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« Reply #61 on: April 03, 2007, 20:47:45 pm » |
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LOL fabian the way I look at it is, I Got What I wanted , its Done Now ,they were Expensive to Make But Look Great!! AND no one else has them they make the wheels look Different. Fabian Are you putting Torkers on your car? or they just in your collection?
yes i will put them on my car but i've a problem the 356A brakes drums watch the pictures  only one solution change my porsches brakes drums to vw brakes drums but this year i will let the empi withe the 356 A maybe next year or for the EBI or the DDD5 |
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« Reply #62 on: April 03, 2007, 21:22:15 pm » |
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hey speedwell.....yeah, thats how i came to buy my 356 drums, they were on Bernard Newburys oval but when he located his original torque thrusts then he discovered that they wouldnt fit......so the drums came my way... |
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« Reply #63 on: April 04, 2007, 05:47:17 am » |
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LOL fabian the way I look at it is, I Got What I wanted , its Done Now ,they were Expensive to Make But Look Great!! AND no one else has them they make the wheels look Different. Fabian Are you putting Torkers on your car? or they just in your collection?
yes i will put them on my car but i've a problem the 356A brakes drums watch the pictures only one solution change my porsches brakes drums to vw brakes drums but this year i will let the empi withe the 356 A maybe next year or for the EBI or the DDD5 Wheels are going to look good on your Car you will have to watch because the Torque Thrust have a Different Offset and on some cars will stick out Narrowed beam time you could go disc's? |
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« Reply #64 on: April 04, 2007, 11:27:47 am » |
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On a pre 67 you should be fine when mounting te torkers... I'm using a stock beam and short axles and have no problems...
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« Reply #66 on: April 08, 2007, 21:46:11 pm » |
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Porsche Caps Look Great On The Wheels To I Dont Know Why JGE Made such a Tall Cap in the first place The Caps stick out to far Anything is an improvement over what they come with Do you have enough room for the Dust cap and axle nut to clear the cap? |
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« Reply #67 on: April 08, 2007, 23:19:42 pm » |
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Hey, Yeah there is loads of room front and rear behind the caps. The front wheels sit in front of 14mm spacers in order to clear the calipers against the back of the spokes. These pics show just how much clearance is there... back...  front...  As always, more updates on the car can be seen on my thread over on Volkszone... http://www.volkszone.com/VZi/showthread.php?t=223478&page=21thanks, tom. |
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« Reply #68 on: April 11, 2007, 20:48:32 pm » |
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Fitted a 5" narrowed beam so these can fit under the wings with discs and dropped spindles. Come on spence get the rest of it sorted.
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« Reply #69 on: April 12, 2007, 11:19:01 am » |
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Fitted a 5" narrowed beam so these can fit under the wings with discs and dropped spindles. Come on spence get the rest of it sorted.
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« Reply #70 on: April 16, 2007, 21:08:02 pm » |
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Fitted a 5" narrowed beam so these can fit under the wings with discs and dropped spindles. Come on spence get the rest of it sorted.
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« Reply #71 on: April 16, 2007, 21:14:52 pm » |
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Fitted a 5" narrowed beam so these can fit under the wings with discs and dropped spindles. Come on spence get the rest of it sorted.
Tracking looks a bit out to me it took 3 of us to wheel the bad boy back in the garage with the steering hooked up |
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« Reply #72 on: April 19, 2007, 23:47:13 pm » |
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Mounted My Tires Today also took A Picture of the Caps I Made for the Wheels Caps still need to be sent out to be Polished What do you guys Think?
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« Reply #73 on: April 19, 2007, 23:58:02 pm » |
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VERY cool!
I may throw my Porsche Americans back on the 67 this season. I havent run them since I went turbo.
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« Reply #74 on: April 20, 2007, 14:58:41 pm » |
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Torq thrust Americans are my Favoritie Wheel I Have Them on my Chevy II also
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« Reply #75 on: April 20, 2007, 16:19:41 pm » |
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Are these the originals or the British repops that you are fitting to the VW?
Here is my sedan with the Aluminum Porsche pattern Americans
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« Reply #76 on: April 20, 2007, 16:21:32 pm » |
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And my 911 with magnesium Americans. I like them too |
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« Reply #77 on: April 20, 2007, 16:33:49 pm » |
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The Silver Ones I put the Tires On are the JGE Torkers I had new caps Made For them I have Originals to But I Hate Polishing them Also Have BRM's But it Seems everyone runs them now I want something a little Differnt here are mine
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« Reply #78 on: April 20, 2007, 16:53:30 pm » |
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So what was the general opinion of the Americans back in the day? Clearly they were quite rare......were they considered way cool or were they too goofy to be accepted in the late 70s/early 80s?
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« Reply #79 on: April 20, 2007, 17:11:24 pm » |
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The Original Vw Big 5 Bolts american are very rare I have heard they made less then five hundred wheels I know they made Way More BRM's in 1975 when I was in the Orange County Clubs and hung out There I can only think of about 4 cars were running American's and the same sets seem to be sold and end up on another car there have never been very many cars with them The Set On my Red Oval I bought from a Guy in Keep On Buggin VW Club from Long Beach back in 1977 I paid $550.00 for 5 Wheels with Original Lugs and Knock Offs I Sold that Car in 1994 for $10,000 it went to Japan Today The Wheels are going for $8,000 a set of 4 I did Keep the spare when I sold the car
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« Reply #80 on: April 20, 2007, 20:23:15 pm » |
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8000$ for a set  ...  what a price but those are very cool |
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« Reply #81 on: April 20, 2007, 21:36:08 pm » |
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Keep On Buggin VW Club from Long Beach
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« Reply #82 on: April 20, 2007, 23:29:11 pm » |
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Keep On Buggin VW Club from Long Beach
Were these gys responsible for the "keep on buggin frames" No You Use to be able to Buy The Keep On Buggin Plate Frames at Western auto and Pep Boys Years ago They are not Rare you dont see them much anymore the other one that use to be around was DER KAFER Frames its cool its in old script letters |
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« Reply #83 on: April 21, 2007, 09:54:22 am » |
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I was just wondering as I have a dash plaque that says "Keep on buggin' presents a saturday night special"
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« Reply #84 on: April 21, 2007, 15:10:39 pm » |
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I was just wondering as I have a dash plaque that says "Keep on buggin' presents a saturday night special"
LOL you might have bought that from me?? I sold a bunch of them on E Bay It is a real Dash Plaque The VW Club KOB (Keep on Buggin) from Long Beach Calif back in the 70's Had a Club Car Ralley it was called Saturday night Special (plaque is a Bright Blue Color) it was a Ralley that DSK Der Selten Kafers went to and Took the Most Repersented club with 27 Cars Entered, VW Car Ralley's Were A Blast Back In The 70"s Wish they still had them.... |
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« Reply #85 on: April 21, 2007, 16:39:31 pm » |
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Yeah thats the one, I did pick it up off ebay a few years ago.
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