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General Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: sjfd04 on September 27, 2017, 06:42:14 PM
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New American wheels today
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Beautiful car! The wheels look great!
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Thank you
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Very nice! Custom wheels really make these cars stand out!
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Very nice!! :thumbsup:
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Lookin good Tom.
Dan
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And then there is the cherry on the top for those new wheels.
Loren
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The wheels look great Tom, I picked up a set of the same wheels on sale from Jegs last year, they will be going on my coupe when its done.
Tony
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Ted's 65 has a similar look. One of these days these will be back on my GS, they are 14s though, not 15s.
Mark
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I really like that "old school" look.
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I'm a Steel wheel poverty cap guy :cheers2:
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That too is a great looking set of wheels.
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Seen car last night looks awesome ! Got mine all back together today once i get it cleaned up will show them together and blow peoples minds , lol
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Dear Harle, sjfd04, Buicknut65, and mid-60s Buick admirers of "wheelz" . . . .
I'm a Steel wheel poverty cap guy :cheers2:
Yes indeed, that's what my trusty wagon had until 2010. It was more of a struggle because the car had lots of miles and those poverty caps didn't survive unscathed. My Dad was a pack-pat when it came to things like scrap wood. One day someone parked our wagon too close to the edge of the garage and smashed the rear right wheel against a piece of wood. Dad did the best he could to remove the dents but the hub cap was never the same.
I lost another one while going to a conference in the LA area from San Diego were I lived. I had had my wagon serviced the week before then the shop didn't put one of the hub caps back on tight enough. Fortunately, there was a shop in San Diego called "Hub cap Annie" that had some 1965 Buick poverty caps. The outfit is long gone, but I did buy a replacement and a spare.
However, in 1986 my wagon was stolen and her spare tire was never recovered. At the time we had another spare put on but it had 1 extra inch of back-spacing. In 2010, I had her upgraded to front disc brakes and the shop checked, sure enough the old wheels fit "fine." Well, exactly one wheel fit fine - the replacement spare wheel which by then had been rotated into service. When they tried to put the other front wheel - it wouldn't fit! :dontknow:
At that point I decided to spurge and go with reproduction Buick "rallye" wheels! :glasses9: I kept the best surviving poverty cap. One of these days I need to mount it in a place of honor in the garage!
Cheers, Edouard :occasion14: