American Racing Ansen Sprint Wheels

[Travel'n Man]

Just an update for those of you that are keeping up with my project (almost 2 years now). With all the body panels cut-welded-massaged and fixed by the body shop and the nice paint job they did, and a complete new interior(excluding dash), I just could not let the old wheels stay on the '72. I also had a backspace and offset problem with my large tires on the rear. The Ansen Sprints fixed it and now no rubbing issues.

I thought the old school look was a must for keeping the car in the '70's era. I hope all of you give me a thumbs up - I added the stripe as well.

Now if we can just get some of this salt off the roads.

[Arne]

Looks great! Are those the 15" Ansens, or the 17"?

[Travel'n Man]

Arne,

Thanks for the kind words..........the wheels are 15's..........17's are just to large for me and the era of the car.....IMO

[Walter Moore]

I love the 5 slot mags.

[bigoak]

Very nice.

[Duffman]

Where did you get the side stripes? Are they the "authentic" ones?

Car looks great!!

[Arne]

Those look like the MSA replicas, not the original style.

[Travel'n Man]

Arne is correct. They came from MSA (along with most of the 100's of parts that I have purchased for the S30. Thanks for the kind words and the votes of approval. If I had it to do over again, instead of finding a Z in California and shipping to the Carolina area I would have purhased somebody elses project after flying to visit the car and the owner. I sure it would have been several thousand dollars cheaper with close to the same results. This way I do have everything documented and photographed for future needs and know that where metal needed to be replaced it was replaced and not just bondo'd and patched. It's kinda like building a house, there is a since of pride and accomplishment once you get near the end (or is there ever an end to either of the two?)

What a journey on my first restoration. I guess my next will be my 1930 Model A.

[sparkynacho]

The wheels look great!

[dat260]

Two thumbs up, its a beauty.

[MEZZZ]

The wheels look nice, actually familiar. I have the same wheels but they came with the spinners which I hate to admit, I kind of like

Edited January 28, 2009 by MEZZZ

[Travel'n Man]

Thanks for all the kind words. I just figured out how to post a larger picture for your viewing pleasure. Thanks for all the info from the site during my restoration process.