Replicating my "Frist" and finding Shelby Deep Dish Mag wheels...

[BWDenver]

You always have a fondness in your heart for your “First”!

OK, not THAT first! 

Your first car or airplane. 

In July 1973 I checked into Ft Rucker for advance Rotary Wing Flight Training at the tender age of 19.  There was a saying that once you passed your Instrument Check Ride, you could by your bars.  In most cases it was an all-downhill easy slide after that.  I jumped the gun by a couple of weeks and went out looking for a car.  and found it in a 1973 lt Brown Metallic 240Z.  When I got to Ft hood Tx I made a few changes.

One of the other mods I made was a set of Shelby Deep Dish Mage wheels.  I had to do some back woods modifications to the wheel wells to keep the rear tires from rubbing once I had the Mags installed.

The 4 lug mags had a chrome plastic center caps with the familiar Shelby Snake.  I'm trying to find a 1/24 source for those wheels, or something that looks like them.   See image below.

Thanks in advance!

Bryan Wilburn

 

Edited Saturday at 05:55 PM by BWDenver

[Fat Brian]

You're in luck, Aoshima is making a set of four lug slots right now. The rears are wider than the fronts so you might need two sets unless you don't mind the wider meats out back.

[Steamboat]

Nothing looks better on a Z than slots.  I 3d printed my own from my own design.  Not quite the same as yours but close.  IIRC I made a lot of suspension modifications to lower it to the ground.  You can have the whole car if you want it.