NOT MINE 1972 Plymouth Gran Fury 2dr in Nebraska(GY9, 360, 31k miles only, $23.5k ask)

Turbo301 said:
Nope, they make it look like the guy wanted a muscle car but couldn't afford one so he souped-up what he could get.
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Or he just wanted wheels and tires that actually looked good.

Some people prefer these full size cars over the boring muscle cars. I know I do.
 
71Polara383 said:
Or he just wanted wheels and tires that actually looked good.

Some people prefer these full size cars over the boring muscle cars. I know I do.
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I love these types of cars more than muscle cars, too; so then why try to make it look muslce car-y by putting on this type of wheel? And these wheels are way over-used, on every type of car; losing the uniqueness of the factory wheels for generic-looking mags, especially on a low-mileage "survivor", is anathema to me.

Also, I suspect he added the mags and exhaust so it would appeal more to the "every old car with a V8 must be a muscle car" crowd, who are all too common at cruise nights and whatnot.
 
Turbo301 said:
I love these types of cars more than muscle cars, too; so then why try to make it look muslce car-y by putting on this type of wheel? And these wheels are way over-used, on every type of car; losing the uniqueness of the factory wheels for generic-looking mags, especially on a low-mileage "survivor", is anathema to me.

Also, I suspect he added the mags and exhaust so it would appeal more to the "every old car with a V8 must be a muscle car" crowd, who are all too common at cruise nights and whatnot.
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I never thought of a mag wheel as a muscle car only wheel. Sometimes you gotta sporty it up. Or even spiff it up. The hub cap options are mediocre at best. Road wheels aren't that easy to locate in good shape and 75% of all C bodies now have them . If you do find a nice set now according to your guidelines I gotta find white stripe or black wall tires in a skinny size.
Not doin it.
I can however appreciate your point. This car being original may have an obligation for original dress but it is only 20 nuts.
 
You cats know where I am at. 1975 Plymouth Gran Fury Brougham Coupe

NO way this is a HOT ROD, and i dont remotely drive it like one. I just like this wheel. IF i had any Torq Thrust D's laying around, I'd a been spinning those.

Like most of you, we like what we like, and are "OK" if people think differently. Although, I had a fella mad as a hornet at me for NOT rocking the road wheels. Wasn't a "fight", but he had a strong feeling lets just say.

He calmed down a bit when I showed him pics that I indeed do that for 1/2 the driving season.:poke:

We started out as strangers and now I see him at local cars shows all the time, reminisce about the '70's and the increasing value of prune juice when you get old .

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amazinblue82 said:
You cats know where I am at.

NO way this is a HOT ROD, and i dont remotely drive it like one. I just like this wheel. IF i had any Torq Thrust D's laying around, I'da been spinning those.

Like most of you, we like what we like, and are "OK" if people think differently. Although, I had a fella mad as hornet at me for NOT rocking the road wheels. Wasn't a "fight", but he had a strong feeling lets just say.

He calmed down a bit when I showed him pics that I indeed do that for 1/2 the driving season.:poke: We started out as strangers and now I see him at local cars shows all the time.
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Yup, different strokes for different folks... It just seems that so many folks aren't different anymore, and they are all putting the same basic mag on every car under the sun, which I think ruins the uniqueness that is the old car hobby. But anyway, everyone knows where I sit on this, so I'll get off my soapbox now... until the next nice, original car comes along with new mags, and then I'll rant again :).

Ironically, I'd be fighting that guy you mention about there being too many C-bodies with road wheels, and that more need to have factory wheel covers; he'd probably be shocked to get a taste of his own medicine LOL.

FWIW your Fury actually looks pretty slick with the mags; being in black helps, I think!
 
I was looking forward to being a viral YouTube video with this guy.. two old coots with hats squaring up :)

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Back when I had my A12 Roadrunner, I used to get some crap from a few guys about running Keystone wheels on the car rather than the "H" black wheels with chrome lug nuts. I finally told one that there were two reasons. Number one being the car would look like crap with black wheels and number two was that it was my f'ing car and I could run whatever wheels I LIKE. He never bothered me again about it and the other guys seemed to not bring it up anymore.

I could justify it as a "Day 2" type mod and it was just a matter of switching to the stock look, but the reason I ran them is the car looked good to ME.

I don't own the car anymore, but it still has Keystone wheels on it!
 
Big_John said:
Back when I had my A12 Roadrunner, I used to get some crap from a few guys about running Keystone wheels on the car rather than the "H" black wheels with chrome lug nuts. I finally told one that there were two reasons. Number one being the car would look like crap with black wheels and number two was that it was my f'ing car and I could run whatever wheels I LIKE. He never bothered me again about it and the other guys seemed to not bring it up anymore.

I could justify it as a "Day 2" type mod and it was just a matter of switching to the stock look, but the reason I ran them is the car looked good to ME.

I don't own the car anymore, but it still has Keystone wheels on it!
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I always liked the Keystone style much better than the Cragar S/S or Torque Thrust style. Good taste!
 
Turbo301 said:
I always liked the Keystone style much better than the Cragar S/S or Torque Thrust style. Good taste!
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Around here, almost all the Chevy guys ran the S/S wheels and a lot of the Mopar guys ran Keystones or others just because they weren't S/S wheels. LOL!

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I have chrome mags on my 69 Monaco but not as crazy about them as I was. I do love road wheels but they are pretty common even though I do have a set I could use. Instead I bought a set of these wheel covers I'm going to use. Just have to buy some tires.

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azblackhemi said:
I have chrome mags on my 69 Monaco but not as crazy about them as I was. I do love road wheels but they are pretty common even though I do have a set I could use. Instead I bought a set of these wheel covers I'm going to use. Just have to buy some tires.
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Those mags look pretty good on there, but I have to applaud the move to the wheel covers :thumbsup: .
 
Turbo301 said:
Those mags look pretty good on there, but I have to applaud the move to the wheel covers :thumbsup: .
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I think being that it's a 4 door makes the wheel covers a better choice. Mags on a 4 door to me looks like you're trying to make it in to something it's not.
 
azblackhemi said:
I think being that it's a 4 door makes the wheel covers a better choice. Mags on a 4 door to me looks like you're trying to make it in to something it's not.
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I almost agree with you, coupes vs. sedans and aftermarket wheels, however I like the custom wheel /RWL choice on your '69 too. The wheels covers are gonna look great tho .. i say that MORE because I like that particular factory cover.

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azblackhemi said:
I have chrome mags on my 69 Monaco but not as crazy about them as I was. I do love road wheels but they are pretty common even though I do have a set I could use. Instead I bought a set of these wheel covers I'm going to use. Just have to buy some tires.

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I found a set of those at a wrecking yard in okla years back and put them on a 79 dodge magnum, thought they looked good.
 
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