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I have worked on many old Magnesium wheels in my 30 plus years of selling and repairing vintage aluminum or magnesium wheels. Here are some LeMans...
Lets talk about JUST American Racing Aluminum Straight Spoke Torque Thrust wheel from the 60's. They are plain old "Torque Thrust " 14 x 6 or 7"...
Black Panther is right about the first 2 pictures. 15x10 ET uni-lug and its the only true 10" aluminum wheel from the 60's. Fenton made a 9.5 and...
I had trouble with my pictures so I am trying again.Terry
The Team III Aluminum 15x4 torque Thrust is a one piece wheel. I have had a pair in my hands. A friend of mine lent team III a magnesium American...
I have been buying - selling - working on 60's 70's aftermarket wheels for well over 30 years and own a lot of Original wheel company literature...
The early American aluminum 5 spoke wheels had a rounded spoke and not the peaked spoke that most of the current clones have.*** This quote was...
I got there at 8am and was # 130 the event starts at 9am according to the flyer. The A40 was from Victoria BC Canada and had history as a Drag...
I was wondering if anybody knew when Ansen, US Indy and those types of slot style wheels started? When were they first hitting the streets?...
If you are building from the ground up.Start with setting the body on the frame and put the Tire and wheel combo that your heart is set on in...
Radir is the wheel for sale today. The ones on the munster mobile from the 60's era are Rader Wheels or Mickey Thompson Rader wheels. They where...
The M/T spinners you have show up in 1965 - 69 catalogs. the round ear is the most common. The spinners had push thru bases and where used with...
The original Aluminum Torque Thrust D came to be in 1965. It was available 15x6 & 15x7. The Magnesium Torque Thrust D came in 15 x 6-7-8.5...
I am a baby Boomer that just never grew up. I am passionate about early tin and what was. Some rides need Hub Caps some need real 60's - wheels to...
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