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Jul 21st, 2025 | | | | Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,703 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,703 | OK heres the poop...X-Mas is fast approaching an the wife asked me this?
well Hun have you decided on wheels for the truck yet?.....so guess what she wants to get me...:-)
I'm runnin 8" fronts an 10" rears currently an like the stance ..but the current wheels have been curbed a zillion times ..as the P.O. my uncle in Texas tells me .."WELL THEM WAS THE JACK DANIELS DAYS REMEMBER" LOL
So here it is take a look in my photobucket an HELP ME PLEASE!
Ive narrowed my personal choice down to 2...either Chrome Smoothies or Keystone Classics.
Now I think the Chrome Smoothies would fit the truck as it is old an new school and I can get 10" smoothies for the rear..OR my personal favorite since I was a teenager were Keystone Classics and I can get the width I need in those also.
ANY advise ..or someone with that what looks "COOL" eye ...would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks
Tim
| | | | | Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 549 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 549 | If I were to change from what I'm using, chrome and baby moons would be the only replacement.
just my opinion, your mileage may vary. | | | | | Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 19 Apprentice | | Apprentice Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 19 | | | | | | Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 Bolter | | Bolter Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 | had these on my 52..........I like the old school look.. check it out
Redryder pixMy HotrodA veteran - whether active duty, retired, national guard, or reserve - is someone who, at one point in his or her life, wrote a blank check made payable to The 'United States of America', for an amount of "up to and including my life."I am fighting cancer and I am winning the fight | Pain is part of life; misery is an option. | | | | | Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 14,522 Moderator: Welcome Centre, Southern Bolters, Legion Hall | | Moderator: Welcome Centre, Southern Bolters, Legion Hall Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 14,522 | Tim, "everyone" has smoothies.....all chrome ect...I would go for the Keystone. I think they'll look good on the CASPER.
| | | | | Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 204 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 204 | I love the Keystone Classic's, liked them better than Cragars. Good news is you can't go wrong either way.
My $0.02, your mileage may vary.
Mike
My old truck's still running good, my ticker's ticking like they say it should, I got supper in the oven, a good woman's loving, and even my bad days aint that bad...Yeah, I'm a lucky man! 1953 Chevy 3100 Shortbed1965 C-30 Panel Truck 1963 C-20 Long/Fleet Pick-up California Black Plate
| | | | | Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 3,750 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 3,750 | Hi Tim, I'm suprised,you got 10" wheels on the rear. I've never managed to check but someone told me 8 1/2" was the widest I could go? This opens up a whole new world of wheels for me! Anyway,back to your question... It's your truck so the final decision is yours but I DO like the Keystone Classic's. What ever you decide it's a brilliant Christmas present!! Mrs SW must be a very special lady! 
1950 Chevy Advance Design 3100 in ScotlandIn the Stovebolt GalleryMore pix on Flickr. I've definately got this truck thing in my blood ... my DNA sequence has torque settings"Of all the small nations of this earth,perhaps only the ancient Greeks surpass the Scots in their contribution to mankind" Winston Churchill.
| | | | | Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 1,554 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 1,554 | My favorite wheel of all time is the Crager SS.However on my 55 I put on Chrome Corvette Ralley wheels.They suit me just fine.A few years back I bought a set of Crager SS wheels for it,but instead of putting them on the truck I put them on a streetrod 56 2 dr.that I had at the time.I am using 7 inch on the front and 8 inch on the rear,all 15 inchers.When all is said and done it is what wheel appeals the most to you.I live about 80 miles from Summit Speed Shop,where they have just about any kind of wheel available. | | | | | Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 576 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 576 | i personaly never cared for keystone classics.but just my .02.the chrome smoothies are cool.i'm personaly gonna run wheel vintiques chrome outer rim bare steel center smoothies.i have the fronts already 15x6 need to set the bed and rear fenders on so i can measure back spacing and order the rears.i have their repo 52 chevy cap and they look cool,but i think i'm gonna go with their bullet caps i like that look alot..............dave
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1949 Chevrolet 3100 "When this thing hits 88 miles an hour, you're going to see some serious sh%t." -Doc Brown
| | | | | Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 79 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 79 | smoothies, SMOOOOOOOOOOTHIES!  -Bluedawg
Bluedawg
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| | | | | Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,026 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,026 | I've always been partial to the old school slotted mags but I think these would look cool too.
Robert C. If it's true what they say, "You learn from your mistakes," I'm a Genius in the making. 1950 3600 | | | | | Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 1,554 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 1,554 | When putting on wheels,its a matter of personal preferance. I took a set of smoothies off of my 55 and installed the Chrome Corvette Ralleys,cause I like them better. The smoothies are stored away in the upstairs of my shop.Someday someone will come along looking for a set and I will sell them. | | | | | Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 886 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 886 | Cragers SS was always my favorite but I think same color steel rims with chrome trim rings and baby moons look great.
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