Motion Wheels

[djunod]

It appears that the wheels on my Maco are wheels that appear in a Motion ad.

Here's an ad from Corvette 1975 Annual...



a closeup of one my wheels. Exactly the same.



Interesting to me...

[djunod]

That reminds me... did Motion ever offer a "Motion" wheel center-cap emblem?

[Dave Rifkin]

Not trying to burst your bubble but, I don't think the two rims are exactly the same. The Motion rim doesn't have a spinner or cover over the lug nuts and it looks like the fins on the Motion rim extend further towards the outer lip of the rim. Your rim resembles the one in the Motion ad but, I think they are from two different manufacturers.

[olredalert]

------Not only what 1996Z15 said but the fins on the Motion wheel are curved. I have seen that Motion wheel over the years but cant quite remember the manufacturer. The wheel you have pictured looks like a western 8-inch bolt on wheel off a Collector series 82 Vette with a cone and fake spinner attached to it. Still a pretty good looking combo...............Bill S

[smooth]

I have the wheels off motion 1s maco in the shop. they have the valve stem between the fins. the center cap is packed in a box right now , but it had a label with white letters on light blue. can't remember what they were. So David there NOT the same wheels. TIM

[smooth]

I just went thru some pix . I was wrong on cap emblem. It is white circle with light blue triangle. letters i cant read from pic angle. TIM

[Dave Rifkin]

Aren't the Motion wheels Appliance Turbines?

[whitetop]

From my '75 Annual the wheels are Western. There is a 454 Motion 454 Vette with the same wheels and you can see the Western wheel cap quite clearly. Your wheel spinner and cone cap is somebodies add on. I had some Western Slots and I don't think Western was stamped or molded in the backside of the wheel. I know they are western because I talked with the original guy who bought them and they had the caps with them.

[djunod]

Now that I look closer at the ad, I see that the "turbines" are curved, while mine are straight. The extension of the fins looks the same to me. The cap & spinner didn't come with the wheels, they were something the shop had that I purchased the wheels from... they offered a wide variety of types to choose from. The wheels are definitely not '82 Collector Edition wheels.

I wasn't looking for Motion wheels when I purchased them 7 years ago... I was looking for something that matched the real GM Mako Shark... I was just amused when I ran across this ad the other day. I'm very happy with my wheels no matter what the deal is on them

[djunod]

Nowadays, if I wanted wheels that closely match the GM Mako Shark, I have found that Ecklers now offers a bolt-on reproduction of the knock-off wheel used on the mid-years (and the GM Mako Shark).