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BRINGING IT ALL TOGETHER.... A's, G's & E's


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Magic Bus
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Sy Hollinshead
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    Advice on cragar wheels

    Sy Hollinshead
    Sy Hollinshead


    Number of posts : 466
    Location : Cambridgeshire, UK
    Registration date : 2008-10-11

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    Post by Sy Hollinshead Sun Jul 13, 2014 11:11 pm

    Vantasia wrote:Very cool and nice looking! Glad it worked out for you with the centering and the proper lugs.  In America we used call those add on white walls "Portawalls".  A company called Coker tire sells real wide white walls in many widths made from the original Firestone and other brand molds if you want to spring for real ones, they are not much more than regular tyres as you spell them! Look here:
    They have a big selection and probably ship worldwide, certain models are also sold through summit racing.  Also, if those are Cragar rims, you can get Cragar center caps with the blue Cragar logo on them, not that expensive but they come in different diameters for different wheels so check the specs.

    Thanks for the comments, yeah i can get white wall tyres here in the UK, but they are about $1400 a set in that size, which is too expensive for my wallet...!!!

    I have some different badges on order from Bulgaria of all places, with a vintage Ford logo on, hence i didn't bother ordering Cragar ones from the USA.
    FCC
    FCC


    Number of posts : 295
    Location : Batavia, Ohio
    Registration date : 2014-04-29

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    Post by FCC Mon Jul 14, 2014 7:05 am

    What's the story on your tail light lenses with the orange centers?  I'm guessing those would be called, in my vintage BMW speak, 'euro spec' lenses?
    Or are they lenses from a later van than mine..? I'm pretty new at this.

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    Sy Hollinshead
    Sy Hollinshead


    Number of posts : 466
    Location : Cambridgeshire, UK
    Registration date : 2008-10-11

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    Post by Sy Hollinshead Mon Jul 14, 2014 9:49 am

    Over here in the UK we have seperate orange indicators. The US style brake light repeaters are illegal on newer vehicles, legal on older vehicles, but not very well understood by most other drivers.
    They were just some lights i found that fitted in the hole.
    FCC
    FCC


    Number of posts : 295
    Location : Batavia, Ohio
    Registration date : 2014-04-29

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    Post by FCC Mon Jul 14, 2014 10:29 am

    ooooohhhh. those aren't original Ford lights. that explains it. thanks!
    Sy Hollinshead
    Sy Hollinshead


    Number of posts : 466
    Location : Cambridgeshire, UK
    Registration date : 2008-10-11

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    Post by Sy Hollinshead Mon Jul 14, 2014 12:00 pm

    Found them in an online car spares shop. They just happened to be the right sort of size, without straying too far from the originals in appearance.


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    Magic Bus
    Magic Bus


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    Location : -Gateway to the West - St Louis Missouri
    Registration date : 2009-12-02

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    Post by Magic Bus Tue Jul 15, 2014 8:12 pm

    Those wheels look great, love the blue stripe and the whitewalls too.

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