Center line wheels??

[67since67]

I am not a Pro Stock historian, so please correct me if necessary. I would think that Grumpy would have had the latest in Cragar wheels on his cars. His second gen. Camaros had S/S wheels which would have carried through the '71 race season? When he debuted the Vega it had S/Ts which would have been the '72 Pomona Winternationals? If this is fact it would pin point S/T introduction as late '71 to early '72. Any other opinions?

[GrumpyJeff]

Originally Posted by 67since67

I am not a Pro Stock historian, so please correct me if necessary. I would think that Grumpy would have had the latest in Cragar wheels on his cars. His second gen. Camaros had S/S wheels which would have carried through the '71 race season? When he debuted the Vega it had S/Ts which would have been the '72 Pomona Winternationals? If this is fact it would pin point S/T introduction as late '71 to early '72. Any other opinions?

Yes, From what Ive been told, Bill got the very 1st pair of Cragar's spun aluminum rim's and ran them on the front of Grumpys ToyVIII (70 Split bumper Car)

[whitetop]

Jenkins 70 Camaro did have the Super Trick Wheels on the front at some point 1971 or so. Like you I'm thinking late 1971 the front runners were available.

Originally Posted by 67since67

I am not a Pro Stock historian, so please correct me if necessary. I would think that Grumpy would have had the latest in Cragar wheels on his cars. His second gen. Camaros had S/S wheels which would have carried through the '71 race season? When he debuted the Vega it had S/Ts which would have been the '72 Pomona Winternationals? If this is fact it would pin point S/T introduction as late '71 to early '72. Any other opinions?

[Starship]

Originally Posted by whitetop

Jenkins 70 Camaro did have the Super Trick Wheels on the front at some point 1971 or so. Like you I'm thinking late 1971 the front runners were available.

Note that Jenkins used the chrome bolt on center caps on the'70..

[NorCam]

Originally Posted by 67since67

I am not a Pro Stock historian, so please correct me if necessary. I would think that Grumpy would have had the latest in Cragar wheels on his cars. His second gen. Camaros had S/S wheels which would have carried through the '71 race season? When he debuted the Vega it had S/Ts which would have been the '72 Pomona Winternationals? If this is fact it would pin point S/T introduction as late '71 to early '72. Any other opinions?

Good info on the Cragar S/T's and likely accurate. The original owner of my green Z added them to his car in 1972 by looks of the pictures I have and I do know that he ran Cragar SS from 69 through 71. Likely added the S/T's just after they came out.

[whitetop]

I saw a Centerline ad in Chevy Action 1976 and it said to the effect the latest drag wheel on the strip. Did not see any Centerline ads prior to 1976 in any of my magazines.

I would say the Auto Drags out in '75 sometime...but really did not gain a following until 1977-78 or so and that is when I started to notice their ads in all the magazines.

Definitely not an early 70's wheel.

I went through a bunch of magazines last night and did not see any Centerline Auto Drags on cars until about 78 and it was the Pro Street cars which wore them..

[HawkX66]

I have a set of the Centerline Auto Drags on my 79 Z28. 15x3.5 on the front 15x8.5 on the rear. I still can't believe the company that took over Centerline didn't want to run them.

https://www.summitracing.com/parts/cll-055351547

[JRC99]

For what it's worth, American Racing Outlaw Is are basically the same wheel with a different center cap.

[novadude]

Originally Posted by JRC99

For what it's worth, American Racing Outlaw Is are basically the same wheel with a different center cap.

Similar look, but I think the Americans are a heavier 1-pc cast wheel, not a lightweight race wheel like the centerline auto drag.

[NorCam]

Originally Posted by JRC99

For what it's worth, American Racing Outlaw Is are basically the same wheel with a different center cap.

I beg to differ. While there have been numerous copycat attempts of the original Centerline wheel over the years...the "Spun Aluminum" design has never been equaled or matched. IMHO, there's only ever been one Centerline auto drag wheel, and all copy attempts have really missed the mark? Probably due to a patent on the original design.