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hey guys need your opinion!

Started by heidifisher, April 18, 2008, 08:52:45 PM

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heidifisher

hey fellow mopar nuts what you guys think? i've had these old slots since i was 15 and they have been on every mopar that i owned. debating on weather to have them resurface or just keep the keystones? heres some pics let me know what you think. thanks!

Ghoste

 :scratchchin: Hmmm, tough call.  After looking a it for a while, I think I prefer the Keystones but if I were you, I'd still get the slots refinished and hang onto them.  Maybe even throwing them on once ina while for a change.

Brock Samson

 :scratchchin: how about the slots on one side and the keystones on the other,.. or, the slots on the front and the stones on the back?..
  :shruggy:

sick dawg

I think it looks good either way, both are very '70s.  You could run one set and every once in a while change it up for a new look. :2thumbs:

Rallye

I think I like the slots... I say go ahead and get them resurfaced.  Plus, it sounds like they'll have a more nostalgic feel.  :2thumbs:       
1972 Charger Rallye - 400magnum

heidifisher

thanks for your sugest. i like to keep the old school look. i had the keys on front for awhile even put the old hub caps on the front-looked really 70's-i think i will just swap once in awhile

Daytona R/T SE

Go with the slots. :2thumbs:

No question.  :coolgleamA:

TruckDriver

As much as I love slots, I think the Keystones look better on your car. Maybe because of the color. Like the guys said, keep them all, and switch up every so often. :yesnod:
PETE

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evil1


That looks really sharp with the slots   :2thumbs:

69charger2002

i say polish the slots, and never look back. they will look the best in my opinion
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Magnumcharger

Quote from: 69charger2002 on April 18, 2008, 10:19:02 PM
i say polish the slots, and never look back. they will look the best in my opinion

Ditto!
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BMOTOXSTAR

Sell me the set you do not use. :D :Twocents:
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69*F5*SE

I like'm both so trade off now and then. :shruggy:

Charger_Fan

Quote from: Brock Samson on April 18, 2008, 09:02:08 PM
:scratchchin: how about the slots on one side and the keystones on the other,..
Yeah...that car wouldn't drive oddly at all... :smilielol:

I like the slots too, go get 'em polished! :boogie:

The Aquamax...yes, this bike spent 2 nights underwater one weekend. (Not my doing), but it gained the name, and has since become pseudo-famous. :)

Hemidog


Charger-Bodie

I vote Keystones ! But paint the black on them like they are supossed to be.  :Twocents:

Never been a fan of slots .  :eek2:
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drifter69


terrible one


Dude the slots give it the perfect mean 70's look. Even not polished in the picture, they are beautiful.  :2thumbs:

nakita7


71charger_fan

I've got to dissent from the majority, I didn't like slots in the '70s and I like them even less today. Go with the Keystones.

Those are the Klassics that were sold through J.C. Penney automotive centers back in the day. I had a set on my '74 Satellite. I wound up masking them and painting the rough cast portions black. Oddly, the display wheel at Penney's when I ordered mine were painted black. No one mentioned that they would be silver when they came in. I was working in the Merchant Marine back then ('78) and paid for them in advance and had my dad go over and have them installed when they came in. I was probably in Germany or the Netherlands at the time. When I got home and saw they were silver, I wasn't a happy camper. I wrote Keystone and they explained that what I had were "J.C. Penney Silver Specials." Now that I see them again after all these years, I wish I had left them silver. At least they were somewhat unique. I eventually sold them to a buddy in Annapolis who put them on his '59 Coronet, which he also bought from me.

CHRGR SE

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terrible one

Quote from: 71charger_fan on April 20, 2008, 11:07:27 AM
I've got to dissent from the majority, I didn't like slots in the '70s and I like them even less today. Go with the Keystones.

