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[turbohunter]

A classic car lot would suit me just fine.
I've been trying to figure out what rims would look good on this dude.
I can t come up with it yet, but, I was poking around at all the local car stuff joints and found these beautiful babies. '67 t bird hubcaps.
Man I dig the hell out of them.

[Heo]

Nice looks like they came with the car

[BruceS]

Yep, I agree they could've been OEM.

[turbohunter]

I agree boys.
I had to do a little fitment on the fronts. They wouldn't fit over the hubs in stock form. Cut and ground an 1/8 out of the center and they fit nice.
Since t birds switched body styles to big birds in '67 I never was aware of these.

[cjshaker]

I like it, Marc! Still can't believe how good of shape that side trim is, or the whole car for that matter.

[turbohunter]

Yeah Doug, it's really all there. It's a bit of a twenty footer though.
However it's stuff that can be done a section at a time and keep the car on the road.

[thatdarncat]

I've been trying to figure out what rims would look good on this dude.

The T-Bird hubcaps look good. I went with '69 Mercury Marauder MagStars on mine. The MagStars won't work if you have the large 4-piston Kelsey Hayes front disc brakes though, I originally tried fitting them on my 7-Litre. MotorWheel Spyders will fit the large disc brakes.

[turbohunter]

Kevin that's exactly what these hubcaps have me thinking.
I think yours are bitchin. Enough of the stock look but hot rodded a bit.
I like those better than any mags I've seen. Hell I like these hubcaps better than any mags I've seen.

[turbohunter]

The MagStars won't work if you have the large 4-piston Kelsey Hayes front disc brakes though, I originally tried fitting them on my 7-Litre. MotorWheel Spyders will fit the large disc brakes.

That's prolly the reason I had to clearance the caps a bit. I haven't been into the brakes yet.

[cjshaker]

The T-Bird hubcaps look good. I went with '69 Mercury Marauder MagStars on mine.

Those rims look good on just about anything. I parted out a '69 Maurader many years ago and the only things worth keeping were those rims and the 429 Thunderjet engine. I put them on my wife's '79 Cougar and they looked great! I still have those rims, but the engine is long gone.

[turbohunter]

Question for all you Galaxies boys.
Is/was there a larger desert cooler type radiator for these guys?
I'm gonna get something better and just wonder if there is an already made deal.

[BruceS]

Marc, there would've been a rad used with A/C cars and also possibly a towing pkg?  I would check Griffin rads on Summitracing.com.  They have some aluminum direct bolt-ins with much higher capacity. That's what I'm going to use on my '63 Galaxie w/ 482.  Bruce

[turbohunter]

Thanks Bruce.

[turbohunter]

Crap
Was leaving work last night, put the key in, turned it and ZAP.
The damn ignition switch (the brand new ignition switch) came apart and shorted. Had some smoke and ran around and pulled the neg cable off. Whew.
She came home on a hook.
I have three days off and was wondering what I was going to do as I'm waiting for the mustang engine (pistons finally arrived).
Now I know I'll be in the dash for a few days.
Have to source a good switch.
Damn I hate garbage.
BTW the "new" switch was ordered it through the Dearborn site. I'll never do that again.
Lesson learned.

[Lenz]

That's rough, always scary with electrical components.  When I redid the column in my F100 I sourced an NOS turn signal switch and wiring assembly for a little over double the money I could have purchased it for had I gone with an "off-shore" unit.  Hope you get the issue sorted out without too much trouble.