Original Yenko Torque Thrust Wheel Size/Back Spacing

[whitetop]

The American straight spoke wheels are still somewhat commmon at swap meets, especially the smaller shows. Terry Vaughn in Washington state has ton's of these wheels for sale.
Dave

[RVOR]

Vintage wheel works is currently working on reproducing the American Torque Thrust wheel
from the 60's. It will be 15X7 with the same off-set offered during that period. Vintage claims it will be approx. 6 months before it is offerd. They will update their web site as it progresses www.vintagewheelworks.com.
Phone number is 562-906-8600. Cost will be approx. $800.00 for the set. This may be a good alternative to finding an original set.

Ron

[Stefano]

Do The Vintage Wheels come in 15", I thought that they were only going to make 16"?
I ordered a couple of sets of Team III's vintage 5 (?) cast wheels. They use the original molds from the 1960s, they differ in that they are two piece to vary the offset and they say no problem with 15" and factory disk brakes.
I'll post some pics in a few weeks when they arrive.

[T Billigen]

I e-mailed Vintage Wheels to see if they make the 15 inch. They only avertise the 16 inch, will let you know when I get a response from them.

[69L89396]

How do the new "American Torg-Thrust D" wheels compare with the older styles that were on the Yenko's? Are the spokes the same and what about center caps?

[Edited by 69L89396 (03-24-2002 at 11:39 PM).]

[AWSM502]

I would like to thank everyone who sent in the pics.

Looks like I have everything I need, but the backspacing is still an open question.

Thanks again everyone,

Keith

[T Billigen]

The new torq-thrust rims completely different than the Atlas. The torq-thrust has a curved spoke, the Atlas has a straight spoke. The center caps on the Atlas were aluminum the new ones are plastic, also the spokes on the tor-thrust are much beafier and the casting itself is much smoother and without any flash extentions, The Atlas, as a whole, was of poorer quality.