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| Author: | Gigantor928 [ Wed May 12, 2010 7:22 am ] |
| Post subject: | Original TC - which wheels? |
This is my mint TC sedan. 1 owner (before me), original sales paperwork and full service history. Totally original, including paint, but I just tried these wheels with HR caps and whitewalls on today. I reckon they look pretty cool. Should I leave them on, or switch back to the original hubcaps? Anyone have a venetian for one of these? Jason  
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| Author: | cdtpf60 [ Wed May 12, 2010 2:44 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Original TC - which wheels? |
ive gotta say i love this wheel set up but then i'm a bit biased as i had a set of 7"steelies back in the day set up like this   but then real nice stock early models are becoming pretty rare |
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| Author: | mrflibbles [ Thu May 13, 2010 9:12 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Original TC - which wheels? |
i like it with the w/walls and chrome caps. |
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| Author: | Gigantor928 [ Thu May 13, 2010 12:42 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Original TC - which wheels? |
Yeah, I think I'll leave them on. When I walk towards the car now it makes me smile... that's a good sign I reckon. |
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| Author: | dave [ Fri May 14, 2010 5:01 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Original TC - which wheels? |
Those centre caps were fitted to the TX and TC Gemini base model (ie the non "Gemini SL", SL/X or SL/E) with non-painted centres etc. I remember back in the day, "Red Knight Rob" on the old AM CB network in Adelaide had a tasty little maroon base-model TX sedan with those caps on phat stockies and I remember being very, very excited when he went to sell it.... .... but instead I upgraded my computer to a 486DX2/66 instead with a 1 megabyte Paradise VESA local bus graphics card. It was totally an awesome computer for about 45 minutes. So while they are technically incorrect from a restorers point of view... they are totally awesome and look great, especially with the white walls and chrome surrounds! They look really old-school while still being legitiment wheels for that model.... so they don't look out of place at all. And if they make you smile, then that's the main thing! |
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| Author: | Gigantor928 [ Fri May 14, 2010 10:43 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Original TC - which wheels? |
Geez, a 486 - awesome! I remember racing home from school to stick the cassette tape in my Vic20 and waiting for it to load for an hour before I played pong! I also recall spending $200 on 1 meg of RAM for my Amiga 500! Those were the days... Thanks for the comments. |
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| Author: | Stickman [ Fri May 14, 2010 11:58 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Original TC - which wheels? |
White walls all the way!!! A beautifull Gem like that must have halo's Stickman |
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| Author: | Farmer [ Sun May 16, 2010 11:34 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Original TC - which wheels? |
Yeah, I reckon they look choice. Gotta be better than any plastic caps. Nice original car, I'm hopeing you are going to keep it just like that. Computer heads! I got no Idea of coarse, but I imagine you're talking about something the size of a bar fridge with a tenth the capacity of one of those camera card thingys?? Cheers, Matt. |
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| Author: | Gigantor928 [ Mon May 17, 2010 10:06 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Original TC - which wheels? |
Don't worry Matt, it'll still be like this in 20 years if I have anything to do with it. I haven't seen another like it for a long long time... |
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