426-Hemi Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 Guys, I just thought I'd make a posting on this to see how others do this or have done this and I'll be the first to start! -Upon building my '57 Chrysler 300C, I used Foose rims and tires on it (all I had) and the better one of the two Foose used on the current 2 Mopar cars he done that Revell offers. BUT I used factory AMT-Ertl '57 Chrysler 300 front suspension, and that made the fit, a bit tight TOO TIGHT, I had to "narrow" something to get the tires and rims on the car, and look right! I thinned the width as much as I could on the suspension spindles, and shortened the axle pins the wheel backs were to press onto, BUT it still wasn't enough..... SO I got to lookin' at the wheel backs to the Foose rims. THEY have a LOT of meat on the backs of those! I mean A LOT!!! (I can not stress this enough for such a task!) I took it upon myself to do the best measuring I could to get an accurate reading on just how thick this area was..... I got it to be around .087" of an inch, and there may be more on some! This was just on my model BEFORE the wheel back would have broke free, I removed something to the tune of .065" of an inch off the wheel back itself!! -and the "center" hub was still pretty strong and stiff, as I would remove .010" of an inch ata time to make sure I wasn't thick in some places and thin in others so I kept tabs on it while I was doing it. So then, how did I do it? Have a look: Also, meet my Unimat milling center..... So how the rest of you go about this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High octane Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 John, I don't think that many of us builders have Unimats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
426-Hemi Posted May 20, 2015 Author Share Posted May 20, 2015 -Yeah, thats why I was asking how the rest do it..... I was just posting how I do it.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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