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Old 04-26-2008   #1 (permalink)
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Default 1968 Mustang coupe wheels?

hey guys this is my 68 coupe im restoring and i had a question about the rims on the car. I have no clue what kind they are! They were on there about 8 years ago when i bought them and im told there magnums but im not sure. does anyone know??

Also im told this was a sprint coupe. is that true? Sorry im new to restoring and cars but me and my dad are doing it.
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They're definitely not magnums. They appear to be a cast one piece aluminum. Radial fins with a faux knock offs They actually look pretty good on the car. Back in the late 70s and 80s there were alot of this syle of rim with vaiable amounts of fins to them. American made alot similar to yours.
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First of all, nice 'stang, wish mine looked that good, but rodbender is right, definitely not magnums, look like they're cast aluminun
you have some knock-off spinners too, (as in easy on/off, not wal-mart), those were popular in the, 70's
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what exactly do you mean by spinners?
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The spinners are the three-pronged center pieces in the middle of the wheels. I like those wheels a lot.

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Two different Sprint Mustangs were offered in 1968. They were package A and package B. Ford advertised the Sprints with an advertising campaign of "see the light sale." The vehicle offered the GT style without the higher price. The Sprint Mustangs were available with two barrel V8s and six cylinder engines. The two Sprint packages were different, however, and Package A included the following: C-shaped stripes, six or eight cylinder engine, full wheel covers, lip moldings on wheels, and a pop-open gas tank. The Sprint Package B included the same C shaped stripes, but only an eight cylinder engine. It also boasted the wheel lip moldings and pop open gas tank but the full wheel covers were replaced with painted Styled Wheels, the sidewall tires were new, as well as the grille mounted fog lamps. The production numbers for package A were 25,012 and for package B 15,106.

Decoding the VIN will tell you if yours is in fact a Sprint Edition.
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