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    2/21/2021 6:50 PM  #1

    rpm
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    From: Bakersfield, Ca
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    I'm My Own Worst Enemy

    Like I don't have enough to do, I've got a buddy who has a set of Halibrand Cobra III 17x9 front and 18x10 rear wheels he'l sell me for $600. I know the rears fit fine, but those fronts, hmm. The tires are toast and just for rollers and they're 275/40, rears are 295/35 or 40. I've got enough adjustment on the front arms to bring the tires in half an inch. I think I'll buy them.

    First pic is 11-1/2" from wheel center to fender wheel opening.





    Last edited by Bearing Bob (2/26/2021 2:50 PM)

    Bob. 69 Mach 1, 393W, SMOD Toploader, Armstrong  steering, factory AC.
     

    2/21/2021 10:11 PM  #2

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    Re: I'm My Own Worst Enemy

    So those 17’s will clear your front brakes?

    Who needs anemones when you have fronds like us

     

    2/21/2021 11:58 PM  #3

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    Re: I'm My Own Worst Enemy

    Naa, had to remove the caliper as it rubbed a bit. I hope to use the old 13" rotors and make a new caliper bracket. I have a set of Ford Mustang 17" wheels that cleared about 270° of wheel rotation.

    Bob. 69 Mach 1, 393W, SMOD Toploader, Armstrong  steering, factory AC.
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    2/25/2021 8:22 PM  #4

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    Re: I'm My Own Worst Enemy

    Sure!  You can make that car fit those wheels!

    Money you enjoy wasting is NOT wasted money... unless your wife finds out.
     

    2/25/2021 10:15 PM  #5

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    MS wrote:

    Sure!  You can make that car fit those wheels!

    Brahahaha! Touché.

    Bob. 69 Mach 1, 393W, SMOD Toploader, Armstrong  steering, factory AC.
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    2/26/2021 9:53 AM  #6

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    Re: I'm My Own Worst Enemy

    18 X 10" rims should reeeeeally net some super-duper MPG with that 2.50:1 "bash-gears" rear end. Can you sayyyyyyyyy Bonneville?!   2nd gear...wound out...should exceed all known speed limits in US!! And ya still got TWO more to go!)
    Naaa jus teas'in!! 
    Orta look sweet when you get'em mounted!
    You're not gonna be forced to run those 'rubberband' style tyres on it are you?
    Classics like yours look soooo much cooler (to me) with some sidewalls on those big rumz!
    Really like the set-up on the front that allows adjustments like you have!
    Are the lips on your fenders rolled in?

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    2/26/2021 3:03 PM  #7

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    6sally6 wrote:

    18 X 10" rims should reeeeeally net some super-duper MPG with that 2.50:1 "bash-gears" rear end. Can you sayyyyyyyyy Bonneville?!   2nd gear...wound out...should exceed all known speed limits in US!! And ya still got TWO more to go!)
    Naaa jus teas'in!! 

    Sal, those 2.50 gears are like sooo last year. I've got 3.25s now with the .78 OD gear. Keep up with the changes brother.

    Orta look sweet when you get'em mounted!
    You're not gonna be forced to run those 'rubberband' style tyres on it are you?
    Classics like yours look soooo much cooler (to me) with some sidewalls on those big rumz!

    Oh I too love the look of sidewalls on 15 inch wheels. Butt years ago I was looking thru a popular Mustang forum website that had this cool setup that mounted 13 inch Cobra brakes, and just had to have them. I first had 17x8 on all four corners, but now have 18x8 around.

    Really like the set-up on the front that allows adjustments like you have!
    Are the lips on your fenders rolled in?

    Yes they're rolled. If fact rolling all four was the first mod I did to the 69. Followed by the Arning drop, and by then I had entered the rabbit hole.

     

    Bob. 69 Mach 1, 393W, SMOD Toploader, Armstrong  steering, factory AC.
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    2/26/2021 5:07 PM  #8

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    Re: I'm My Own Worst Enemy

    Man, if I were to start another company...

    RABBIT HOLE RACING

    Haven’t we all entered that workspace at some point?  And are still chasing the issues we brought upon ourselves? 

    And, now wiser, we still keep chasing that rabbit? 

    Hey... it keeps us out of the tiddy bars...

    Money you enjoy wasting is NOT wasted money... unless your wife finds out.
     

    2/26/2021 6:25 PM  #9

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    MS wrote:

    Man, if I were to start another company...

    RABBIT HOLE RACING

    Haven’t we all entered that workspace at some point?  And are still chasing the issues we brought upon ourselves? 

    And, now wiser, we still keep chasing that rabbit? 

    Hey... it keeps us out of the tiddy bars...

    That my friends was a dead nuts on post. I use a similar line at least weekly to describe my time spent on the Mustang ... it keeps me out of bars.

    Bob. 69 Mach 1, 393W, SMOD Toploader, Armstrong  steering, factory AC.
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    2/27/2021 2:29 PM  #10

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    Re: I'm My Own Worst Enemy

    Nice score.  I’m hoping to install a similar rim on my car.

     

     

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