66' 11 window

harley. · Post by **harley.** » Fri Nov 11, 2011 2:46 am

Al, i saw your column in AVWM today actually so i will definitely be down there on saturday.
yeah thats what i herd about the rolling diameter, i wanted to widen them not just for low profile tires but so it looks a little better with a wider wheel. so you reckon to leave the width stock?

Dasdubber · Post by **Dasdubber** » Fri Nov 11, 2011 6:50 am

Will be nice to meet you mate.

This is a rat looker we've just built for a customer:
http://dasrestohaus.com.au/gallery2/v/T ... 11+Window/

In this instance we kept the rear (Merc 15in) rims the standard width, but we had the offset changed by Billeau engineering in Labrador to get an extra 15mm of "dish" on the rear wheels. As mentioned before we just had to wait until we had the brakes and susp were all setup then we could measure how much width/offset we could obtain and then chose a tyre to suit....yep you don't want to go too low profile due to its affect on final drive ratio as mentioned by splitpersonality.

All the best
Al

067DUB · Post by **067DUB** » Fri Nov 11, 2011 8:50 am

On the topic of rear tyre , i've got a Freeway flyer and straight axle conversion, i should be fine with a lowprofile tyre on the rear yeh? atm i've got a 'fat' look going on, sorry for the hijack but i'm following Harleys progress closely

harley. · Post by **harley.** » Sat Nov 12, 2011 1:28 pm

yeah it will look sweet with abit of dish, oh well ill sort it all out when i get the that stage i guess. is there a box that would work with a small rolling diameter?

harley. · Post by **harley.** » Tue Nov 29, 2011 4:30 pm

all the body work is done! will add more photos hopefully soon and everything step by step when i get them. its been painted where needed (as I'm leaving it rat) heres some photos.

GottaSplit · Post by **GottaSplit** » Tue Nov 29, 2011 5:53 pm

I love the colour.... cant wait to see it finished!

harley. · Post by **harley.** » Tue Nov 29, 2011 6:10 pm

thanks mate, me either:)

baykruzer · Post by **baykruzer** » Tue Nov 29, 2011 9:04 pm

Nice work mate.
Looking good

3 amigos · Post by **3 amigos** » Tue Nov 29, 2011 10:05 pm

nearly finished...u, me, glen and grant will have to go for a cruize when we are all finished

harley. · Post by **harley.** » Wed Nov 30, 2011 4:23 pm

yeah sounds good JD, only i still have running gear to do :( haha