motif, but the steelies would have cost nearly as much as the Cragars! Oh well, maybe the shiny wheels will inspire me/light a fire under my a$$ to figure out a way to do a nice paint job kinda on the cheap. Let's face it, a good scrape and squirt costs $8K-$12K, and thats not even for a "show quality" job. That's more than I've got into the rest of the car. It took ten years of it sitting to get to this point, it was shiny when I parked it! At least there is NO RUST to deal with. Even the cowl was perfect!
Thanks For The Looks & Comments,
Gene

 

[nugget68]

my 68 is sunlit gold with nugget gold interior... i like it because not a lot of people have it...of course i need a new paint job too because the paint on it now is a cheap one stage repaint that is 12 years old. when it was fresh it was very nice looking color. I will do base/clear next repaint...