Nice score and id help

I buy this on a local junkyard here in Sweden for ****py 40 bucks

The are 16x4 5,5 and are in alu or magnaseium i think the look like a lot halibrand but i dont can find any name on them

 

Space saver spare wheels from a late '80s/early '90s Thunderbird?

 

I don't think a T-bird had a 5.5" BC, or 16" dia in the 80's. Are those bias ply tires on there? The rims do have a lip around the edge, which kinda indicates mid 60's on up production. They look like corroded aluminum to me.

 

mag turns more green. might be from some old tractor/farm stuff.

 

A guy I know here in Germany had a very similar set of these. We were all wondering what they were - they looked like Centrelines, even down to the rivets round the edge. As near as I could find out they are actually from a `50s German Moped, or in your case the Swedish equivalent. An IWL perhaps...

 

The Tbids and Mustangs had 15" w/5x4.5 bc. Did a scooter really come with a 16" wheel??

 

I don´t remember the exact sizes, but look at the tyres fitted to those wheels. Don´t think they´re for a car.

 

There was a camp trailer made in the states that had alloy wheels silverlight or something of that nature. the new rod and custom has a 33/34 rosdster with them on it..JOHN

 

Possibly Aircraft?


Tim

 

ID marks under the tires?

 

80's mustangs and thunderbirds also have 4 lug bolt pattern. I have Aluminum space saver spares for drag wheels and they dont look like that, take a pic of the front/back side, i cant tell what side that is in the photo.. the one behind it looks like it has a hump in the center.

 

These are on the German version of that auction site right now. You can see why I thought Centerlines! The un-rivetted type also. Again, not identical, but I´d bet they´re from some kind of moped.