Many of you post up a thread trying to identify what ultimately is a vintage Foresight Ventures wheel. Does anyone here know the history of the company? All I know is it was based out of Oakland beginning in '62-'63. No names or stories like one gets with Halibrand and Cragar. One of my early cars was a '66 Comet convertible, 390 & Toploader. I got the wheels from a local kid for $100 but didn't even know the name of them. (He called them "Spider Mags".) I'd love to hear more if anyone has a connection or info.
From what I have researched. Foresight Ventures came out with their mag wheels in late 64. they were not really an automotive company, more of an investment group. By around 1969 they had sold off their molds to other company's, most notably Fenton They had a few different styles, yours were the Drag Mag They also made the Indy 500 The Flag Line and the Rouge and the Slot Mag. this was the only slot mag back then with No Lip from the slot to the rim
Wow...I knew about the "Rouge" (I have seen them as "Prowler" prior) but I haven't seen the slotted mag without the window lips. Considering their name an investment group makes sense, and perhaps that's part of why no individual stands out when searching about them. The "No Lip from the slot to the rim" is what made me want the wheels when I saw them in the 80's. Very unique.
Were these wheels made by Fenton and/or others after the molds were sold? I've seen Drag Mags with the valve stem in the wheel center and others with them in the rim. I'm wondering when that change was made and if that's part of the reason for it.
From my understanding Fenton did make them for a while. But as far as valve stems go, it was not unusual for wheel company's to change where they drilled them
Spencer, im not gonna sleep good for the next couple days because i am super excited to get those wheels. thank you very much.
I have a pair of Drag Mags on the front of my '57 Chevy. I also have a set of them in the Ford/Mopar pattern I've been saving for a future project, but I think those are later ones because the machine tooling that made that set must have been pretty worn out, with grooves in the outer lips that clearly were not intentional. The ones on the Chev are better quality. I'd love a set of those Indy 500 wheels, they must be pretty rare. I've got a couple sets of Fenton Hawks but I prefer the one piece all aluminum design of the Foresight Ventures wheels.
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