Re: a Day 2 Car at its Finest ,original owner 68 SS 39
 

Nobody ran dog dish caps,, that was the utmost uncool thing to do......
Meant you were a dork, cheapskate or what ever they called it then.

The massive amounts of wheel choices was the first thing to do.....buy wheels !
Today they're a statement to big engine or a muscle sleeper. As we all know....

Or just restored to stock

Re: a Day 2 Car at its Finest ,original owner 68 SS 39
 

Well said by Novadude and Day2 69Z man!
Exactly!

Re: a Day 2 Car at its Finest ,original owner 68 SS 39
 

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: novadude</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Tom - to your point, I always scratch my head at all the restored cars running dog dish caps. While I do like the look, I suspect that almost every original owner that didn't opt for rally wheels or some optional wheel cover had plans to ditch those caps the minute the car left the dealership. They probably already had the aftermarket wheels purchased before they signed the papers on the car. At the very least, they probably dumped the caps and ran bare wheels to emulate the NHRA stockers. I'll bet very few musclecars were actually driving around with dog dishes back in the day.

I like the Dog dish sleeper look, but it's probably more popular now than it ever was in the 60s. </div></div>

15&quot; Corvette rally wheels, painted black:

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3.../GTO/69GMC.jpg

Those were on there for about 30 years...

K

Re: a Day 2 Car at its Finest ,original owner 68 SS 39
 

I have seen this car at Pittsburgh World of Wheels several times.When I saw the car it had the tunnel Ram two 4s and yellow plug wires etc. This car is unreal, I love it!!! I agree the car needs to be put back to the way it was. Get rid of the billet pulleys hood hinges etc bring back the tunnel ram 2x4 and yellow plug wires etc. Such a killer car.

Re: a Day 2 Car at its Finest ,original owner 68 SS 39
 

That GTO is exactly what I'm talking about. You probably ran it with black rallys and no caps. I did the black steelies and thin whitewalls on the Nova for a while until I changed to the chrome OE wheels (see my recent post in car profiles)

Re: a Day 2 Car at its Finest ,original owner 68 SS 39
 

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: novadude</div><div class="ubbcode-body">That GTO is exactly what I'm talking about. You probably ran it with black rallys and no caps. I did the black steelies and thin whitewalls on the Nova for a while until I changed to the chrome OE wheels (see my recent post in car profiles) </div></div>

Yes - especially since they were &quot;free&quot;.

Dad had a friend that worked for the Grand Trunk Railroad. When they first came out Dad mentioned to Bernard that he really liked the look of these &quot;rally wheels&quot;. Within a few days Bernard was coming up the driveway with two wheels under each arm. No questions were asked.

I still have them, on a shelf in the back garage (two of the wheels are a riveted construction). They are still black.

K

Re: a Day 2 Car at its Finest ,original owner 68 SS 39
 

Black riveted wheels may have been over the counter purchases.
They came in Grey or Black. But Not Argent !

In 69 all production wheels that I know of were welded.
Prior to that the HD cars such as Impalas , Station Wagons and alot of 427 cars had the much stronger riveted wheels..
If I'm not mistaken some 67-68 Z/28's have been seen with riveted wheels also.

Re: a Day 2 Car at its Finest ,original owner 68 SS 39
 

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Day2_69Z</div><div class="ubbcode-body">STOCK ORIGINAL. &quot;RESTORED&quot; CARS ARE BORING &amp; DRAB.....

SURVIVOR &amp; ORIGINAL DAY 2 CARS ARE THE BEE's Knees !!!

But a Properly done True Period Correct Day 2 Car Most Guys n Gals 35 &amp; Older are really drawn to Those ........
Back in the Day Very Few Kept them STOCK .

DAY 2 RULES !!!! </div></div>


AMEN!!