Pretty much every cookie cutter, traditional hot rod runs steels or, those all too familiar, 5 spokes. You know the ones; rounded, tapered towards the hub, generally highly polished or chromed. The Cragar SS, American Racing Torq Thrust type flavours, don't get me wrong they are lovely wheels, and look great, but I can't help but think I've seen them a few thousand times too many. For this reason, I instantly ruled out these wheels as even being a potential option for the T Rod, not to mention the astronomical price point, that would consume a large proportion of my budget in a heartbeat. I had my sights set on steels they fit both the budget and the overall style I have in mind for the build. I don't know whether I'd have made one good wheel out of two, have my current ones banded, or even have bought some generic modular wheels, but I was pretty sure I'd be running steels one way or another.
I can't remember exactly when I came across these wheels,I know they were advertised on
Rods 'n' Sods Forum and that the advert was saved in my bookmarks, probably more as a point of reference than anything, but, in all honesty that's no longer my concern, what really matters is that I found them, and with any luck they are soon to be mine.
I'm not holding my breath, I have a funny feeling that there might have been a typo on the agreed price, but that is the price that was agreed, so I've arranged to go and collect them tonight, I can only hope that there was no typo, and if there was, that the guy will stay true to his word and our agreement... only time will tell.
