Wheels are finally on!

 The wheels are finally on the wagon, but it turned out to be a bit of a pain. So these wheels are an old school set of Cragar S/S rims that I rescued from a '66 Galaxie that I parted out. They were pretty rusty, but I've always loved these rims, so I decided to keep them. After paying $20 a rim to have them professionally blasted, stripping everything including the chrome, I took them to the local powder coater and had them done to match the roof. for another $140. My original plan was to only do the outer edges of the rim in white, and then do the center in argent, but they couldn't get a clean line, so we went all white, and then I added the tri-bar knockoffs.

So with the wheels done, I needed tires. I had purchased a couple of Cooper Cobras for the rear a while back and had them mounted up. When I went to get a set of matching tires for the 5" wide front rims I found that Cooper no longer made them, and Coker doesn't make a size that would fit. I ultimately had to punt and get a set of touring Hankook tires.

The lug nuts on the rims that we on the car were the wrong style, so I needed to get new ones. I found a set specifically for Cragar S/S wheels and got them ordered. A few days later...

Attempt #1: The washers that came with the lug nuts were too large a diameter, so I ordered new ones. A few days later...

Attempt #2: The new washers arrived. I went to install the first wheel and it turns out I needed a special short lug nut, so I returned the set and managed to chase down a set of the lugs with the shorter length and got them ordered. A few days later...

Attempt #3: The new lug nuts arrived. They also came with washers, but that's fine because these actually worked.

Now it's time to get back to wet sanding and buffing out the roof.