OG bristol style?



or just regular AC Cobra style with big shiny spinners.

 

I'm not really sure- It's a 427 body style so Hallibrands would be correct, I think, but I'm not a huge fan of them. I might just throw the whole "authenticity" thing to the wind (it's a replica, with BMW independent suspension and a fiberglass body; there's nothing authentic about it) and put something else on it, maybe 16 or 17" to update it a little but still keep some sidewall.

Any thoughts?

 

I like these.

 

 

what about modern Cobra R wheels?

 

I know it's mostly because of his exposure on the tee vee, but I think Chip Foose does modernized vintage pretty well in some cases.

 

umm...subscribed.

How old are you? Make me feel worse please.

 

I just turned 50, which is genuinely bizarre given that I look and feel a lot younger. In my 40's I had the luxury of a Thirty Teen numbering syntax (I wasn't 49, I was "thirtynineteen". Now I'm just fifty.

 

That's pretty much where I'm headed. It's not a real cobra, so no point in trying to front. I really like the wheels you posted, either would look great.

 

Plus you know they come in gigantic diameters and widths if he's making them.

 

Since most of us can't afford any of this ****, we should live vicariously through pinky and have a mt.net vote for what you should get next.

I vote a factory 5, either this:



Or this:


Although honestly, it seems to me like this would be more your steeze:

 

You're a psychic. I made a trip to Boston to tour the F5 factory, to look at and test drive their GTM demo car. Scheduled it in advance, got there and not only was the guy I made an appointment with out of town at a trade show, but the GTM was with him. I was a little bit pissed.

The owner of the place, Dave Smith stepped in and gave me a nice tour, but the trip still left me with a bad impression. I did have a chance to look over their hot rod though, and it looks like a nice piece. If I was going to build a F5 it would definitely be that one.

 

So far that's the problem I'm having looking for wheels so far; finding decent looking wheels in a 5x120 BMW pattern that aren't huge. I'm thinking like 17's max so it doesn't look Donk-ish.

 

Yes please - Cobra's need some sidewall to look proper.

C

 

If you're the guy I think you are, you've probably already taken measurements to fit a 5 x 4.5" bolt pattern...

 

Yeah, I noticed that.. 120.63 mm or something like that.. So close, but still so far. Also, the BMW hubs are designed for high-offset wheels, where the Chevy wheels are regular low offset.

A buddy suggested white OZ Superlegerras or white Kosei K1's, both inexpensive, lightweight wheels, but they both seem too "DTM/Euro-ricer" to me..

I'd love to spring for a cool set of real modular wheels, like some Keizers or something, but the roads here suck a little, and I don't want to bend $500 rims every other week.

 

Real wire wheels. They look cool as hell, but are a major pain-in-the-*** to keep clean.

 

If it was a 289 body style I'd do it in a heartbeat, but they'd look odd on a flared and bulging 427 replica, which is what this car is. The original wheel was a knock-off ("mounting", not "fake") Hallibrand I believe.

I really like the style of these retro-ish Ridler 695's, but they're chevy 120's, not BMW 120's. Yes, they're probably heavy as crap, but they make a 17x8.5 and 17x9.5 that would look amazing..

 

Well Ladies, do I have a story to tell you...

Quick recap; traded a couple cars for a couple cars.

Said cars arrive on a semi-truck yesterday. Cobra is first off, hauler allows me to drive it off the truck, just because Cobra. Runs good. I drive it off, go 20 yards to turn around, it makes a hellatious noise and the left front wheel falls off.

The. Wheel. Fell. Off.

I've hated these wheels from the moment I saw the car, and sure enough, not only are they wrong aesthetically they're also wrong fitment wise. In order to clear the BMW suspension they had to add 1/2" spacer, resulting in the wheel bolts only engaging about 2-3 threads. Plus they used a weird mismatch of ball head Mercedes type bolts in cone seat wheels. It's the scariest goddamned thing I've ever seen.

Anyway, I dragged a jack and tools up the 200 yard long driveway and got it back together enough to drive it on my lift and get the wheels off.

Bonus: it's really nice otherwise.

 

The Corvette is an entirely different story; not only have the wheels stayed on, it is actually much nicer than I thought. A couple bugs to work out, but really minor stuff. (The original leather seats are in great shape, no rips, but really dry, etc..). Purists will cringe, but it's got a retro-mod vibe that I like.

So, presented as evidence of my Middle Aged White Guy demographics, is my corvette. Two words I never expected to say together. Because, corvette.