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**too much stuff** · 07-16-2006, 04:13 PM

Here you take some ratty old looking slots, spend about an hour each polishing them, run to your buddys with the tire machine and balancer, give them one more cleaning, bolt them to the truck and here is how it looks. Enjoy.

For those wondering, 8 1/2" on the rear, and 7" on front with 235/75/15s. Used mothers mag and aluminum polish. Good stuff!!!

67ChevyRedneck · 07-16-2006, 04:25 PM

Nice.... I have a set of those.... hmmmmmmm

TugOwar · 07-16-2006, 05:02 PM

very nice! wish my old slots would clean up like that.

dion · 07-16-2006, 10:23 PM

Sweet!

**Palf70Step** · 07-16-2006, 10:30 PM

Love the old school slots on these trucks.

Brainchild · 07-17-2006, 02:13 AM

Nothing wrong with a nice set of slots.I have sanded and polished those old slots,and they will come back from the dead with enough elbow grease.

Great looking truck

BowTieMan · 07-17-2006, 02:15 AM

Man I love those old slots. I wish they still made them. Truck looks good with them.

**special-K** · 07-17-2006, 06:44 AM

Slots go with these trucks like factory hubcaps.They look like they were made for them.I`m a slot kinda guy,I guess.BTW,I believe they are being made for 1/2Ts as Ansen Sprints,again.

ElGracho · 07-17-2006, 08:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BowTieMan

Man I love those old slots. I wish they still made them. Truck looks good with them.

Here you go.

**too much stuff** · 07-18-2006, 11:17 PM

Thanks for the compliments... You should have seen the rusty white spokes that WERE on it. I should have a pic somewhere of that.

HeavyD · 07-19-2006, 01:34 AM

Those new slots are not like the old ones. The old style have a "deep dish" look to them, while the new ones are quite shallow. American Racing offers one backspacing option that creates the "shallow look". This is fine if that is the look you want, but they don't look like the stuff from the 70's. I think slots look really good on these trucks, especially if they have a fairly stock looking exterior. Gives the truck sort of a "day after" appearance. Good job on making them shine, Eric!

jimmydean · 07-19-2006, 02:30 AM

Nice work indeed!

Man, I had slots on my '72 Grand Prix and then again on my '70 Cuda. I would love a set for my '69 truck, but it wouldn't go with the look I'm trying to get.

07-16-2006, 04:13 PM	#1
too much stuff Roadtrip! Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Grand Rapids MN Posts: 13,735	slots with pics... Here you take some ratty old looking slots, spend about an hour each polishing them, run to your buddys with the tire machine and balancer, give them one more cleaning, bolt them to the truck and here is how it looks. Enjoy. For those wondering, 8 1/2" on the rear, and 7" on front with 235/75/15s. Used mothers mag and aluminum polish. Good stuff!!! Attached Images __________________ 67 gmc custom lwb dakota truck. Sold...And bought back 69 swb 4x4 project (in progress) 70 c-10 lwb texas truck 70 4x4/BB/bkts/posi/tach(retired) 70 swb (wifes) 70 jimmy camper 71 K-5 factory 2wd 71 cheyenne 4x4/tach/posi/ plow rig 71 Cheyenne20 BB, buckets, tach, tilt, 4 speed 72 jimmy CST wyoming rig 72 jimmy Colorado rig 72 lifted texas 4x4 3/4 ton burb 65 fury conv. 383/auto 65 chrysler 300 "L" 413 auto

07-16-2006, 04:25 PM	#2
67ChevyRedneck Hittin E-Z Street on Mud Tires Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Greenville, SC Posts: 23,090	Re: slots with pics... Nice.... I have a set of those.... hmmmmmmm __________________ Jesse James 1967 C10 SWB Stepside: 350/700R4/3.73 1965 Ford Mustang: 289/T5-5spd/3.25 Trac-Loc 1968 Pontiac Firebird: Project Fire Chicken! 2015 Silverado Double Cab 5.3L Z71 2001 Jeep Wrangler Sport 4.0L 5spd 2020 Chevrolet Equinox Premium 2.0L Turbo 2011 Mustang V6 ~ Wife's ride American Born, Country by the Grace of God 1967 CST Shop Truck Rebuild! My 1967 C-10 Build Thread My Vintage Air A/C Install Project "On a Dime" Trying my hand at Home Renovation! 1965 Mustang Modifications!

