New Cragar round spoked?

[whitetop]

I bought mail order 2 14 x6 from Jegs in 2005 and they were flat spoke. I took them back and the counter guy thought I was nuts for pointing out the flat spoke and my nos rears were round spoke.
"No one would ever notice that" was his reply and he huffed and puffed giving me back a refund. .
I think it all depended on size, where the wheels were made as for flat or round. but I still have the 2005 receipt and they were no doubt flat spokes.

[whitetop]

I was probably one of the first people to have Cragars rechromed and pointing out the different cap styles etc. This was early 2000's. I had a set of 15x4's early style rechromed that are now on the "Going Thang" 429 '69'70 MustangPro Stock restoration.


I spoke to a production line manager at Cragar back in the mid 2000's regarding chroming other Cragars I had. The short answer was no. He said Cragar went to the flat spokes because polishing and plating was easier versus the more difficult rounded spoke. If Cragars saved a few $$ per wheel in labor that added up. He was very adamant this was the reason. It was all about Management's pressure to minimize cost. I still have my email somewhere asking if Cragar would rechrome my wheels and I was suprised he called me back. I had an old SEMA book from the early 90's and his name was in it.