pics of real vintage american racing d spoke wheels and what they are bolted to

i have been collection real american racing wheels now for about a year and i have fould some good buys on wheels i have been looking ford .just scored 4 51x7" real vintage d spoke wheels off the local craigslistand 2 15x6" at a swap. i was just wanting to see some pics of what you hambers have em bolted to. novas, 55 56 57, show me what you got.

 

I am looking for some thinner front runners for my new coker ribbed tires. Anyone have any 15x4 or 5's?

 

True "D" spokes.

 

ch***isresearchkid what size are those wheels?

 

no one . no one has any pics of your ride with vintage torq thrust d wheels??????

 

How about these?

 

cornpanzer i thought you had american 200s on that jalopy? didnt you have a huge collection of 200s?

 

I got an original pair, but they are just sitting in the garage for now.

 

Here's a link to my 33 coupe with 4 original D's.

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=18393&pictureid=195318

 

gmstuff that is a sweet little chevy coupe. what is the engine?

 

Original 8.20 Cheaters form the 60's mounted on 15x8.5" Ansen 5 Spokes (I know not Americans but close)

I restored the wheels after buying them from KiwiKev. They had 1.5" wide chips missing out of them and pretty beat.

 

Had these since the 60's

 

15x6 and 15x7 with Hurst slicks...

 

and my other set, 15x6 and eric vaughn modded 15x9 (formerly 15x6 as well) with 275/60/15s...

 

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I always thought the Torque Thrust " D"s were the later( from what, '67 on?) curved spoke type that you see reproduced these days. What I'm seeing posted above are original Torque Thrust type wheels. Am I wrong on this?

 

my topo

 

need louvers? yes what every one has posted are the tor thrust streight spokes. what i was talking about was the curved or round spoke wheels kine cornpanzer posted . i think the d spoke was alittle later. most were for corvette , porsche road racing .

 

The D in Torque Thrust D stands for disc. They were made with the curved spoke to clear the disc brake caliper on new Corvettes (sometime between 63/65).
Larry T

 

That's what I thought. As I was told, they came up with the curved spoke "D" to clear the bigger disc brakes on one of Duntov's production Corvette race cars in the late sixties. I have a set of the early straight spoke style, but I didn't post them because I thought maybe I was wrong. Thank you for the clarification.

 

both of mine have the cut-out spokes to clear disc brakes. the corvette/porsche wheels are awesome though, and clearly different from the later 'd' spokes...

(we've seen the corvette/porsche wheels in this thread, what else are you gonna see 'em on? they're pretty much 15x6 and pretty much found on corvettes and porsches...)

 

To my knowledge, you are correct, the "D" was for disk brakes, the spokes were curved to clear the calipers.

 

This is the original Torq Thrust "D" wheel. I believe they only came in 15x6 and 15x7 in Chevy bolt pattern.



This is what the were made for.





Believe it or not, neither one of these cars is mine

 

d's on the rear

 

i was told alot of 55 56 57 chevy guys us them. they cam in porsche 5 on 130mm pattern and 5 on 4 3/4. was told ford 5 on 4 1/2 is rare. came in 15 x6, 15 x 7 and magnesium 15 x8 i think?most porsche wheels were magnesium but i have had both mag and aluminum.just wanted to see them on a hot rod.

 

Two thoughts - Mazooma, love that panel! is that the one that ended up with weird mural and the Cragar 10 holes after your ownership? The other is about ten years ago, a friend bought a set of magnesium "D"s at Pamona that were 15x81/2 and 15x7s, and we carried those ****ers what felt like two miles to get them back to the car! I've had lots of Halibrand wheels over the years, but man those "D"s seemed heavy for magnesium. I just always chalked it up to being roadrace stuff, but has any body else noticed that?

 

are these 15x9's with a lot of backspacing....?

 

no those are 6X15's with 10.50 Goodyear Bluestreaks that is what they used on the Cammer A/FX Mustangs

 

Same on this one

 

These are Magnesium! This Vette was customized by Bruno in 1969 & no cracks! I bought the wheels first & then looked for a flared fender corvette it took a while but worth the time! Tks Bill