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That should help a bunch, Roger, looks good on the windshield, too! Decent mirrors on a small coupe have always been a challenge, I think you nailed it!

I had one of those mirrors on my '29 roadster as well as two outside mirrors. It was an important addition for rear views.

Today was the day to swap the wheels & tires. While I like the look of the steelies with trim rings & '40 dog dish caps I really like Cragar SS wheels. They are just my first love, introduced in '65 the year I was graduating from High School, and the look just got burned into my brain as the wheel of choice.
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It turned out to be a very good thing that I decided to make the swap, as when I popped the dog dish cap off of the left front wheel I found three lug nuts finger tight I don't know how I failed to go back and torque them, but only two of five were snug, requiring some force to loosen. All I can say is that my Guardian Angel has been with me....
Got under the car, chasing rattles and found that the heat cycles of the exhaust had loosened a few clamps so I cinched them all down, then went around checking and tightening up everything I could see. I've still got rattles, but I'm pretty sure most of it is in the door latches. With no door panels the noise just uses the hollow spaces as amplifiers!
Also put on a cheapie shifter boot to cover the hole in the floor. It's amazing how much heat comes up through that open hole on a 100F day! Got a roll of foil covered bubble wrap at Lowe's the other day, to put on the floor before carpet to help block noise and heat. Gotta glue that down sometime, too.

Big improvement, Roger. I'm a fan of five-spoke wheels as well and grew up about the same time period you did. Those Cragar SS wheels were always a favorite of mine, too.

I agree, Cragar SS... who needs anything else!?!?! LOL. I guess you can tell where I stand on the topic. LOL

And very nice to hear you stumbled across loose fasteners while in the driveway! The alternative makes me shiver!

Cragar SS have always been the look of class.
My vote too.

Love it, you cant beat a Cragar SS or a Torq Thrust

My first car in high school was a 68 mustang with Cragar SS mags. Back in the late 70's early 80's we didn't think much about wheel thieves, so when I went to school on a Monday to pickup my Mustang out of the autoshop parking lot(It had been at school while I was putting the rebuilt engine back in over the weekend) , image my surprise seeing no Cragar's and instead 4 milk crates! Always loved those mags. Karma will get that person in the end!

Well, at least they left it on crates. I've seen them sitting on the ground. Guess they just kick it off the jack. Amazing how much effort and danger a thief will go to.

Great choice Roger! Cragar's are the "right" wheel for anything in the 30's, IMO they should be mandatory on highboy roadsters!

Originally Posted by Dave Severson

Cragar's , IMO they should be mandatory on highboy roadsters!

They are! Didn't you get the memo?

I changed emails, better notify them, huh?

Originally Posted by Dave Severson

I changed emails, better notify them, huh?

Yep.. better get on it! LOL...

Originally Posted by 34_40

Yep.. better get on it! LOL...

While you're still "in" with your password, go to the upper right, select "Settings" and scroll down to "Edit Email". It's easy if you're inside, but if you're outside looking in, no password and a new email your scr3#ed.

I finally figured out that what I'd been told was a Dodge Omni steering rack was actually Mustang II and I got the right tie rod ends which took care of my front end shake at 50mph. Today I replaced the steering rack boots, as the ones from 2008 were dry rotted and falling apart. When I put it all back together the tires were obviously toed out, and I really didn't want to take it back to the shop for another round on the front end machine. I remembered Jim Robinson's clamp on brackets for adjusting toe, but with the engine in place couldn't measure the back side easily. To get them up where I could measure above the water pump I used 4 pieces of 2x4, each 3' long. Worked pretty slick!

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Front View, just for grins....
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Thinking I may nail them to a piece of plywood with a hole to clear the center cap, that will ensure they're sitting flat on the tire and recheck my setting. It drove great, and the wheel was centered!