American Racing Torq Thrust R 15/7 pics

new pics of some vintage wheels...

 

sharp lookin wheel...

 

are you looking for some sort of validation? yes, yes, fine looking wheels.

 

I got wood!

 

yeap

 

Is this a new style wheel?

 

It's a original vintage american mag cleaned up. It only took a couple years to find one,so forgive me for showing it off.Yeah I dig these 5 spokes

 

one more

 

*****in! Love it!

 

What year did that style wheel come out?

 

1968/69 and made for only a couple years after that.

 

simply Bad***!

 

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T70R - Painted

</CENTER>T70R - Painted is Back! The A-Spoke 1 pc painted center and machined outer with a non-clear coated machined alloy outer. The T70R has an A-shaped spoke and is designed specifically for Rear Wheel Drive Vehicles.

Center Cap as pictured is included with this wheel. Add a set of T/A Radials to your TTO wheels and we'll mount and balance them at NO EXTRA CHARGE.
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Sorry to be a "doubter" but it looks to me like these "NEW" wheels. I have been around americans all my life and never seen that wheel in the 60s.

Pat

 

I remember them but I never cared for them. I didn't like the flange on the spokes and my 5 spokes need 5 screws to hold the center cap on. Just a personal taste thing. You did do an excellent job of restoring them.

 

I can ***ure the doubter that these wheels were produced in the early 1970s - just because YOU have never heard of it doesn't mean to say it doesn't exist.

They were available from American Racing Equipment in two flavors: T-70 which is a sculpted spoke wheel with no flange on the spokes and T-70R with the flange either side of the spoke - the R standing for 'rib' I believe. these are rare wheels and the T-70 was the first model out. followed a year later by the R. The T-70 is not reproduced and hard to find.

Here's some info from Terry Vaughn's www.torquethrustcentral.com....

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<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td align="center" background="/imagelib/sitebuilder/layout/spacer.gif" width="330">[FONT=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]un finished Original American Racing T70R[/FONT]</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" background="/imagelib/sitebuilder/layout/spacer.gif"> <table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="3" bgcolor="#000000" height="15"></td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#000000" width="15"></td> <td></td> <td bgcolor="#000000" width="15"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" bgcolor="#000000" height="15"></td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" background="/imagelib/sitebuilder/layout/spacer.gif" width="330">[FONT=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]Pic # 45[/FONT]</td> </tr> </tbody></table> ​

[FONT=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]1973 & 74 Cataloges show Natural finish = shot blast with bright polished flanges. The wheel below is right out of the box. -- I bought 8 NOS T 70's some 20 years ago.
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<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td align="center" background="/imagelib/sitebuilder/layout/spacer.gif" width="330">[FONT=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif] NOS T70 15x7 = shot blast natural finish [/FONT]</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" background="/imagelib/sitebuilder/layout/spacer.gif"> <table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="3" bgcolor="#000000" height="15"></td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#000000" width="15"></td> <td></td> <td bgcolor="#000000" width="15"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" bgcolor="#000000" height="15"></td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" background="/imagelib/sitebuilder/layout/spacer.gif" width="330">[FONT=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]Pic # 46[/FONT]</td> </tr> </tbody></table> ​

[FONT=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]This Information on the ORIGINAL American Racing wheels.
NOT on current T70 R Wheels

American Racing Aluminum T 70 and T 70 R wheels came in only 4 different sizes.

Wheels used a Hex plastic center cap with metal retainer in back.. No longer made.

The T70 & T70 R - NEVER made in Magnesium

T70 & T70R ** ONLY made in ** 4 / SIZES **
.......... front......back - space
14X6.5....4 1/8......3 1/2
14X8...... 5 1/2......3 1/2
15X7...... 3 1/2......4 3/8
15X8.5....5 5/8......3 3/4

BOTH MEASUREMENTS TAKEN FROM BRAKE DRUM MOUNTING SURFACE[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif] The center hub is different from the larger bolt patterns.
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<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td align="center" background="/imagelib/sitebuilder/layout/spacer.gif" width="330">[FONT=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]T 70 14 x 7" This is a very rare wheel because it [/FONT]</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" background="/imagelib/sitebuilder/layout/spacer.gif"> <table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="3" bgcolor="#000000" height="15"></td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#000000" width="15"></td> <td></td> <td bgcolor="#000000" width="15"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" bgcolor="#000000" height="15"></td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" background="/imagelib/sitebuilder/layout/spacer.gif" width="330">[FONT=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]Pic # 48 has a 5 on 4" bolt pattern Baby Mopars[/FONT]</td> </tr> </tbody></table> ​

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You must hang with the wrong 'Americans'! They didn't last very long 'cause they weren't sellers, I used to hate 'em, now they've grown on me.
Your resto job looks A-1.

 

Here's a couple of pics of my polished 15 x 7" T70 - this is a very rare wheel as it has a double bead around the wheel flange - almost like a groove. I have only hear of one other set like this. Two of these were narrowed to 15" x 6" by Terry Vaughn years ago - a size that was never made by ARE. ******** T 70 afficionados prefer the shape of the 15 x 7 spoke to all others. Bob Oney used them on many of his builds. The spokes vary in shape somewhat according to the size of the wheel....

 

OK Weasel I have seen and am humbled. I still never seen those wheels in the 60s, but I now believe.

Pat

 

Hey don't worry man - happens to me all the time. The number of things about which I know absolutely nothing increases by a factor of 99.9% daily....

 

That's probably why.

 

If those wheels were not manufactured until 1969 then this post makes me grin. I'll bet there are a lot of guys on this board that would put bias ply tyres on those, call it traditional and then give people **** for using radials, which were available earlier. I'm not sure, but I think they call that ironic. I guess I'm just not a fan of five spokes.
Still, congratulations on your find.
Paul

 

Radials were widely available in Europe well before they were common in the US. 1969 was still firmly in the bias ply era in the U.S.A, so bias plys would most likely have been used on those wheels....

 

Just to clearify The Torq Thrust R (ribbed spoke) came out first in 1968/69 and then it was followed up buy the Torq Thrust 70 (clean spoke) pic is from late 60's American literature.1967 mustang fastback for reference.

 

2nd style.American Racing Torq Thrust 70 15/7 circa 1970/71 Original finish Ford fitment.It seems these are the one everybody really likes....Weasel has some pretty ones......I dig all 5 spokes.

 

Tt70

 

Here are my 14x6 T70R wheels on my '62 Galaxie, with bias ply WWs.

 

I wonder how many sets were dealer installed on muscle cars in the mid to late '60's???

 

I'd say not that many,you just don't see them.Originals or even the repros for that matter...

 

congrats on the find I know you were looking for a while, and looking under every rock around! LOL it shows patience pays off !

 

ive had a bunch of em over the years and to my knowledge the t-70 was made in 70-71 and was supposedly the weakest wheel american ever made(besides being the baddest or prettiest) the t-70r was (r for racing) made for racing because the racers were tearing or spinning the centers out of the t-70's. i had 36 t-70;s in the attic a couple years ago with no chance of selling them and alloway told me they were getting ready to repop them so i got em down and sold off 6 sets of em and kept the rest only to later find that they repoped the t-70 r's. live and learn.