Vintage American wheels with blems???

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DjD, I have restored numerous sets of Americans, Fentons, Rocket, M/T, and other brands of wheels like this and have never seen a casting flaw the looks like that. Someone has done some repair work on them. Do these spots have a yellow tint to them? The picture will not show this due to the reflection/angle of the wheel, but the upper rh spot does look like it is a little yellow. If so, then they have been welded on. When aluminum is welded, machined, and buffed, the area that was repaired will be yellow compared to the original aluminum of the wheel. I have seen guys repair wheels that have been used on a drag car that had holes drilled in them for screws to hold the slicks. You can look at the wheel from about 5' and it looks great, look a little closer and you will see every single spot that has been repaired.

If you cannot see these spots from 5' away when they are on the car, then run them and enjoy [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/grin.gif[/img] ...................RatPack........................ .......