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#11
06-04-2018, 05:03 PM
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Had a pair of the unplated center Cragar S/S. I don't think they were Sparklers. Here's a link to a 1971 Cragar catalog. At that point in time seems that the only thing avaialable was the chrome centers and Sparklers. Slightly off topic but looks like Cragar G/T's were history by 1971?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Cragar-Whee...4AAOSwnklayVhN Last edited by BillD; 06-04-2018 at 05:25 PM. Reason: change 
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#12
06-04-2018, 09:57 PM
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So, there were plain centers and Sparklers ? I'm recovering from foot surgery so it's gonna bit a bit before I can dig them out. I'm thinking these had a fairly smooth gray painted center with a chrome cap ( of course someone could have painted them in the last 50 years ). Hoops are chrome as they should be and they are definitely S/S. At least I thought they were definitely S/S. Aw Hell, I'm not sure of anything anymore.
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06-05-2018, 12:55 AM
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A friend of mine purchased a new 66 SS396 Chevelle in the fall of 1965 and he ordered a set of 14" x 6" Cragars like these. The rim was chrome and the centers were polished aluminum.
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#14
06-05-2018, 03:24 PM
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Must be a sign of some sort of mental illness as I seem obsessed with this subject on Cragar wheels. Here's a link to a 1967 ad showing what looks like a S/S wheel with a chrome, natural aluminum and possibly a black painted center?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1967-Cragar...UAAOSwdzVXnqvz
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#15
06-09-2018, 09:10 PM
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I got a chance to get some photos of the 15x4s.
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06-10-2018, 12:55 AM
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Well, that was weird. I posted a reply and it wasn't what I wrote.
The centers have been painted at some point in their life. I'm assuming they should either be smooth and bare or have a shotblast finish. These appear to be smooth.
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#18
06-10-2018, 04:45 AM
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Is there chrome under the paint?
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#19
06-10-2018, 04:26 PM
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No evidence of chrome that I have seen.
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#20
06-10-2018, 04:45 PM
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These might have been the plane aluminum wheels that someone just painted the centers.
The question is why would they have painted plane aluminum centers? I have seen quite a few painted centers and wheels but this was done because the chrome failed. Thanks for posting. Bernhard
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