I guess I’m going to call him “Leo”

[BlackBart]

The 17" might be a bit much for that shape. You could take the Volvo centers and weld into a 16" barrel, with stock hubcaps.

I always liked a slightly hot-rodded 122 with with American Racing classic Torq Thrusts with the grey centers. You can order them in 16".

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[DonnVa]

The 17" might be a bit much for that shape. You could take the Volvo centers and weld into a 16" barrel, with stock hubcaps.

I always liked a slightly hot-rodded 122 with with American Racing classic Torq Thrusts with the grey centers. You can order them in 16".


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That wheel is exactly what I’m going to buy. Once I get the lowering springs in I’ll see what fits, but I should be good with a 16x7.

[scot850]

I seem to remember that back in the 60/70's modders used to say they fitted Ford rims to Amazons as they had the same wheel stud pitch.
I have a set of 'Cosmic' branded magnesium alloys on my 123 GT. They were a nice looking rim.

Neil.

[volvolugnut]

When I wanted rolling shop tires for my PV544, I searched the internet for suitable modern tires and wheels. I found Ford Astro van wheels with nice tires at the local salvage yard. They fit the bolt pattern, but seem too large for actual use.
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[DonnVa]

The bolt pattern is 5x4.5 and it’s the same as Ford and some others. I keyed in on those American Racing Torq thrust wheels right away. They look a lot like old Mustang rims as well. I’ll definitely be going with those, it’s just a matter of size. I think I’ll be fine with a 16x7 as it will be a little wider than the 15x5.5 that are on it now. The tires will be shorter than the current 165/80 15’s. The 16x7’s will probably have a 205/50 16 on them. It will also shed about 6 miles an hour off the already fast speedo. I might be able to get a gear with an extra tooth or two to make the speedo read close to accurate.

[BlackBart]

Injecting my opinions here, apologies!

It's interesting to see the proportions of wheel to body on any era or car. Some were part of the style of that era - giant diameter wires on pre-war cars, dinkycar wheels on 80s econoboxes.

This is that Seattle car I liked so much. He experimented with several wheels. These are OE wide wagon wheels - You can't lose with this. Car sits nice and low.

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A Moon-Equipped hot rod I like. Very low, American Racing, but chrome. I vote no on chrome wheels.

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I've seen them with 240 turbo wheels, but I think you have to change hubs and put in an 1800 rear axle, which is why they stick out in back...

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Look at this! Someone took a Volvo center, had it fabricated into a 3-piece wheel, and kept the hubcap. A bit over the top, and maybe 17 or 18".

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Old skool hot rod steelies...

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Entirely too much wheel...

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German BBS-style I don't think work on an old Volvo...

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These are 17's. A bit too big, too fat, tires stretched...

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17's I think as well. Too much offset, hub sticks out towards the outside too much. Car sits too high besides.

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or...y'know, the salt flats look....

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Wires?? Wut?? It does sit down nicely over it's wheels.

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And of course, GRRRRRR

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[DonnVa]

Lol.. Wheels will be sometime after paint. What caught my eye when I was googling some time back was the first picture below. Torq thrust kinda wheels, but really 17” mustang wheels. I don’t want to go that big, but I do like the look. Then I saw the next car (2nd picture). Since I’m painting the car all black, this will be very close to the end result.

[scot850]

In the UK again, they use Minilite alloy wheels on many older rally cars and sports cars. Hugely popular. I think they may be available in the US.



Neil.

[foggydogg]

Minilite is still around, found this:

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www.minilitewheels.us/styles
Mustang guys have some ideas too,
www.cjponyparts.com/legendary-wheel-co- ... p/W1065-B/

[DonnVa]

I replaced the front and back springs. I also replaced the upper and lower ball joints in the front since I had to take it all apart. Huge difference in the springs, pics below, but really only about an inch total in ride height.