RE: digital guages [and wheels]

["Widiker, John D" <john.widiker@xxxxxxx>]

I'm fitting Ford FR500 wheels (replicas) to my 1971 javelin right now,
they have a 1" offset and we are using adapters (not spacers) to
compensate, I've never been comfortable with big spacers, using a one
inch wide 4.5 to 4.5 adapter makes more sense to me. Zero offset wheels
work the best on 90% of old cars I've found, but do your math. They are
pretty cool looking and super cheap. Mine are 18x9 and anthracite in
color. $130 per wheel (I've got a link somewhere if anyone wants it). I
had originally wanted to fit them to my AMX but the Humpsters got much
more room in the wells. Only problem is that's a lot of wheel and stock
brakes aren't happy with that rotating mass and look ridiculously small
behind them so plan upgrades there if you are going large. 

~John

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Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 12:24 PM
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Subject: RE: digital guages [and wheels]

I've seen some Mustang Bullitt wheels put on Javelins by spacing the
front spindles out and using either spacers or wider rear axles. They
sure look sweet in a 17-18" wheel on a Javelin!
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Mark Price
markprice242ATadelphia.net
Morgantown, WV
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From: "Armand Eshleman" <aje1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: digital guages
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 19:26:01 -0600 
 
Thinking of getting an oil pressure gauge, water temperature gauge and
voltmeter.  The Summit Catalog has several choices of Digital gauges. I
kind of like the Cyberdyne gauges, or the Nordskog. Thinking of making a
gauge cluster than goes where the A pillar trim piece should be. Any
body have any comments about digital gauges?? I want to get my Javelin a
little bit out of the 70s and into the current century. Thought maybe a
digital tach would be too difficult to follow with the numbers zinging
by as the revs build, so maybe just a regular tach with a needle, shift
lite and maybe a rev limiter. 
 
I'm also looking for wheels to bring the car into the modern era, any
one had any experience with fitting the new wheels to the old cars? What
wheels look good on the 70 Javelin, c'mon give me your opinion, heck I
deserve abuse, haha. Oh yeah what wheels fit?? I don't think those huge
19 or 20 inch wheels will look good but I do think maybe a set of 16s or
17s might modernize the car a bit, what you think??? 
 
Armand