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69B Z28 08-16-2025 08:56 PM

The reason for flat spoke Cragar S/S wheels
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_mGFlUTucQ

SPEEDYB 08-17-2025 06:54 AM

Nice story, the flat spokes look like crap!

SS427 08-17-2025 05:16 PM

That excuse sounds very strange but ok. My first thought was, how much does this "mold" actually cost to produce and if the majority of their customer base likes and wants the rounded face (me included), why not just write it off and produce what is being asked. My totally novice brain is telling me and I am guessing around $100,000 for a new mold? Peanuts in the grand scheme of things. They could still keep the flat mold and continue to produce them as well so not loss.

cheveslakr 08-17-2025 06:28 PM

There's 10s of thousands waiting for the round spoke direct drill cragars to appear, even as a second set to rotate. Most of those/us won't buy the flat stuff. I already have 2 sets of the flat versions that I'd replace, so probably a buyer of 12 new wheels.....waiting.

WILMASBOYL78 08-19-2025 03:23 PM

Cragars...
 
I agree...the old school style would really sell. Just posted in the Parts Wanted section...looking for some old style 15 inch Cragars.

-wilma

Rfish 08-21-2025 03:24 AM

Come up with any story you want but it’s not what was originally produced nor is it what people really want. So, do it right and make a fistful of $$ selling what is really wanted..

daverd 09-26-2025 04:47 AM

Very interesting story I love cragars but I have an unheated garage and the crater chrome pimples up fast …..

x44d80 09-27-2025 12:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cheveslakr (Post 1677527)
There's 10s of thousands waiting for the round spoke direct drill cragars to appear, even as a second set to rotate. Most of those/us won't buy the flat stuff. I already have 2 sets of the flat versions that I'd replace, so probably a buyer of 12 new wheels.....waiting.

Agreed. Round spoke Cragars on 1st gen Camaros in my opinion are the 1st choice. Try finding a set of nice 15x7 direct drill round spoke used wheels. I went with my 2nd choice, American Racing TTs, Chinese wheels. I would have gladly paid for new round spoke Cragars.

seventyLs5 10-06-2025 06:15 PM

If anybody is attending the SEMA show coming up in Las Vegas you can talk to the owners of Cragar at the show. I told them a couple of years ago they needed to start making the narrow ones again, they had not been available for a while and they started producing them again. Not sure if my input helped but I thought it was worth at try. I also told them there would be a market for Keystone Classic front runners but didn't get much of a response.

cheveslakr 10-07-2025 02:46 AM

Really liked the Kustomags, the version with the spokes meeting the rim. The Klassics just don't look the same, the look that Sox and Martin helped make popular.


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