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Originally Posted by Oldsguy
Scott, those wheels look real nice on your car. You have done a good job making it look nice because I am sure if you bought it for $350 it didn't look that nice then.
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The wheels are Torque Thrust IIs...the rest of the car is a stock restoration, but for wheels I wanted something a little more "hot rod". Thought about getting Torque Thrust Ds, but I'm glad I went with the polished version. At some point I would like to get a spare set of steel wheels and original wheel covers, but I'm not going to worry about that until I get the interior done
. It would be nice to have the option to put a set of wide whites on there once in a while...
Here's what it looked like when I dragged it home from the junkyard:
Poor thing sat in a field for 12 years with mice living on the engine. I've replaced or restored virtually everything on it at this point...and I still need to get door panels for it. And a power seat track, and a few other small bits. Been looking for the drivers side upper stainless molding for 10 years now, and still haven't found one
. It's a great car though, and pretty unique. I get asked "what is that?" a lot with it
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I also have a '55 Willys Jeep project I started on but haven't had time to do much with. I got it completely torn down, but that's about it. Restoring it will be the exact opposite of the Olds...tons of parts interchange with other years, there's great aftermarket support, and it's so simple it's basically 4 wheels and a seat
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