New wheels on my ´67 Chevelle

[Alex396ss]

Hi guys!

Just got my new set of wheels and tires at last.
They´re a set of Boyd Coddington Junkyard Dogs, 18" x 9" with 5" bs in the front and 18" x 10" with 5,5 bs in the back.

The tires are Michelin Pilot Sport with 255/35-18" in the front and 285/35-18" in the back.

Now I´ll just have to get the stance right.....

Hope you´ll enjoy!

Sorry for the bad pics and the time and date right in there, but I was in a hurry. I´ll get some better soon!

Alex

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[Alex396ss]

...some more...

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[Alex396ss]

...and another one!

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[57hemicuda]

Boy,there is nothing prettier then a straight,black car with big wheels.You should be proud.Ron

[BobB66SS]

Looks good, Alex. Do you have any suspension mods or rolled fender lips to get those to fit, or did they bolt right up?

P.S. - - did you put your grill emblem in that location for a custom look? It's supposed to be in the middle of the grill vertically.

[Alex396ss]

Looks good, Alex. Do you have any suspension mods or rolled fender lips to get those to fit, or did they bolt right up?

P.S. - - did you put your grill emblem in that location for a custom look? It's supposed to be in the middle of the grill vertically.

Thank´s, they did bolt right up and no problems with rubbing.

I haven´t done anything with the emblem and I know that it should be placed in the middle of the grill, maybe It was an earlier owner who did It.....

Alex

[jy211]

Looks great. You got the best color combo going...black on black!!! :cheers:

[Garage Dog 65]

Very Nice !

[V8TV]

What a great looking car. I agree that the emblem should be centered, and maybe the black stripes repainted between the grill bars, but other than that, it's perfect. Is it hard to get speed parts over there? Expensive?

- Kevin Oeste

[Mick Mc]

The car looks great.
If you take any more pictures, turn the tires straight, it makes the picture 10X more appealing. Then I can use one for a background on my computer.

Mick

[jannes_z-28]

Alex, your car looks great.

We should try to meet, after all we are neighbours :D


Jan

[Alex396ss]

What a great looking car. I agree that the emblem should be centered, and maybe the black stripes repainted between the grill bars, but other than that, it's perfect. Is it hard to get speed parts over there? Expensive?

- Kevin Oeste

Thank´s, no it´s pretty easy to get the parts and even the price is ok, but usually it´s better to order directly from the stores in the US.

Alex

[Alex396ss]

The car looks great.
If you take any more pictures, turn the tires straight, it makes the picture 10X more appealing. Then I can use one for a background on my computer.

Mick

:cheers:

Alex

[Alex396ss]

Alex, your car looks great.

We should try to meet, after all we are neighbours :D


Jan

Thank´s Janne!

Of course we should meet, when are you finished with your interior?

Alex

[jannes_z-28]

Thank´s Janne!

Of course we should meet, when are you finished with your interior?

Alex


Soon, very soon...


Jan

[chevelleven]

Cool car!

Just curious: Why there are many american cars in Sweden?

Best regards from Venezuela!:thumbsup:

[jannes_z-28]

Cool car!

Just curious: Why there are many american cars in Sweden?

Best regards from Venezuela!:thumbsup:

American cars have always been popular over here. After WWI they sold T-fords, Chevrolets, Dodge and many others. One of the very first GM assembly plats outside of the US was opened in Stockholm.

During 1870-1915 about 25% of our population went to the US to create a better living. Many came back later or visited and brought cars with them. Thanks to the large Scandinavian population in the US we have got a lot of influence from USA, not only in cars but in a general way of life. Some even call Sweden the 51st state.

The sales of new sold American cars have always been in large numbers compared to other European countries an still is.

So since we have a large fleet of American cars both old and new the interest has always been there. Dragracing, Hot Rodding, Choppers have been introduced in Sweden before any other European country. Some Englishmen might oppose here but we were faster and had more and prettier cars than they had.

Then after the first oilcrisis in 1973 everybody having a musclecar in the USA sold them and we bought them. The exchange rate were in favour for us and we were used to higher gas prices anyway. During the years 1973-1977 there were probably 20-30000 american used cars imported to Sweden, some were really special, like a '70 Challenger 'vert with Hemi, Manual trans and Dana60, one of only 7 built. That one was bought back to the US by a collector in the late 80's for a large sum of dollars.

The last five years have had many imports too, about 4-5000 used cars every year and it is everything from '69 Z/28's to '49 Mercuries.

Major events can draw between 5-10000 cars with spectatornumbers in 30-50000 for just a one-day event.

We enjoy our (your) cars and have fun.

Jan

[tyoneal]

Jan:

That's awesome.

I went to sweden years ago, I always thought most of what I would see were Volvo's.

Ty

[GHOSTDANCER]

:thumbsup: good looking Chevelle

[BIGCHRIS]

sweet ride

[Alex396ss]

Thanks!

:thumbsup:

Alex