1969 Torino

[TMIProducts]

I dig those wheels!!!

Question for you...does anybody make the 'talladega' front end for these cars? Or is that just a holy grail?

[FETorino]

Originally Posted by Tim@TMI

I dig those wheels!!!

Question for you...does anybody make the 'talladega' front end for these cars? Or is that just a holy grail?

Not that I know of. The front bumper is just a rear bumper so that part is easy to find. Talladegas get sold now and then and aren't really that expensive. If you want that body style just keep your eyes open and one will pop up.

[WSSix]

I like those new rims, Rob. I'd stay with a dark shade on them though to match the darker paint scheme.

[Sieg]

Originally Posted by GregWeld

It's amazing what a great set of INTROS can do for a build!

Bead blast them and shoot them in matching matter green and they might work........or not.

[Matt@BOS]

I guess I'm going to be the one in the minority, but I'm not sold on those wheels for your car. They're a stunning design with a lot of thought and just as much fancy machine work to make all of the rounded shapes. I know the new Grip Equiped line seeks to blend elements of contemporary and vintage design, and that wheel is exactly that. However, for that reason I see it being much more at home on a retro styled late model car, like Karl's Parnelli Jones 302, or something with crazy modifications in the same vein as the Goolsby Mustang or Roadster Shop 'Vette, or a car that seeks more modern influence. I've always thought of your car being as being old school and devoid of attention getting billet in favor of some vintage stock car feel.

Ah hell, what do I know. Besides, it is your car!

[FETorino]

Originally Posted by GregWeld

It's amazing what a great set of INTROS can do for a build!

I just can't justify the cost of INTROS. If I ran them I'd just be copying you anyway.

Originally Posted by Sieg

I like them

I'm thinking the stock silver centers or similar may compliment the chrome trim?

Nope

Originally Posted by Sieg

Bead blast them and shoot them in matching matter green and they might work........or not.

Closer but still nope.

Originally Posted by Matt.A

I guess I'm going to be the one in the minority, but I'm not sold on those wheels for your car. They're a stunning design with a lot of thought and just as much fancy machine work to make all of the rounded shapes. I know the new Grip Equiped line seeks to blend elements of contemporary and vintage design, and that wheel is exactly that. However, for that reason I see it being much more at home on a retro styled late model car, like Karl's Parnelli Jones 302, or something with crazy modifications in the same vein as the Goolsby Mustang or Roadster Shop 'Vette, or a car that seeks more modern influence. I've always thought of your car being as being old school and devoid of attention getting billet in favor of some vintage stock car feel.

Ah hell, what do I know. Besides, it is your car!

Whatever wheels I do with they will have no exposed hardware and they will be any color as long as it's black. The wheels won't jump out at you but they will be from a race proven vendor. The quality of them will have a certain amount of unavoidable bling. Not something that jumps at you from across a parking lot but when you look close you will see something special.

I saw these billet cup style wheels at SEMA. These were 18s but maybe they would do a 19 for my rear. They would fit the bill for sure.

[Flash68]

I hear what Matt is saying and I can appreciate his point but I disagree. I hate retro wheels on modern cars. Haven't seen one yet that I think "works".

On the other hand, I think the wheel does a nice job of balance old vs new for Rob's "old and new" car... old motor and new chassis (even though most will not know it's there).

Altho that Nascar wheel is just too bad ass.

There.... my worthless opinion is done.

[Sieg]

I SAY Silver Centers!

[intocarss]

Is It Done Yet?????

[Matt@BOS]

I drive past a Mini dealership everyday, and this is what I was thinking of when I made the last post about the thinking that the wheels might be too contemporary-retro for the rest of your car. If my brain hadn't already made this association, I would probably be all over them, especially in black. The more I look at the black spokes with machined highlights, the more I'm starting to like the look of those Laguna wheels on the Torino. I'm still going to tell you that you have badass looking Mini Cooper wheels though. I can't unsee that association.

*edit* the more I see those wheels, the more I like them. I might have to get a set of mini look a likes for my fastback!