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[bkhpah]

Great American info...BKH

[Rat_Pack]

Bob, to add to your R description that is the T70R. On the backs of some of those wheels they read Torque Thrust R (pronounced Torque Thruster). They tried that name and it really never caught on but there are a few of us that remember them that way. Right Brian? Mike has a set of those wheels on his 71 Motion Camaro.....................RatPack.............

[Stefano]

The early Americans were definately available in Magneseum. My first car a 1965 Plymouth Satellite had a set.
American Racing was cast inside of the wheels.

Has anyone checked out the E T wheels, www.etwheels.com ,I think. Look at the classic 5.

[Edited by Stefano (01-27-2002 at 07:13 PM).]

[68l30]

I just finished restoring a set of old straight spoke Torq Thrusts,one pair from 1965 and another pair from circa 69.The two sets were cast with different molds as there were slight differences in machine dimensions and lug hole sizes.They looked the same to the eye but upon machining them I found the difference.If you can, machine the rear side to clear the caliper before polishing.It has been very hard to find a nice set to restore and get that 1960's day two look.I hate the new D spoke.......


Steve

[Belair62]

The ET's are nice....Bet they are real close to the old ones they used to cast which is darn close to Torq Thrusts....finally a nice looking wheel.

[RVOR]

I am not a big fan of the rally wheel. From a concourse restorastion perspective - listening to all the great comments, the only way to go is a rally wheel or find a set of
the origianl Atlas wheels. It does not sound like anything new is currently being accepted. What do judges have to say at the judged shows?

[JoeC]

I have a 1967 Honest Charlie's catalog and in there are American's, ET's, Mickey Thompson's, and Ansen wheels that all look very similar to the Atlas. The Atlas wheels were not marked, as far as I know, so it is difficult to tell what you are looking at especially in a swap meet environment.