67 bolt on's whose doing them (resto)

[Tony DiGiorgio]

Hello all, time to have my bolt ons restored. Portka doesnt do them any more. anyone have anyone out there restoring these wheels that you could refer? One of the wheels has a pretty good size ding and will need welding. Whats the going rate to have these and the starbursts done?. Appreciate your help

[Ed Zachary]

Re: 67 bolt on's whose doing them (resto)

I have one newer and one older reference. I have no first hand experience with either of these two references, I only know that they may be available for wheel restorations. Maybe someone else here will have a better recommendation.

The old reference I have is David Cosner in Bedford, Indiana, 812-279-4973. From what I was told he restores '67 aluminum bolt-on wheels, and if so, then I am likewise not familiar with the quality of his work. The other reference is out on the left coast and I have seen him highly recommended for restoring original aftermarket vintage racing wheels. His name is Terry Vaughn, http://www.mrtorqthrust.com or e-mail terryvaughn@verison.net .

If anything, I would specifically ask any wheel restorer how much original material (in your case aluminum) they may or may not remove in their own restoration process. I've heard of a few specific '67 aluminum bolt-on wheel cases where enough of the outer flange material was removed that it no longer appeared to be a deep enough groove (a frontside feature of the originals) to hold a wheel/tire balancing weight. EZ




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