First pics of my new 66 roadster...new paint wheels & ti

coyotegary · Post by **coyotegary** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 10:15 pm

Todays projects....new tires, wheels and hot rod black paint.

Hot rod paint still wet.

New polished Libra wheels with 195/60/14 tires.

Fresh paint will dry to satin finish

Temp hot rod black paint until I decide on final color choice.

fixitman04 · Post by **fixitman04** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 10:37 pm

like the wheels, who makes them?

Post by **spl310** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 11:23 pm

Nice. What color was it originally?

coyotegary · Post by **coyotegary** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 12:12 am

the wheels have a raised insignia that says shellby

all i know about them. been saving them for 10 years

it was originally white

the hot rod black will do just fine until i decide on a permanent color choice

Post by **dbrick** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 12:27 am

I love black cars, as long as I don't own them. That looks great as is, are the bumpers going back on?

coyotegary · Post by **coyotegary** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 12:52 am

i am planning to leave the frrt bumper off 4 now......rear will be on. these pics were just from today right out of the booth. so not much chrome trim parts on in the pic

datsunrides · Post by **datsunrides** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 7:31 am

Man, you waste no time do you!

If those are Shelby wheels, the model is Viper. I have those same wheels on mine.

Mark

Post by **spl310** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 10:41 am

Are you going to paint the inside of the doors?

coyotegary · Post by **coyotegary** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 11:43 am

doors will be painted as well

i really like these wheels and yes they do say shellby viper.....
glad i came across them 10 years ago. i had them sanded and polished and put on a shelf for all this time. its paying off now that i finnally got my roadster.

the dash will be ordered monday am as the interior is the next step
seats are perfect but dash is cracked and a couple interior panels are cracked

datsunrides · Post by **datsunrides** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 12:01 pm

I had mine machined mostly flat on the face for a somewhat different look, then polished. Took most of the "crown" off.

I like the rear centercaps. They look to be billet. What's the deal on them? I like the look.

Mark

coyotegary · Post by **coyotegary** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 12:05 pm

the caps are solid billet as you guessed. i had a friend machine them for me as i only had 2 original shellby center caps. the front two of course will not clear the dust cap so i had to leave them off for now

datsunrides · Post by **datsunrides** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 7:17 pm

Could you post a pic of the original ones? I would like to know what they look like incase I ever run across a set.

Mark

coyotegary · Post by **coyotegary** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 1:21 am

original ceter viper caps? they had the cobra snake on them , but since i only had the two i sold them

Post by **ppeters914** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 2:16 pm

Dang, those sure look nice.