 Billy Crystal played a character who used to say, “Darling, you look marvelous!” When it comes to the appearance of your Corvette, this is the reaction you’re looking for from on-lookers. And your best chance to make this happen has to be with the nstallation of a new set of rims. Our project 1974 Corvette (you may recognize it from our recent brake article, “Stainless Stopping”) has had the same mags on it for years, installed back when the turbine wheel was far more stylish.
Rims on a Corvette, or any car, are a statement, and that statement can easily be made in the wrong way. Many times we’ve seen owners install a set of great-looking mags on the wrong body style, a combination that can take away from both the car and the mag choice. This is why when it came to our 74 Stingray, a lot of thought went into our rim choice.
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01: American Racing has taken the timeless design of the 200 and brought it into the 90s by providing this style in the new low-profile sizes. These accent such vehicles as street rods and slammed trucks and imports, proving once again that some designs stand the test of time.
Today, there are so many different rim choices that it’s difficult to decide what will look good on your Corvette. For our mid-1970s Stingray, we wanted to stay with more of a vintage appearance, something that would give the car a real musclecar look. We turned to the vast line-up from American Racing, knowing they were around back then to produce some of the designs that have become icons in America’s musclecar history. In fact, they have a vintage line that can easily be viewed at their Website, www.americanracing.com.
We entertained the thought of American Racing’s Torq-Thrust wheels, knowing they would provide the look we wanted. But with the chrome Hooker side pipes, the car screams for more chrome, and the magnesium look of the Torq-Thrusts wouldn’t accent the pipes. American Racing does offer a chrome Torq-Thrust II, but it has a slightly restyled, more modern look. We just felt they wouldn’t give us that vintage musclecar look we were trying to achieve. Then we saw the 200s, sometimes referred to as the “daisy wheel,” in the American Racing line-up. This wheel seemed to fit our needs with the classic musclecar look, plus they come in chrome, which will work excellent with our chrome sidepipes. When we saw them installed for the first time, we knew we had the right combination of mags and body style. And from the compliments we continue to get, we know others are sharing our thoughts. This look rocks!
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