New Rushforths mounted up and on the car!

[Erik Beckett]

These are my Rushforths Fuels finally on the car after having them for over a month. We got dumped on here with snow in Ohio this winter.

Thanks, Erik

[Mr.VENGEANCE]

very nice!

hey who makes that cowl hood?.. and anymore pics of it?

[GeoffP]

It looks like a Harwood cowl to me (if that helps at all)

[79ZED]

Eric,

Those wheels look great on your car! As far as I'm concerned Rushforth makes some of the cleanest design 5 spoke wheels out there, and still maintain the heritage to our muscle cars. Great looking wheel....great looking car! Congratulations on getting rid of the snow too!

John

[oldzzy]

Those fuels are nice! They are the ones i want on my car, but black centers :twothumbs

[Jon69RagTop]

Those wheels look really good on your car. Mind sharing the details?

Are the centers brushed satin w/ clear coat? Also give tire size info as well. I'm at a very similar set-up.

[Erik Beckett]

Thanks for the compliments. Before I can take the car out on the road I have to have the rears rebalanced. For some reason the sticky weights fell off during shipping and won't stick back on.

The hood I assume is a Harwood hood. It was on the car when I bought it. It does have a smooth finish underneath. I thought all fiberglass hoods had a textured bottom. Maybe the painter sanded it smooth.

The centers are brushed titanium with clear coat. The fronts are 17x8 and the rears 18x10's with a 305/40/18 Nitto. I could have gone wider in the rear but the rear is not narrowed and that would look wierd with an 18x12 and 8" backspacing.

Thanks, Erik

[Lemons]

Erik,

That is one sweet looking ride, good choice on the wheels and tires. Those 305's look killer.

Chris

[buickfunnycar.com]

Damn...those Fuel's look awesome!
Jason designed a lot of little details into that wheel,kinda hard to improve on the classic 5-spoke design but man...he nailed it.
Great looking car:1st:...congrats!

[JayR]

Glad you were able to get it sitting outside, Erik. Thanks for showing off the wheels and for choosing Rushforths!

[DriverzInc]

Right on Erik! We worked with Erik extensively while he was picking out the "right" wheel for his camaro, and looks like they fit perfect. Thanks again Erik.

[Erik Beckett]

Hey John,

Thanks for the wheels! One question: is there a reason the rear wheel weights fell off? I assume it has something to do with cold rims and the cold weather. I am sure I can run down and get the same sticky weights unless you know something I don't know.

Thanks, Erik

[DriverzInc]

They are basically 3M tape, and the only reason I can think of is moisture got between the weights and the rim. I haven't come across a lot of weights falling off very easily once they are on, they usually stay on really well. I would suggest taking the rim to a tire shop and asking them to spin it on their balancer again.

Wheels look great!

[icebird84]

Erik
the wheels look good and Camaro does as well, but this is bugging me
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2009/02/Rushforths-1.jpg

[Erik Beckett]

icebird84,

Yeh, I know. Thats a winter fix for me. This was a drag car put back on the street. I already did all the lines from the pump up to the carb. I need to run all the fuel out of the tank first then I am going to replumb it all. I want to put a shutoff valve coming right off the fuel cell along with a better filter and then reroute the lines. Even though this car has a 540 in it, it still runs a mechanical fuel pump up front. I really don't want to switch to electric at all. I want to move the lines inside the frame rails if possible.

Thanks, Erik