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Offline RusTy/SE

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Re: slot rims
« Reply #30 on: June 28, 2006 - 02:44:19 PM »
Late 70's during a road trip to Ft. Walton Beach, Fla. Kelly Super Chargers on Cragar SS and my HS graduation tassles hanging from the rear view mirror :thumbsup:  :cooldancing:
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Re: slot rims
« Reply #31 on: June 28, 2006 - 08:38:39 PM »
ooh how i wish i had my tassle for the duster...91 was a long time ago already it did hang from the mirror of my 74 charger for quite some time.  I just bought a set of used slots for my duster this spring. a fine whire wheel, scotch brite, or other mild abrasive will help in cleaning them up. of corse you will nead to work finer and finer till you get to a polished finish...flitz is also great for cleaning them up im told..i have some mothers but have not buffed them out with that yet. cant see the slots really well in this pic, but its true old school with 14x6 front and 15x8 rear
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Re: slot rims
« Reply #32 on: June 28, 2006 - 10:44:00 PM »
I'm not trying to poop out this party but those old slot wheels have a bad habit of breaking.  Tap a curb or hit a pothole and it might be all over.  Did I ever tell you about the time my buddies frontrunner slot blew up on the tire changer machine??

After seeing that I wouldn't want to go over 35mph on those old wheels
Back in the day, the coolest wheel out there was the Motor wheel fly
Ultra rare then and impossible to find now but they sure were cool..
They sort of looked like a Centerline with the middle cut out in the shape of a star
I liked the super tricks too of course

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Re: slot rims
« Reply #34 on: June 28, 2006 - 11:31:05 PM »
I like em, use em, collect em.  I have many sizes and they all need polishing!

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Re: slot rims
« Reply #35 on: June 29, 2006 - 07:04:47 AM »
Hey they were still very popular intot he late 80's as were Crager SS rims.

That is when you started to see a wide variatey of rims flooding the market.

I doubt they will ever be That popular again, but they will always have a solid place...they still look good.

I will put them up against most any other rim... 20 years from now how populat will they be?

its also good to see American racing vectors are back....
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Re: slot rims
« Reply #36 on: June 29, 2006 - 09:41:16 AM »
the problems some of them had do not mean they are weak...its easly possible to mess up wheels on a tire machine in ways that have nothing to do with road use. also i think many of those wheels were "unilug" there is no such thing as a safe unilug wheel. I know craigers were verry comin in unilug. they always loosened up and the loads were uneaven.  Over torque or under torque can kill any aluminum wheel also.the same with a "curb shot". none of these are the wheels fault..i have broken the center out of steel wheels, but i dont blame the wheel , i was abuseing it. There were differences in the quality of some of those old wheels also.  the crap ones didnt last this long, you can tell the difference in the finish, even on dirty ones.