DRAGWAYS OR NOT??????

[OldGas]

OK sorry Jim I thought it may have been a customising programme.

[minifcvan]

OK sorry Jim I thought it may have been a customising programme.

he is one hell of a customising programme... for those who know him will agree with me...  

[FC_fer_me]

  Hey Tayz, nuthin wrong with the 80's. BF Goodrich Radial TA's with white lettering, Skoggs and Carlton Draught Tubes. Ah them were the days!!!!

[TAYZ]

Dave, true true....   I must admit on my first registered car being a HZ I had dragway indies with the white letter radials, and i was quite proud of them too!!!!

                                                                                   tayz                                                          

[Phantom]

Like these bad boys?, They look great i rekon(lol)
                           Cheers Rusty

[FC_fer_me]

Yeah, back then if you couldn't afford TA's you would buy a white marker and highlite whatever brand was on the tyres ( no korean stuff around then!!) Cheers Dave

[minifcvan]

Well guys a quick update. I put 215/50's on the back .I took it for its first real drive to Wagga then to Marrar then home about 130k's. I got down the street and had to kick the wifey out and made her drive her fb and i put 2 of my girls in the front cos it continually scraped on the back guard . After doing that it wasn't as bad but its not real practical kicking the missus out every time we want to go for a family drive( I KNOW ITS DEBATABLE ) so my options now are...

1. Put slimmer tyres on the back.
2. Punch out the back guard lip..
3. Put stocks back on (but ive grown to quite like the dragways and flappers)
4.Put some 6" white rims on with the flappers (but ive grown to quite like the dragways and flappers)
5.Did i mention that ive grown to like the dragways and flappers??
Will make a choice this week and let you guy's know..heres a picture of our day


Cheers Mark

[tommo65]

Hey Mark
            Just been watching the Junee Licorice factory on "Getaway" do you know what type of truck sits out front only caught a fleeting glimpse.

                                        Cheers Tommo

[minifcvan]

Sorry thommo ive never been there ...i will check it out though..cheers mark

[collecta]

I say do it your way, it all looks good. Just picked up a set of these rims also , they are fitted with 50 series tyres,like you Mark i hate tyre scrape so practicallity always wins. thats why i like my skinny tyres and flappers on my ute, no scrape.
As a sixteen year old growing up in Mt Gambier, we also called these five spokes, skoggs or splatts after the man himself,  any ideas as to where  the term skoggs came from.

cheers
Scott

[minifcvan]

Iwent to wagga yesterday and got 205's put on the back of her.It only scrapes when ive got a full load in the back.Sorry scott i just call them dragways got no idea where that term came from but there will be someone on here who does.. ???cheers mark