Steering in the right direction

[Pushrod]

I got the Vega steering box in tonight, and the steering rod and drag link are painted...it's starting to look like the beginnings of a car. Time for a rum & coke.

 

[Pushrod]

My stock Vega pitman arm will need to be heated and massaged for the Spirit frame. I wish I had a template, but I'll probably use a coat hanger wire to form the shape I need to clear the frame, and go off that.

 

[old round fart]

Check with Spirit before you do that. They may have a template or another arm.

 

[Pushrod]

It's almost a roller, apparently the rear S-10 studs are metric, I gotta find some Chevy metric uni lugs.

 

[Spanky]

Auto Zone or Advance Auto Parts may have them . . . M12 x 1.5 thread

 

[Pushrod]

It's a roller! Rolled it out for the first time today.....I'm pumped.

 

[old round fart]

Way to go! Looks great!

 

[Neshkoro]

Looks good. Coming along nicely.

 

[Spanky]

Congratulations, Fred. Now it's on to the next step: get it to move under its own power!

 

[Neshkoro]

Hey Pushrod,
Where did you buy your Cragers?
Bill

 

[Pushrod]

I had the rear wheels and tires sitting around, the fronts with tires were on Craigslist for $100. All are just temporary, I'm looking for a couple 14x6 Cragars for the front to mount on 185/70/14's. The rears will eventually be a fat set of Mickeys....if I get silly and spend that much.

 

[Neshkoro]

OK then. The car looks good so far! Seems anywhere you look for Cragers they're near $200.00 each for something like a 15 X 6 size.

 

[Pushrod]

I noticed the crazy money for vintage Cragars. I'm going to a big swap meet this weekend to continue my search....half the fun is the searching for a deal. I really want Torq Thrusts like Spanky's, but clean old ones are too much. In high school, I could find them in junk yards for almost nothing.

 

[Neshkoro]

We need to move into the 21st century. It's hard to do.

 

[Neshkoro]

I looked on Summit's web site and Torque Thrusts are quite a bit cheaper than Cragers. Like almost half. I might reconsider the Cragers and go with the Torque Thrusts. 15 X 6 are $103.00 each! Free shipping.

 

[Gary49]

I looked on Summit's web site and Torque Thrusts are quite a bit cheaper than Cragers. Like almost half. I might reconsider the Cragers and go with the Torque Thrusts. 15 X 6 are $103.00 each! Free shipping.

I bought mine from Summit along with T/A radials and the mounting and balancing was free. I thought that was a good deal. With the tires mounted there was a small shipping charge but still cheaper than taking them somewhere and paying to have them mounted and balanced.
Gary

 

[Pushrod]

I want 14's on my bucket, so I gotta go with vintage wheels. The last refurbished set I found were $150 per wheel.. Summit does have them cheaper.

 

[2old2fast]

Just curious , why 14's

 

[Pushrod]

Just personal preference, they have more of a nostalgic appeal to me.

 

[Neshkoro]

Different strokes...................