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Old Apr 8, 2012 | 11:53 AM
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Originally Posted by AdamMeh
My brothers '68 had those wheel covers. Just a guess from looking at them, but they look pretty darn heavy... true?
They sure are. You have to be careful walking around the car as it's way too easy to bang your shins into them since they stick out so far. You learn that after a few bruises.
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Old Apr 8, 2012 | 01:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Mike Ward
You sure? It's pretty hard to find rims (that fit) at a cheaper price than GM ralley wheels. What do your look like?
Mine were just plain old 8" stamped rims. I've known the car since it was 5 and it always had POx wheel covers over the crap rims.
Our best guess was that a dealer did a swap with a Camaro (or something) to put the Rally Wheel option on another car.
I now have a set of 69 up Rally Wheels on it.

I'm still looking for one (1) driver only quality trim ring with the 4 clips.

-W (about to tackle the left dash - sigh)
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Old Apr 8, 2012 | 06:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Clams Canino
Mine were just plain old 8" stamped rims. I've known the car since it was 5 and it always had POx wheel covers over the crap rims.
Our best guess was that a dealer did a swap with a Camaro (or something) to put the Rally Wheel option on another car.
I now have a set of 69 up Rally Wheels on it.

I'm still looking for one (1) driver only quality trim ring with the 4 clips.

-W (about to tackle the left dash - sigh)
I doubt that, because if my memory serves me well:
A) the '68 'Vettes had 7" rims, I think, which most likely had to be special "non-rallys", to clear the bigger 'Vette calipers, if the car had the PO2 wheel covers;
B) no other Chevys, ever, had 8" rims (until the 3rd get Camaros), so a "swap with another Chevy" isn't probable.
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Old Apr 8, 2012 | 08:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Easy Mike
Heavier than they ought to be. Most of the weight is the spoke casting.

I believe they are about 8 pounds each.
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Old Apr 8, 2012 | 10:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Easy Mike
Heavier than they ought to be. Most of the weight is the spoke casting.

From contemporary magazine articles, Zora didn't like them - because of the added weight. People like to throw rocks at the C3 (and C2) chassis design, but Zora knew what he was doing, and did his best within the constraints imposed by GM corporate bean counters.


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