Those are the Klassics that were sold through J.C. Penney automotive centers back in the day. I had a set on my '74 Satellite. I wound up masking them and painting the rough cast portions black. Oddly, the display wheel at Penney's when I ordered mine were painted black. No one mentioned that they would be silver when they came in. I was working in the Merchant Marine back then ('78) and paid for them in advance and had my dad go over and have them installed when they came in. I was probably in Germany or the Netherlands at the time. When I got home and saw they were silver, I wasn't a happy camper. I wrote Keystone and they explained that what I had were "J.C. Penney Silver Specials." Now that I see them again after all these years, I wish I had left them silver. At least they were somewhat unique. I eventually sold them to a buddy in Annapolis who put them on his '59 Coronet, which he also bought from me.

That's really interesting!

heidifisher

Quote from: 71charger_fan on April 20, 2008, 11:07:27 AM
I've got to dissent from the majority, I didn't like slots in the '70s and I like them even less today. Go with the Keystones.

Those are the Klassics that were sold through J.C. Penney automotive centers back in the day. I had a set on my '74 Satellite. I wound up masking them and painting the rough cast portions black. Oddly, the display wheel at Penney's when I ordered mine were painted black. No one mentioned that they would be silver when they came in. I was working in the Merchant Marine back then ('78) and paid for them in advance and had my dad go over and have them installed when they came in. I was probably in Germany or the Netherlands at the time. When I got home and saw they were silver, I wasn't a happy camper. I wrote Keystone and they explained that what I had were "J.C. Penney Silver Specials." Now that I see them again after all these years, I wish I had left them silver. At least they were somewhat unique. I eventually sold them to a buddy in Annapolis who put them on his '59 Coronet, which he also bought from me.
i was told the exact same thing when i purchased them, i was going to say that but didnt want people thinking i was crazy :icon_smile_big: just last week i had a guy tell me he hasent seen a pair in years he also voted keystones! thank you guys for all your input, but i just orderd some craigers like the ones on the 71 just not as wide outback :2thumbs:

Charger_Fan

Quote from: 71charger_fan on April 20, 2008, 11:07:27 AM
I've got to dissent from the majority, I didn't like slots in the '70s and I like them even less today. Go with the Keystones.

Those are the Klassics that were sold through J.C. Penney automotive centers back in the day. I had a set on my '74 Satellite. I wound up masking them and painting the rough cast portions black. Oddly, the display wheel at Penney's when I ordered mine were painted black. No one mentioned that they would be silver when they came in. I was working in the Merchant Marine back then ('78) and paid for them in advance and had my dad go over and have them installed when they came in. I was probably in Germany or the Netherlands at the time. When I got home and saw they were silver, I wasn't a happy camper. I wrote Keystone and they explained that what I had were "J.C. Penney Silver Specials." Now that I see them again after all these years, I wish I had left them silver. At least they were somewhat unique. I eventually sold them to a buddy in Annapolis who put them on his '59 Coronet, which he also bought from me.
I didn't know that. I had seen some like that way back when, but assumed that the owner painted them that way on purpose. There were also some painted red or blue that I'd see now & then too, do you know if those were done at the factory? Again, I'd always assumed the owner did those.

I found this the other day; http://www.newstalgiawheel.com/wheel_detail.asp?subcat3=1071102
Might just have to replace my chipped & faded ones. ;D


The Aquamax...yes, this bike spent 2 nights underwater one weekend. (Not my doing), but it gained the name, and has since become pseudo-famous. :)

71charger_fan

The only colors I ever saw in an auto store in the late '70s were black and the silver at Penney's. That doesn't mean another chain somewhere didn't have them made in other colors. I've seen other colors off and on on the streets over the years, but those had all been obvious owner repaints.

The Kid

Quote from: Magnumcharger on April 18, 2008, 10:29:43 PM
Quote from: 69charger2002 on April 18, 2008, 10:19:02 PM
i say polish the slots, and never look back. they will look the best in my opinion

Ditto!

I third the polished slots, they'd look mean!