Center line wheels??

[Bernhard]

Originally Posted by Yann

If you're talking about Cragar Super Trick's, they fit the day 2 theme pretty well. They came out i'd say late 70 or 71. As stated by another member, there was a street version (SST) and they were not that good looking (in my opinon)/popular compared to the very popular S/S wheels. Gold Super Tricks are really cool, would love to have a set for my Chevelle.

Centerline Auto drag's are what I call day 3, they came out mid 70s and became popular late 70s, they are more 80s style than 70s.

I was asking about the Centerline wheels.
We started building and racing in the day 3 era.
I had a memory nudge from my brother. The car was flat towed with Centerline wheels. We did have a rivet failure on one of the 15 X 4 rims early on that was replaced by the speed shop.
The rear center line wheels were not raced on because we did not want to drill them for screws so we ran steel rims out back.
So they held up from the early 80's to today seeing tack and street duty.
I would still drive with care as with any dual purpose wheel.

[Lynn]

I wouldn't be surprised either way; 72 or 74. I know they moved into a new facility in 74, but think they had been producing wheels on a smaller scale befor that. Could be wrong. Lots of fuzzy memories. But, I think those smooth ones (without the exposed rivets) slightly pre-date the "auto drag" with the exposed rivets.

The early ones have both ford and chevy bolt patterns, designed to use beveled lug nuts. Because of the larger center caps, the dual pattern and standard type beveled lug nuts did not show. The later ones (dubbed "auto drag") use the shank type lug, and a small push on cap.

I have auto drags on the Z.

[DW31S]

I ran them on a few cars in the late ‘70s through 1990.

[NorCam]

The light weight aluminum Cragar Super Tricks were out well before Centerlines and were the popular race wheel from the late 60's through the 1970's. Cragar then released the Super Street Trick which were the steel chrome version with the bolts. I was never fond of those as they looked cheap.

As stated above, Centerline Auto Drags would have been around 1974 and quickly became the hot wheel throughout the latter half of the 70's and into the 80's. I still like the auto drags best of all the solid wheels.


Drag Pic with Cragar Super Tricks 1974


Same car today with Auto Drags

[Crush]

Originally Posted by NorCam

The light weight aluminum Cragar Super Tricks were out well before Centerlines and were the popular race wheel from the late 60's through the 1970's. Cragar then released the Super Street Trick which were the steel chrome version with the bolts. I was never fond of those as they looked cheap.

As stated above, Centerline Auto Drags would have been around 1974 and quickly became the hot wheel throughout the latter half of the 70's and into the 80's. I still like the auto drags best of all the solid wheels.


Drag Pic with Cragar Super Tricks 1974


Same car today with Auto Drags

Love those wheels on your Camaro what sizes and can you still get those new?

[bbbentley]

Oh what a happy day when I got my C-lines! That was around 1980. I had to buy them one wheel at a time. I had a minimum wage job at 18. Tarp and wood seen in foreground was dad's firewood. He made me park my car in the back lot of the farm so, as he said, he didn't have to look at my car. Guess you can understand my folks were less than thrilled with my obsession? My other blue (special paint) SS back in the day. Yep still have it and going to sell it.

[whitetop]

Originally Posted by bbbentley

My other blue (special paint) SS back in the day. Yep still have it and going to sell it.

Did you leave out the word "not"? As in not going to sell it? BTW what color blue was the car?

[bbbentley]

Originally Posted by whitetop

Did you leave out the word "not"? As in not going to sell it? BTW what color blue was the car?

No, I think I am going to get it ready to sell. I don’t have the time, money nor energy to fix up this car.

This car is Lemans Blue, ( black HT)which in itself, was not a special paint. The reason it is special paint is that it was ordered with a black vinyl top, which, by default, dictated it should have black D90 striping. The OP wanted white D90, so it then became a special paint car.

[NorCam]

Can't buy either of these wheels any longer. As Lynn stated, Centerline closed their doors in April and only some of the assets were picked up by another company who were only interested in the newer lines of wheels. No more Auto Drags or Convo Pro wheels.

Cragar stopped making the Super Tricks decades ago. Best bet is to try and find a good used set like I did. Scour eBay and CL but know that they have already started climbing in costs since many people are hanging onto them now.

[Mr70]

Look on Facebook too.
Some one brought a car home with a set of 4 in the trunk.He didn't want them and took a cell phone pic and advertised em for $100.....22 minutes later they were sold.
Things happen real fast on FB today.