What ever Happend To Reverse Rims?..

[Brock Samson]

 

[OttawaCharger]

Like this?

[4402tuff4u]

Like this?

Boy! I like that paint scheme! What was he/she thinking off?

[OttawaCharger]

I'm thinking that he couldn't make up his mind what colour he wanted! 
The car has SS1 yellow on it somewhere too! 

[John_Kunkel]

In my day we left the valve stem on the inside when reversing the wheels; a classic case of trading practicality for "looks cool".

(There's just nothing like lying on your side under the car to check/adjust tire pressure).

[Brock Samson]

 ya' know those six-pack cars looked pretty cool with the red lines black rims and chrome lugs don't ya' think?..

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://specifications.homestead.com/files/RRhood.JPG&imgrefurl=http://specifications.homestead.com/6pak6bbl.html&h=287&w=558&sz=28&hl=en&start=8&tbnid=Mlg1MrkK6AFVYM:&tbnh=68&tbnw=133&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dsix-pack%2Bsuper%2Bbee%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DG

[OttawaCharger]

Yup! - Definitely gives it that 'don't mess with me' muscular look. 

[Shakey]

What was the point in reversing the rims?

[Ghoste]

Didn't you ever listen to Jan and Dean's "Drag City"?  It was all about, "lookin' real tough with chrome reverse wheels". 

[Brock Samson]

i don't think it much counts unless they were chromed,..
cause they sure didn't come chromed when ya' bought the cars,.. ever.
and the lack of a hub cap completed the "racer" look... 

[John_Kunkel]

Things happen in stages, reverse wheels appeared before anybody had the idea of chroming a wheel.

I think it was a natural progression, since the centers have to be removed for reversing someone had to realize that the two separate pieces would be easy to chrome before reassembling.

[Ghoste]

To more correctly answer your question Shakey, I think it just began as a customizing thing.  In the early days of hot rodding, there just weren't any wheel options for those seeeking a different look.  If there was another gain to them, I have no idea what it was.

[John_Kunkel]

The purpose of reversing the wheel is to give it the "deep dish" look that is nowadays done by using wider rims.

[Ghoste]

Right.  A customizing thing.

[Brock Samson]

http://1970chargerregistry.com/Misc/cotm_may.html

[chrisII]

they are still around just have to look for em, i scraped a bunch of 14s about 10 years ago cuz i couldnt give em away

[Blakcharger440]

http://1970chargerregistry.com/Misc/cotm_may.html

Sweeeeet!