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Old 02-17-2006, 11:06 AM
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Back in the day cragar s/s were very popular. I don't see
any here.Is it because they've gone out style or the just don't
look right on an f-body? I'd like to see pics of them on an f-body.
Old 02-17-2006, 12:05 PM
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I sometimes see them on mustangs... very few f-bodies.. but I see alot of people with those american racing knock offs...and the boyds....
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the torq thrusts II are hardly a knock off
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Cragar SS were an optional wheel on the ZL1 cars and were standard on all the Berger Hot Rod Camaros. There's quite a few out there...just don't see many on here with them. And FYI Torq Thrusts were a competitor to Cragars "back in the day" they're not a knock off of anything. Not sure of timing but Torq's may predate Cragars.
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I like the old school look myself it keeps our cars looking like muscle cars...
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i like the wheel but it doesn't look to good on our cars, its just the center cap or maby the thape of the spokes i dont know it just doesn't work, pluss tt2's are much cheaper and imo much nicer looking.
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shape not thate lol
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Default Cragar S/S too old school?

Originally Posted by GETGONE
Cragar SS were an optional wheel on the ZL1 cars and were standard on all the Berger Hot Rod Camaros. There's quite a few out there...just don't see many on here with them. And FYI Torq Thrusts were a competitor to Cragars "back in the day" they're not a knock off of anything. Not sure of timing but Torq's may predate Cragars.
The Cragar S/S wheels are alive and well and I sell them quite frequently in my business. In fact, I just shipped 4 18X9 wheels to Matt Murphy with GMMG, Inc. yesterday as he wanted to swap a set of 17X9's for a set of 18X9's.

And I disagree with the comment above that these wheels don't look good on F-bodies. If that were true, I wouldn't sell so many of them and I certainly wouldn't have them on my own Camaro ! ! ! !

Here are some pictures that I have posted several times in different threads on this website.















The photograph below is a friend of mines 2002 Sebring Silver Phase IIX Hot Rod Magazine Camaro #1974.



The photograph below is my Phase II 2002 Onyx Black ZL1 Supercar.



These pictures below are wheels that I sold and installed on Camaros:

The pictures below are of Chromed Aluminum 17X9 wheels:







The pictures below are of Chromed Aluminum 18X9 wheels:



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Default Cragar S/S too old school?

Originally Posted by john shea
Back in the day cragar s/s were very popular. I don't see
any here.Is it because they've gone out style or the just don't
look right on an f-body? I'd like to see pics of them on an f-body.
And John...................if you want to see them up-close-and-personal, attend the Supercar Reunion Labor Day weekend at Gateway International Raceway across the river in Collinsville, IL. My car is always there as well as other '02 ZL1's.

In fact, the Gateway Camaro Club has an outside "Muscle Car Show" along with the Supercar Reunion. The Supercar Reunion cars are shown inside the Convention Center in Collinsville and the Gateway Camaro Club has their show outside in the parking lot.

At last years show (2005) a guy liked my Cragar S/S wheels so much that I sold him a set right there on the spot. He paid me and trusted me to ship them to him as soon as I got home. They were going to go on his '02 Sebring Silver Camaro.
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I like them if I were not able to get my hands on a set of Tom Henry TTII's I would have picked up these wheels. They do look good on pewter metallic like on my friends Hot Rod Z (#1976).



(center caps changed these are what were on the car from Berger)



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Nice looking Hot Rod ! ! ! ! If you notice above, my friend's Hot Rod is #1974 and has been converted to a Phase IIX 475 H.P. Camaro now.



The wheels I sell come with both the center cap you have pictured above and also the Cragar S/S center cap. The reason for this is that the wheel "techinically" is a "Bullet" wheel. The original Cragar S/S wheel is no longer produced and the "Bullet" wheel has taken its place.

Here is a pic of the wheel with the Cragar S/S center cap that I sell:

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I'vd got 2 sets of Cragars one set is on my wifes hugger orange z-28 and the other is on my purpleTA....
if you look close at some of those pictures some are single lip and others have 2 lips. i bought my wifes back in 2000, single lip and mine back in 10/05 2 lips

there both triple chromed and both look great
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Thanks for the photos guys great looking cars and cragar s/s wheels



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