The new wheels have arrived

drewcrane · Post by **drewcrane** » Thu May 09, 13 11:34 pm

That has the right look , very cool AWESOME

Carl · Post by **Carl** » Fri May 10, 13 11:22 am

Thanks for the positive comments guys much appreciated.
Next to have the Exhaust tips exiting out the side and raked slightly back.

Carl · Post by **Carl** » Fri May 10, 13 11:25 am

Cannonball wrote:YES THAT LOOKS MUCH BETTER, THINK I WOULD BE TEMPTED TO TURN THE TIRES AND PAINT GOODYEAR IN YELLOW ON THE SIDEWALLS

Yes I thought about that too but the other side still has raised lettering but plain black rubber so wouldnt be able to paint Goodyear over the General Grabber lettering.

sinny · Post by **sinny** » Fri May 10, 13 1:40 pm

Would someting like this work?

Carl · Post by **Carl** » Fri May 10, 13 1:49 pm

sinny wrote:Would someting like this work?

Hi sinny thanks but notb really as the inside of the tyre has raised lettering ( General Grabber)moulded into the side wall so it would make it difficult to paint Goodyear on them. Shame coz it would of finished the job off perfect.

R.RUNNER · Post by **R.RUNNER** » Sun May 12, 13 7:46 pm

Mossy68 wrote:I think they look crap !!!!

Carl · Post by **Carl** » Mon May 13, 13 9:06 am

R.RUNNER wrote:
Mossy68 wrote:I think they look crap !!!!

philistine

Carl · Post by **Carl** » Sat Jun 01, 13 7:12 pm

And now with side exit exhausts

bruvmopar · Post by **bruvmopar** » Sun Jun 02, 13 8:35 am

Looking good Carl, well done.

Steve · Post by **Steve** » Sat Jun 08, 13 1:21 pm

Thats a great look carl!!! Great choice mate and I I bet she turns heads all day long!

Great job, well done

Cheers Steve

charger01 · Post by **charger01** » Sat Jun 08, 13 1:43 pm

That looks better Carl

raven68 · Post by **raven68** » Thu Jan 09, 14 11:17 pm

Carl - been searching through on 'Petty' to see more detail on the colour, wheels, decals, tyres, etc with regard to doing my 70 RR into a replica #43 so of course your car comes up a fair bit? Questions then;

Why those particular wheels and where did you get them?
The paint code seems easy to find on various forums, etc.
How did you go about sourcing the decals?

Definitely warming to the idea of turning mine into a #43 short circuit version as per the photo on my thread.....

Prothed · Post by **Prothed** » Fri Jan 10, 14 9:45 am

If you want to remove the raised lettering from tyres you can do it with a razor or Stanley knife blade held flat to the surface and carefully (!) shimmy them off...
Done it a few times with bike tyres.

RobTwin · Post by **RobTwin** » Fri Jan 10, 14 12:05 pm

raven68 wrote:Carl - been searching through on 'Petty' to see more detail on the colour, wheels, decals, tyres, etc with regard to doing my 70 RR into a replica #43 so of course your car comes up a fair bit? Questions then;

Why those particular wheels and where did you get them?
The paint code seems easy to find on various forums, etc.
How did you go about sourcing the decals?

Definitely warming to the idea of turning mine into a #43 short circuit version as per the photo on my thread.....

Carl's car was painted and 'stickered' long before he got it. At least a couple of ex-MMA members on here used to own it before he got his sticky mits on it

Carl · Post by **Carl** » Sat Jan 11, 14 4:29 pm

Yes as Rob said, I didnt do the stickers it was already done when I got the car, I might take them off and have them painted on, which is what Don has had done. The car is in its original colour from the factory (TB3 Basin Street Blue or sometimes called Petty Blue) although at one point it was painted met blue.

The wheels are Bassett D.O.T approved Nascar wheels. I imported them through Customville. If you get any NASCAR approved wheels, you will need the correct nuts as the seat angle is 45 degrees and the nuts are 1"