my birthday gift

[bmxnut65]

Fab, your car looks great,I hope you put those wheels on soon and show us some more pics. Henry

[speedwell]

Fab, your car looks great,I hope you put those wheels on soon and show us some more pics. Henry

for sure henry i will post some pictures and thx for the kind word
fabs

[Donny B.]

Too bad you will have to loose the Porsche brakes to add the wheels, but it will be worth it for the look!

[SlingShot]

Fabs, I will trade you some VW Drums straight accross for your 356 Drums. I will even cover shipping 

[Rick Meredith]

Fabs, I will trade you some VW Drums straight accross for your 356 Drums. I will even cover shipping 

    You're such a giver Sling! 

[speedwell]

no no slinger i guard my porsches drums and maybe one day i will sale them but for the time it's NO 
here's some pictures i took yesterday  after cleaning the bug , and just put the torquer in front of the black wheels what do you think 

[Tobi/DFL]

VERY NICE!

[IP359]

Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiccccccccccccce (like Borat said)
I'm impatient to see it during the EBI 2....
Good job, Fabs !

[Phil West]

hy guys just to share with you my birthday gift   hope you will appreciate those one
here we go 

Fabian,

I'm thinking of putting a pair of these on the rear my '61, short rear axles with Type 3 drums.  I think these are 5 inch rims?  I have some 10mm spacers to widen the track a bit.  What size tyres will you use on the rears?  I have some 215/70s which I offered up to a rim but the inner width of the tyre is wider than the actual rim.  So it would be a big squeeze to get them on, not sure how 'bulgy' the tyres would end up.  Just wondered what you've managed to squeeze on to yours.  Also i understand the rim on the wheels as sold is just machined metal, was it a big job getting so fine a polish on this rims, they look 100% now.  i'm presuming you got the polish first and then painted them after?

Very cool rims though.  How often do you see original ones?  I only recall seeing the one set on Bernie's oval.

Cheers
Phil

[danny gabbard]

did somebody say that the front was wrecked? well ya can't tell the car look's great. the only thing missen is the fricken licken, cheer's

[Rennsurfer]

did somebody say that the front was wrecked? well ya can't tell the car look's great. the only thing missen is the fricken licken, cheer's

Yep, right before Bug-In 33.



You're right... WHERE'S THE LICKIN'?

 

[Rick Meredith]

You're right... WHERE'S THE LICKIN'?

 

[Rennsurfer]

 

[speedwell]

thx guys 

[speedwell]

hy guys just to share with you my birthday gift   hope you will appreciate those one
here we go 

Fabian,

I'm thinking of putting a pair of these on the rear my '61, short rear axles with Type 3 drums.  I think these are 5 inch rims?  I have some 10mm spacers to widen the track a bit.  What size tyres will you use on the rears?  I have some 215/70s which I offered up to a rim but the inner width of the tyre is wider than the actual rim.  So it would be a big squeeze to get them on, not sure how 'bulgy' the tyres would end up.  Just wondered what you've managed to squeeze on to yours.  Also i understand the rim on the wheels as sold is just machined metal, was it a big job getting so fine a polish on this rims, they look 100% now.  i'm presuming you got the polish first and then painted them after?

Very cool rims though.  How often do you see original ones?  I only recall seeing the one set on Bernie's oval.

Cheers
Phil

thx phil
the wheels are just sandblasted and just a satin varnish on , no color , and after we have polish the wheels
i will go with 185 cinturato on the rear because i've just a 1200cc with extra HP  and the tyres on the empi 5 were 215/65/15 too big for my little engine
i never seen the one on bernie's oval , but i saw one in the box at the last bug in and the set on dave galassi 62 an d i licked those one  ,but those rims are very rare and cost a lot of $$$$$

[lowfastbus]

hy guys just to share with you my birthday gift    hope you will appreciate those one
here we go 

Fabian,

I'm thinking of putting a pair of these on the rear my '61, short rear axles with Type 3 drums.  I think these are 5 inch rims?  I have some 10mm spacers to widen the track a bit.  What size tyres will you use on the rears?  I have some 215/70s which I offered up to a rim but the inner width of the tyre is wider than the actual rim.  So it would be a big squeeze to get them on, not sure how 'bulgy' the tyres would end up.  Just wondered what you've managed to squeeze on to yours.  Also i understand the rim on the wheels as sold is just machined metal, was it a big job getting so fine a polish on this rims, they look 100% now.  i'm presuming you got the polish first and then painted them after?

Very cool rims though.  How often do you see original ones?  I only recall seeing the one set on Bernie's oval.

Cheers
Phil

I have some with 205/70 on them, out off the box, no polish job on mine...
on short axles without spacers

[Phil West]

hy guys just to share with you my birthday gift   hope you will appreciate those one
here we go 

Fabian,

I'm thinking of putting a pair of these on the rear my '61, short rear axles with Type 3 drums.  I think these are 5 inch rims?  I have some 10mm spacers to widen the track a bit.  What size tyres will you use on the rears?  I have some 215/70s which I offered up to a rim but the inner width of the tyre is wider than the actual rim.  So it would be a big squeeze to get them on, not sure how 'bulgy' the tyres would end up.  Just wondered what you've managed to squeeze on to yours.  Also i understand the rim on the wheels as sold is just machined metal, was it a big job getting so fine a polish on this rims, they look 100% now.  i'm presuming you got the polish first and then painted them after?

Very cool rims though.  How often do you see original ones?  I only recall seeing the one set on Bernie's oval.

Cheers
Phil

thx phil
the wheels are just sandblasted and just a satin varnish on , no color , and after we have polish the wheels
i will go with 185 cinturato on the rear because i've just a 1200cc with extra HP  and the tyres on the empi 5 were 215/65/15 too big for my little engine
i never seen the one on bernie's oval , but i saw one in the box at the last bug in and the set on dave galassi 62 an d i licked those one  ,but those rims are very rare and cost a lot of $$$$$

Man you gotta love rims to lick them!  Me I'm more of a rubber man, big meats do it for me!  So - you managed to get a 215 on a 5 inch empi 5 ok?  Not sure what my tyre guy is gonna say about getting them on....

[benssp]

215? Pah, try a 245/60 on a 5.5" rim, clears the springplate too an a long axle

[Phil West]

215? Pah, try a 245/60 on a 5.5" rim, clears the springplate too an a long axle

woaah that's some big meats.  That thing must be like a steam roller going round bends.  Whoever put the meat on must have had a serious struggle.  Crazy!  Those things are the soft ones too - must be good for 300 horse?  What's the lump?

[benssp]

1776, fk10, 40x35.5 heads!

that was just a spare tyre and wheel i had kicking around and put it on for shits and giggles