Thanks!
Alls I did was slice the groove with my cut-off wheel on my grinder at my shop.
A cut-off wheel on a Dremel will work probably easier,
and like I said before, a hack saw should work just fine.
Just use mine as a visual "template" of sorts.
Kinda like a playground bully out to pick a fight?
Or a moonshine runner, no foo-foo Foosieness, all busy-ness.
Glad you approve - bring on the AW wheel kits! :thumbsup:
The M2 and GL wheels have a boss sticking out where the axle goes it. The AWs are flat. I trim that boss down and gently run a drill into the wheel to give the axle some bite. Here are two non AW wheels swaps. The "Dragnet" Fairlane and the first M2 Cougar Driver.
nice work...but I hate the M2 Steelies...they made a mold for the front and used that for the rear wheels as well. The rear should not have that little dust cover / nub sticking out. For all the fine details that have how could they mess that up ?
Right. I agree fully.
If you'll notice on the cars above, I at least made an attempt to chop the dust covers off the rears with a razor knife.
It's less apparent on the burgundy Chevy though.
Sometimes I'll take a tiny drill bit and finish the job.
I feel mighty lucky that M2 even bothered to make steelies!
Hopefully in time, Auto World will make their own - (hint-hint) :thumbsup:
I gotta agree with Lummox. M2's steelies are the best we have to work with at present. They're also the easiest to work with. JL did make different fronts and rears at one time. The added cost of two molds and proper sorting and assembly might be too much today. Hint,,,,hint,,hint,, AW,,,any steelies coming? Meanwhile, while we're waiting for more AWs, here's two wheel swaps I did long ago.
Another thing about those steelies, it seems as they are not as "deep" as the 1:1 cars. I seem to recall that most of the RWD drive cars had a deeper dish rim compared to the FWD cards.
M2's steelies are pretty good depth wise. GL and JL also make acceptable open wheels. Different vehicles used different offsets and hot rodders reversed their wheels making them deeper. Modern (mostly FWD) cars have a completely different offset and look. 1960's wheels were usually 14"X5 or 6" and looked like M2s. Dragsters often went with 8" rims which looked deeper.
Man Lummox, that car is awesome. If I am ever around your way, I'll give you a few bucks if you would let me take that thing for a spin. Love it. heck my 4 year old son even loves old cars like that!
In preparation for more wheel swapage, I ordered some discounted Green Lights from Milezone. They arrived yesterday and I took their photo along with an AW 67 Skylark that will receive the first set. Two GTOs, a Mustang and two Royal Monacos will be doner cars.
The numbers on the bumper of the Dodge are just an attempt to add some license plates. As for the Buick rear bumper; I may try to reposition it. If you (Lummox) want a wheel-less GTO to detampo, let me know. Auto World Quality Alert: Every 67 Buick I've seen so far has file marks on the left quarter right below the C-pillar.
Yeah, the C pillars on both of the '66 Impalas are a bit rough too.
Probably a tough thing to correctly rectify in a high production situation - at least on the Chev.
Thanks very much for the offer on the GTO CH, but I'm not really a big muscle car collector.
I'm going to use an M2 wheels on one of the Monacos I'll let you know if I don't save the other one. I've also ruined some GL wheels; pulled the guts out of them. I use various tools but might engineer a slotted screw driver like Lummox uses. By the way, I am going to save a GTO by using the Monaco dog dishes.
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