Technical Identifying old torq thrusts

Looking to identify and possibly sell these old American torq thrusts. They are 15x8.5 I believe and chevy car (5x4.75) pattern. They have American racing equipment cast into them as well as a single stamping of the letter H in the back of a spoke. Cant find any other numbers. The center caps appear to have been a press in style. Haven't been able to find any exactly like them searching the internet. If anyone knows anything about them or how old they may be let me know.

 

I can't be of any help with these, but what I can say is not all Torque Thrust are created equal. There are LOTS of variations. I found that out the hard way.

 

I’m no help either but wish you weren’t so far away. Those would likely work well on the back of my sons AD pickup.

 

I'm actually in connelly springs nc but that's still far from OK.

 

True. Shoot me a message if you come up with a price and I will see if it can make sense.

 

They are different from what I have seen, specifically the snap in center cap. All the ones I have had had screwed on caps with 5 little screws. They are nice though with the pointed spoke.

Pat

 

Anything special about the non flanged center caps? I actually like the way these look with no caps and unpolished. They look to have been sand blasted. There is one that has what could be conceived to be cracking. Or I guess it could be something weird with the casting. Theres no cracking all the way through. I can't really make any promises though. I'll post pictures. I would guess they could be gouged out and tig welded but not sure anyone would make the effort. I was only going to use two of these at a time for rears since they are so wide. Getting prepared to move and thinning out my collection. Been hanging onto these forever but may be time to let them go.

 

I would be pretty concerned with those cracks.

 

T 70 American Racing wheels, from what I have read they were introduced in 1969. HRP

 

Since nobody has told you yet, those are T70 Americans.

But, I think they haven’t reached the rarity level yet that would have somebody welding that cracked wheel. It looks bad.

 

Yep those cracks don't look good, and it looks like they've been sandblasted too.

I don't know why people just sandblast stuff without care.

I've tried finding some cal custom valve covers for my 440 and I've come across several sets posted as excellent condition only to find them sandblast pitted terribly. Instead of glass beading they take black beauty to the aluminum and you end up with something that looks like it spent its entire life on gravel roads.

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