07-16-2006, 05:02 PM	#3
TugOwar Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Pleasanton, TX Posts: 1,723	Re: slots with pics... very nice! wish my old slots would clean up like that. Attached Images

07-16-2006, 10:23 PM	#4
dion 72 Cheyenne Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: San Diego Posts: 2,086	Re: slots with pics... Sweet! __________________ Burnout Idle 1972Cheyenne 1966/67Stouts

07-16-2006, 10:30 PM	#5
Palf70Step State of Confusion! Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Gulfport, MS USA Posts: 46,900	Re: slots with pics... Love the old school slots on these trucks. __________________ Bill 1970 Chevy Custom/10 LWB Fleetside 2010 Toyota Tacoma PreRunner SR5 Double Cab - DD Member of Louisiana Classic Truck Club (LCTC) Bill's Gallery Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift. Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God!

07-17-2006, 02:13 AM	#6
Brainchild Still drivin' a Rat Rod Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Monett Missouri Posts: 4,925	Re: slots with pics... Nothing wrong with a nice set of slots.I have sanded and polished those old slots,and they will come back from the dead with enough elbow grease. Great looking truck __________________ Rusty Member #13872 Instead of saying.....you are a discomfort in the back of my front.....one should be able to say...... you are a pain in the a$# 71 GMC LWB 49 Chevy 85 Chevy G20 Check out my website

07-17-2006, 02:15 AM	#7
BowTieMan Registered User Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Glendale Arizona Posts: 747	Re: slots with pics... Man I love those old slots. I wish they still made them. Truck looks good with them. __________________ "A true hotrodder wouldn't be content untill he had created a car so violent, so hairy, so totally sick that the very act of dropping the hammer would result in instant death. Anything less results in the need to go faster." - Tony DeFeo

07-17-2006, 06:44 AM	#8
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,859	Re: slots with pics... Slots go with these trucks like factory hubcaps.They look like they were made for them.I`m a slot kinda guy,I guess.BTW,I believe they are being made for 1/2Ts as Ansen Sprints,again. __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~

07-18-2006, 11:17 PM	#10
too much stuff Roadtrip! Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Grand Rapids MN Posts: 13,735	Re: slots with pics... Thanks for the compliments... You should have seen the rusty white spokes that WERE on it. I should have a pic somewhere of that. __________________ 67 gmc custom lwb dakota truck. Sold...And bought back 69 swb 4x4 project (in progress) 70 c-10 lwb texas truck 70 4x4/BB/bkts/posi/tach(retired) 70 swb (wifes) 70 jimmy camper 71 K-5 factory 2wd 71 cheyenne 4x4/tach/posi/ plow rig 71 Cheyenne20 BB, buckets, tach, tilt, 4 speed 72 jimmy CST wyoming rig 72 jimmy Colorado rig 72 lifted texas 4x4 3/4 ton burb 65 fury conv. 383/auto 65 chrysler 300 "L" 413 auto

07-19-2006, 01:34 AM	#11
HeavyD Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Wakaw, Sask, Canada Posts: 3,180	Re: slots with pics... Those new slots are not like the old ones. The old style have a "deep dish" look to them, while the new ones are quite shallow. American Racing offers one backspacing option that creates the "shallow look". This is fine if that is the look you want, but they don't look like the stuff from the 70's. I think slots look really good on these trucks, especially if they have a fairly stock looking exterior. Gives the truck sort of a "day after" appearance. Good job on making them shine, Eric! __________________ "You can take the man out of PA, but you can't take PA out of the man"

07-19-2006, 02:30 AM	#12
jimmydean Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Location: Beaverton, OR Posts: 3,728	Re: slots with pics... Nice work indeed! Man, I had slots on my '72 Grand Prix and then again on my '70 Cuda. I would love a set for my '69 truck, but it wouldn't go with the look I'm trying to get.



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