What's the name for these wheels?

Depends HUGELY on the size and brand.

I bought a set of 4 15x7 for $80 just because they were a pretty good deal and I thought I might use them on a trailer or something someday (and that included 4 nice tires).

14" versions are worth almost zero.

15x4.5 wheels are pretty pricey ($200-$600) a pair for nice ones.

15x10 can be $100-$200 a pair.

16" diameter drag size wheels can bring much more.

A good set of matching 15x8 deep offset (deep dish) wheels can be valuable for someone that wants them for a Corvette or other road racer, but not horribly valuable (maybe max $500-$600 for a REALLY nice set of 4).

Most of the brand names ALL look very similar. A few have unique traits that might make them more valuable if someone is trying to match a set.

Obviously rough aluminum wheels do not pull the same money as professionally polished wheels with zero nicks or dings.

In general, aluminum slots were very popular in the day and could be had for less than $20 a piece new. So many are out there now, that most carry little to no value as a used set today.

I think they can still be a unique and cool wheel if sized correctly, matched with the right size and type tires, and applied to the correct car, and yes, they look pretty Starsky and Hutch if they are not!!!

 

Hahaha...yeah, and car trailers....just my opinion.

 

who(wheel mfg) is remaking them ?

 

Around here the chromed steel slots were better known as Boat Trailer Wheels.

 

American Racing.....who was bought out by Weld............who...........I don't really know. LOL.

 

That is a 1934 Ford V8 hubcap. The 1932 hubcap has the quirky looking "V8" unique to 1932 in a small dish with several concentric circles around it.

 

I have a set of late 70's ET III's on my Essex that may be available later this summer. I plan to run steelies on it.

 

by the time I got my car in 1976 5 spokes were out and slots were in. at least around here in Fremont. now 5 spokes are in and slots are out.

 

Geez . . . and all this time I thought it was 32.

Thanks Pasadena, learn somethin' new every day.

Coulda swore I ordered 32's.

Isn't there a difference between 4 cylinder and V8 caps for 32's?



As long as we're on wheels - and caps - here's a little bit of info.

The little 34 cap in the pic is a re-pro cap for wire wheels.
It's a little smaller than the standard early Ford caps.


The standard size gennie early Ford caps may work, but as I remember they're a bit large for the center section of the mag wheel.



Another one I ran into with the ten lug aftermarket steelies - blue wheel in the pic - on my 31 is that, gennie early Ford caps don't fit.
At least the ones from Drake didn't.

I had to get the right size cap (shown) from Vintique I think it was.

Something to be aware of if you have late steelies and are springing for a NOS type cap....

 

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4 cylinder hub cap



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Slotted Mags were very popular in the 60s & 70s ...

... my father ran them on our (O/T) daily driver "family cars" ...


1964 Plymouth Sports Fury


1969 Dodge Charger R/T SE


1972½ Datsun 1600 Pickup

 

Jensen, Rocket, Ansen all made them, amongst other makers. The rarest are the "Rockets" which were made by....wait for it....Ansen. The U.S.Indy I think was made by Cragar. Don't pig pile on me here, I'm roaming through my eldest brothers Street machines back in the day.

Regardless of who made what you have, measure the bolt pattern (circle) and go from there. They look like uni-lug Ford/Chevy, but, hey, what the hell do I know? I'm still labeled a FNG.

 

I will be runningthem on the 50 PU.
I paid $650 for a set of 4 with new tires (15x7's and 15x10's).

 

O/T, but my old Dart with Indy's on it. The one wheel I think can look good on almost everything...

 

Aluminum slot mags were a very popular wheel option from the day they were introduced. Many wheel manufacturers made them.
A chrome-plated stamped steel copy was even made and saw a huge sales market for trailers, both cargo and boat.

 

ansen sprints, but like every one said, other companies made them too. you know you have to have a oval washer to fit in the wheel...right! i think, they will be hard to find if they are unilug.

 

I couldn't hardly give them away 10 years ago. They were so common at used tire shops/junk yards. I never liked them much either, unless they are skinny front runners or something.

I gave a set of 15x12" unilug with tires away 3 years ago when I sold a car (they weren't on the car, and didn't fit it either)

Gave the 15x7s chevy bp to a friend at that same time.

I've had appliance brand, and weld.

We called them slots, or aluminum slots.

 

Here's a recent thread with a lot more information, pics and catalog scans.

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=363978