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    Posted: 09-February-2023 at 8:47PM
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Great pics!
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Anyone know what kind of rims they used in those cars back in the day ??
Would love to find something that resembles them !
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Stock front bumper. Nice!
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Originally posted by handsofstone handsofstone wrote:

Stock front bumper. Nice!

Looks to be chopped, but yeah 
, make a nice battering ram!
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Definitely nothing like this running around here. Very nice. 
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Closest you will find these days are the Aero Type 59's, but they will be in the standard 5x5 bolt pattern. The nascar suspensions of the era were actually using Galaxy parts, but might have been using ball joints from other vehicles. Port City hubs comes to mind, but Banjo Mathews built a lot of chassis back in the day. Common to just reskin older chassis with cars running monster drum brake setups.

Shot of his shop at some point...early 70's. There is a Formal Roof Torino in his shop.

Banjo Mathews race shop in Arden, NC | Classic racing cars, Old race cars,  Stock car racing
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Petty switched to Ford for one year in '69.

 
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