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Just picked this little bad boy up... Keystone Catalog ala 1967... I love these color shots!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...s/P1010001.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...s/P1010002.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...s/P1010003.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...s/P1010004.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...s/P1010005.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...s/P1010006.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...s/P1010007.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...s/P1010008.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...s/P1010009.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...s/P1010010.jpg

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VERY cool! Note the larger diameter of the tire stripes on those old Firestones. Coker must have copied a later design from '68-'69?

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Just found this while looking up some other info:

http://home.earthlink.net/~threynold...ricanmags.html

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http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j3...CteitzEqco.jpg

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Bob Creitz a "fly-by-night?" I hardly think so. Very impressive machine shop. Had the first dyno in the area. Still in business here in Tulsa: "Creitz Automotive."

I don't work for him, nor am I soliciting anything. He did a lot of work for me and I was always thrilled with the results of his work/products.

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I meant that he didn't appear to be in the wheel business very long. Didn't mean to take away any credit he deserves for his other work, but in the history of vintage wheels, his were more of a flash in the pan. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/grin.gif

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Another wheel by Creitz, this one on a '67 Z-28.

-Jon

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Cool pic, and neat looking fly by night wheels. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/wink.gif

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I understand where someone would not recognize the Creitz name and might think they were a small time operation. Not so. They did make intake manifolds, wheels and other speed equipment. Their bolt-together modular wheel design was years ahead of the trend. Do a search online for Creitz & Donovan and you will see a top-notch AA fuel dragster with serious racing credentials.

Creitz & Donovan AA/FD

-Jon

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Jon...That is a real nice site. Some cool pictures on it too.

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Some neat history on there. Glad you enjoyed it Tony. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/burnout.gif

-Jon

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-----The detail on that fueler is absolutely beautiful. What a restoration!!!!!........Bill S

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My friend Terry Vaughan is a wheel restorer up in Burlington, WA. His specialty is '60s wheels, especially Torq-Thrusts, but he also works on newer wheels too. He is building a new website and I wanted to post it here.

http://mysite.verizon.net/restdtpg/

I bought a set of old TTs from terry a few months ago and here is what he is capable of:

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2.../Wheels005.jpg

as well as:

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...tTerry15x7.jpg

If you have anything to add as far as Terry's site is concerned you can e-mail him at: [email protected]

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Those wheels look awesome!! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif

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I'd like to know where he gets his lug nuts from. It's VERY hard to find the shallow shank of the right diameter for the hole in the wheel.

Verne https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/frown.gif

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E-mail him Verne. Terry included the correct lug nuts with the set of TTs that I bought from him. No more double-washers, etc.

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I wish I known thay you could get the correct lugs. I bought a set of lugs and then had them machined to get them to work correctly.

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Found some more NEAT wheel ads from 1966.


http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...cheHRM6-66.jpg


http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...arsHRM6-66.jpg


http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...oneHRM6-66.jpg


http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...oneHRM6-66.jpg

There's more!

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Magnums for Carroll Shelby:

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...lbyHRM6-66.jpg


TV Tommy Ivo says it's M/T for him:

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...TadHRM6-66.jpg

Nickey would sell you chrome steelies:

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...yadHRM6-66.jpg

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Raders:

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...WowHRM6-66.jpg


Sparkomatic wheels!

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...ticHRM6-66.jpg


Aaah, and the beloved Hurst wheel:

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...elsHRM3-66.jpg

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Here a set of those 200-S installed.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6.../IMG_02002.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6.../IMG_02012.jpg

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A few more from the November '66 and April '67 Hot Rod magazines.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...oneHRM4-67.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...LugHRM4-67.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...gsHRM11-66.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...erHRM11-66.jpg

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Found these photos in the October, 1957 Hot Rod.

Article titled "Oakland Strip Star" featuring Palamides Automotive sponsorship and early Palamides magnesium wheels on the rear. Car was owned by Pete Ogden.
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...idesWheel1.jpg

Close up of Palamides bolt-on mag wheel.
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...idesWheel2.jpg

Also in the 10/57 issue was a feature on the then-dominant slingshot dragster campaigned by Emory Cook and Cliff Bedwell. The Cook & Bedwell car used Palamides magnesium wheels out back. Driver is Emory Cook, who showed Don Garlits how to modify Stromberg carbs for using nitro.
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...idesWheel4.jpg

Close up of C&B rear wheel, this one a knock-off. Note logo for Bruce's Tires, an early maker of slicks.
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...idesWheel3.jpg

And, also from this issue, an ad for Bruce slicks featuring the Cook & Bedwell car.
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...idesWheel5.jpg

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Any recommendations for who to use for the restoration of a pair of original Torq Thrusts? Thanks

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Bill Eaton should know of someone...Bill, where are you? https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/grin.gif

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I'll PM BillD.

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Thanks Bill! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/beers.gif

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Has anyone seen the Build sheet for an LS6 build in Arlington on Ebay ? I've always heard that there is no credible/ proven sheet from any LS6 Arlington cars ? any thoughts ? Item # 130043460578

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Here is a Wheel article from the June 67 Popular Hot Rodding

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v9...es/Wheels1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v9...es/Wheels2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v9...es/Wheels3.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v9...es/Wheels4.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v9...es/Wheels5.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v9...es/Wheels6.jpg

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Thank you! Now I know what those Mark II wheels are....CRESTLINE.. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif

I always felt they were a 70's made piece....67 is even better... https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...s/headbang.gif


Steve https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/beers.gif

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Great stuff Jeff! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif

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Thank you! Now I know what those Mark II wheels are....CRESTLINE.. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif

I always felt they were a 70's made piece....67 is even better... https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...s/headbang.gif


Steve https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/beers.gif

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Hey, I have a set of them too. The backspace is only about 2"s on mine.

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I'm confused abotu the "M/T No. 1 Mag Type" wheel (the Challenger style). It says heli-arc welded, but every one I've seen was riveted together!

Verne

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You have to Love those 5 spokes. I run them any chance I get.
https://www.yenko.net/attachments/320...ro%2811%29.jpg

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I'm guessing 14 x 6 TTDs on the front? Maybe 15 x 7s on the rear? https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/worship.gif

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15X6 D's on front. Good guess though...

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One more...

https://www.yenko.net/attachments/320047-tn_Z28RS.jpg

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Those look like '60s Ds or are they the new ones? Either way, SA-WEEET!!!

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Dated before we landed on the moon.

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One more...

https://www.yenko.net/attachments/320047-tn_Z28RS.jpg

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Colors, RS, Endura... https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/drool.gif

Thanks for sharing Dana!

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14x6 Foresight Drag Mags. I also have a set of 15x7s but they are too wide in the rear.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...9/DSC05416.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...9/DSC05417.jpg