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jick
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« on: January 29, 2007, 23:01:21 pm »
i went shopping today.... Grin




makes a change from the usual porsche fuchs... Cheesy Wink Grin
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« Reply #1 on: January 29, 2007, 23:05:11 pm »
Wow, nicee! that that sort of wheel where you can't use front brakes eh?
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« Reply #2 on: January 29, 2007, 23:20:06 pm »
Quote from: jick on January 29, 2007, 23:01:21 pm

 Nice... At what Amish community did you find these spoke wheels? Grin
 
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« Reply #3 on: January 30, 2007, 00:02:47 am »
 Cheesy Cheesy....some quiet bearded dude parked his buggy out the front of my house...he didn't know it's a bad neighbourhood. Grin

they take a disc brake set up......its gonna be street legal.
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« Reply #4 on: January 30, 2007, 00:36:12 am »
or should that be "Street lethal"  Cheesy Smiley
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« Reply #5 on: January 30, 2007, 00:48:46 am »
 Grin

those wheels jick!  Shocked
i thought you had centerlines in mind?
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« Reply #6 on: January 30, 2007, 09:23:51 am »
Quote from: 67-indeed on January 30, 2007, 00:48:46 am
Grin

those wheels jick!  Shocked
i thought you had centerlines in mind?

No he has Erco's or OG Empi 5's
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« Reply #7 on: January 30, 2007, 09:47:33 am »
thats it lids..i'm gonna run these with two of my empi 5's on the back....they show my polished 356 brakes better than the ercos!

 Grin
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« Reply #8 on: January 30, 2007, 15:40:57 pm »
those are real american racing 12 spokes mag( same as picture ) or copy  Huh
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« Reply #9 on: January 30, 2007, 15:50:00 pm »
they're bigger & narrower than the American Racing 12 spokes, they're 18" x 3" as opposed to the 15" x 4" Americans.

they're the Radir remakes....its a crime to call them a copy, they're a work of art... Grin  and are designed to easily take a wilwood disc brake set-up.
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« Reply #10 on: January 30, 2007, 16:43:43 pm »
thanks for the reply jick  Wink
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« Reply #11 on: January 30, 2007, 17:26:38 pm »
Brakes are only needed when you need to stop, and jicks car hasn't moved for ten years Wink  But it has covered about 300 miles Huh Huh
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« Reply #12 on: January 30, 2007, 18:33:23 pm »
 Cheesy Cheesy

i'm looking on target though lids for the end of this year....or certainly Volksworld show 2008!

by the way...forgot to add, Speedwell...the wheels are a remake of the Halibrand versions. Smiley
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