1970 aluminum slotted wheel questions

[LeeP]

Your wheels are beautiful. Lee

[LeeP]

If I entered my Oldsmobile in a day to judging were would I find the rules to make sure the rims qualify for day two. Some of my friends are telling me to buy new rims polished but I don't favor that recommendation.

Lee

[SuperNovaSS]

Ansens should definitely qualify as day 2 since they were available when the cars were new. I'm not sure who to talk to about judging rules though.


Jason

[David C.]

A friend of mine bought a 72 Chevelle brand new once he got home from Vietnam. Within one year he put aluminum slots on it. They were 15x7on the front, 15x8.5 on the rear. I think they were American Racing? Anyways he just asked me to sell them for him this summer as he put the original wheels on his car once it was restored. Unfortunately I just sold them a month ago!

[LeeP]

Thanks David, I need 14x7 to be able to install Firestone Wide Ovals like the original owner did in 1970.

Lee

[whitetop]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: LeeP</div><div class="ubbcode-body">If I entered my Oldsmobile in a day to judging were would I find the rules to make sure the rims qualify for day two. Some of my friends are telling me to buy new rims polished but I don't favor that recommendation.

Lee </div></div>

Lee, the Ansens SupernovaSS has are 100% correct including the metal caps-later caps were plastic.
The new Ansens are shaped wrong. Besides the general look of the wheel, the kidney bean hole is different and they have those concave lug nut pockets. The entire wheel is a carictature of the originals.

[LeeP]

Thanks for those that helped me especially whitetop and Jason. I am on my way to day two the way Rug (the original owner) set up his car.

Lee

[70LS6454]

[quote=LeeP]Thanks Ray I am guessing you had one of those great LS6s in the chevelle row: Did you see it at MCACN.

Lee, Unfortunately I have never been to MCACN. I had friend that did go and he said the cars are amazing.

Did you buy the wheels Jason offered?

Ray

[ssl78]

Here is a set of Superior day 2 slots

[olredalert]

----I dont know about the rest of the world, but back in 1968/72 in Ft.Lauderdale we would buy brand new aftermarket wheels and take them straight to the local polisher. They just looked so much better polished than the way they came out of the box. With slots we would do the whole face, but with spokes we would leave the spokes rough-cast and paint them metallic grey. This is a practice I still follow to this day. Nothing beats a set of American spokes with a rough center and polished up outer lip.
----A lot of us also drove on Goodyear racing tires because the southern Goodyear Racing Distributer used to be on Federal Highway just north of the Lauderdale airport. They were happy to sell us any tire they had. It did help that I shared a house with the shop manager though!.....Bill S