C-Body Wheel and Tire Survey

Which wheels and tires do you like on C-Bodies?


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This wheel has been tossed around here many times .. i keep forgeting the name of it.

Had I been a buyer back then, I would been into this look .. this wheel, double whites .. :).

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Kinda surprised this wheel hasn't come up more times yet.

Other than C bodies (e.g, certain Imps) they physically WONT fit, its on the edge of "too sporty" for certain post 1968(??) C's. But I really like the Magnum wheels.

I have been looking for more pictures on fusies or formals ... not luck yet. Maybe one of you folks can post one? OR just more examples period? :)

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Yes that engine is in the clone that we have discussed on many occasions. Here is a pic from Moparfest 2016. You can see that it has the same license plate.View attachment 110017

Thanks Dave! Sorry to drag up the same car again. i wasnt in any of those other discussions about it.

We (a couple of us) were just trying to figure out this HOOD after detmatt pointed it out .. whole lotta metal work for what was under that hood.

Somebody has done some major mods to that hood!

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So THIS "cloned" car, given the license plate, IS

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THIS car . photos obviously taken at different times (wheels are different, sixpack mill is in it, etc.)

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I have done RWL/OWL with factory wheel covers (on 15x8 steel wheels) before (on stroked 440 "sleeper" 76 monaco). I was good with it .. some folks hassled me over it -- until i took them for a ride. :)

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I had a 76 Leman's Sport Coupe that gave me nothing but grief with some Turbine rims..
I switched to factory steel rally's and RWL's.
Gave it the "try messing with me" look...
Pictured here is the brother to my car back in 1982...
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The 2 pics below are not the same car. The bottom pic is the recreation while the top pic does not say it's a clone...
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Yes that engine is in the clone that we have discussed on many occasions. Here is a pic from Moparfest 2016. You can see that it has the same license plate.View attachment 110017

He's from my area, rumor is he has a few C's, I'm pretty sure I've been driving by his shop for years and never realized it.

To confirm.......from my library of C body shots from Moparfest over the last few years

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If I remember right, its more then "just" a 440.....Nice guy too

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As for my opinion.....I can never decide, so if I like a Rim, I buy multiple sets and wrap them in varying sizes of tires and sidewalls.......

Rubber and rim makes or breaks a car, a change in both or either can completely change the look and attitude of a car......from bad *** to old ***....

Personally I like a slightly larger rear tire.......the Cop car as its lovingly called by everyone in my family and friends has 225/70R15s in front, 235/70R15s rear, 15x6.5 "H" rims all the way around, because of the bulbous rear quarters it gives it a "Full" look front and back and helps even the stance a bit....

On the ragtop, I have 3 sets of Roadwheels, one set is a white stripe 225/75 all the way around, then a set of 15x7 truck roadwheels which I'm going to wrap in 255/60 & 235/70 BF Goodrich Radial T/A's, and a set of 15x6 roadwheels with 235/70 all the way around

Cop rims I have two sets of, one set has blackwalls on them, 235/65 all the way around, the other set is 225/70 and 215/65 (I bought them like that) BFG Radial T/A's letters out...

Then theres steelies.......I have them in everything from 15x5.5 to 15x7.5......at the moment I have a pair of 15x5.5's with 215/75's and another set of 4 15x5.5's with 235/75's both sets are white lines, and I use them as rollers.....


Yes I'm a hoarder......If I find roadwheels or cop rims for a reasonable deal, I buy them.....you never lose money on good rims..

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This wheel has been tossed around here many times .. i keep forgeting the name of it.

Had I been a buyer back then, I would been into this look .. this wheel, double whites .. :).

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I learned something new today as I thought those wheels were a 1971 Sport Fury GT exclusive.
I'd love to find a set.
Keep posting up the great pics guys.
Dave
 
Stealing from another thread... this is a 59 Dodge hearse from Italy... are these caps factory or is the center an add on piece?
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Either way, I think you would need one of these from them to look right...
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Stealing from another thread... this is a 59 Dodge hearse from Italy... are these caps factory or is the center an add on piece?
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Either way, I think you would need one of these from them to look right...
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Factory wheel cover, '59 Lancer flipper.
 
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