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All you '73 owners who have stock aluminum slot wheels
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<blockquote data-quote="rackerm" data-source="post: 323259" data-attributes="member: 2737"><p>All you '73 owners who have stock aluminum slot wheels and always wanted larger tires while keeping the stock look...</p><p></p><p>I recently picked up a '70 Mach 1 that had a set of very tarnished vintage Ansen Sprint aluminum slot wheels. They are a staggered setup, with 14" x 9" in back and 14" x 7" or 7 1/2" up front A nice set of vintage Ansen Sprint are getting good money these days from those who want the vintage look. After staring at them on the car thinking about what to do with them., it dawned on me... they look a lot like my 73 Ford Aluminum slot wheels only bigger.</p><p></p><p>I know US Mags and American Racing (who now makes new Ansen Sprints) make new Aluminum Slots but they look different than our stock 73 Aluminum slot wheels.</p><p></p><p>So I decide to clean up (a bit) one of the front Ansens and the lugs and see if the Mustang Aluminum slot center cap would fit the wheel. Well what do you know, they do fit. They wrap themselves perfectly right around the Ansen style lug nuts and lug nut washers. All I need to do is drill and tap the 3 or 5 screw holes that mount the cap to the wheel and maybe add the black stripe around the inner wheel lip. I could then have 225/60s up front and 235/60s in back while keeping the stock wheel appearance. Here is a pic of my stock 73 aluminum slot and the Ansen with the stock 73 aluminum center cap. All it needs is a little more polishing, the black accent stripe, and a nice wide white letter tire. What do you think?</p><p></p><p><a href="https://ibb.co/b9pxyo" target="_blank"><img src="https://preview.ibb.co/cAYeB8/20180727_175744_1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><a href="https://ibb.co/e73Pdo" target="_blank"><img src="https://preview.ibb.co/jkq4do/20180727_175755.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>The stock Ansen Center cap</p><p></p><p><a href="https://ibb.co/gfQFjT" target="_blank"><img src="https://preview.ibb.co/eFYeB8/20180727_180924_1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><a href="https://ibb.co/jwDwr8" target="_blank"><img src="https://preview.ibb.co/bUg5jT/00_I0_I_j_YMHC0_UOn2_D_1200x900.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rackerm, post: 323259, member: 2737"] All you '73 owners who have stock aluminum slot wheels and always wanted larger tires while keeping the stock look... I recently picked up a '70 Mach 1 that had a set of very tarnished vintage Ansen Sprint aluminum slot wheels. They are a staggered setup, with 14" x 9" in back and 14" x 7" or 7 1/2" up front A nice set of vintage Ansen Sprint are getting good money these days from those who want the vintage look. After staring at them on the car thinking about what to do with them., it dawned on me... they look a lot like my 73 Ford Aluminum slot wheels only bigger. I know US Mags and American Racing (who now makes new Ansen Sprints) make new Aluminum Slots but they look different than our stock 73 Aluminum slot wheels. So I decide to clean up (a bit) one of the front Ansens and the lugs and see if the Mustang Aluminum slot center cap would fit the wheel. Well what do you know, they do fit. They wrap themselves perfectly right around the Ansen style lug nuts and lug nut washers. All I need to do is drill and tap the 3 or 5 screw holes that mount the cap to the wheel and maybe add the black stripe around the inner wheel lip. I could then have 225/60s up front and 235/60s in back while keeping the stock wheel appearance. Here is a pic of my stock 73 aluminum slot and the Ansen with the stock 73 aluminum center cap. All it needs is a little more polishing, the black accent stripe, and a nice wide white letter tire. What do you think? [URL="https://ibb.co/b9pxyo"][IMG]https://preview.ibb.co/cAYeB8/20180727_175744_1.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL="https://ibb.co/e73Pdo"][IMG]https://preview.ibb.co/jkq4do/20180727_175755.jpg[/IMG][/URL] The stock Ansen Center cap [URL="https://ibb.co/gfQFjT"][IMG]https://preview.ibb.co/eFYeB8/20180727_180924_1.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL="https://ibb.co/jwDwr8"][IMG]https://preview.ibb.co/bUg5jT/00_I0_I_j_YMHC0_UOn2_D_1200x900.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [/QUOTE]
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