Hurst Mag Style Wheels

[whitetop]

The originals where rivited together I believe. These repos will hurt the price of the originals but someone doing an all out resto will still pay plenty for a mint original set.
They will not want to see on the backside how they were welded together.
Is Hurst making these or another vendor?
Dave

[PxTx]

They are being made by a different vendor. I beleive they are being made in 14" flavor with original type beauty rings. They are also offering 15 through 18" ones with out the rings and just having the rim chromed. I'll try and get the guys information if anyone wants it.

Paul T

[Mr70]

Dave
I am curious.
Is the only difference from the originals the fact that they are not rivoted on the backside?
If so,once they are mounted on the car,will that detail even show up?
I like the look of these,but I am not an expert on what the details should be on this rim.
Are they authentic in every other way?
Rick

[whitetop]

Rick
I do not know how the original backside shape of the original wheels looked. You could however see the spoke area that is welded to the rim on a car if you looked close enough between the brake drum and the wheel rim itself.

A anal retentive restorer type would probably notice the spoke part of the wheel was welded to the rim and cry foul during concourse judging. The restoration taliban would imediately run over and beat the hapless fellow with rubber hoses whose only crime was running repo wheels and he would forever be kicked out of GTOodom and hence no 71 spanking new GTO's waiting for him in heaven.

[PxTx]

I'm sure most Supercar members worth their salt have found the current auction with the reproduction wheels. Here is a link for those who have not looked.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...category=10076

[JChlupsa]

Their not selling the wheels in that auction just the trim rings. Wheels can be bought outside of the auction!!!

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<font color="red"> This auction is for one set of 4 trim rings ONLY. They are 14-6 to fit factory Hurst wheels and our new reproduction wheels we've made. (Other pictures are for display purposes only). We also have manufactured caps and wheels, </font>

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[camarojoe]

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A anal retentive restorer type would probably notice the spoke part of the wheel was welded to the rim and cry foul during concourse judging. The restoration taliban would imediately run over and beat the hapless fellow with rubber hoses whose only crime was running repo wheels and he would forever be kicked out of GTOodom and hence no 71 spanking new GTO's waiting for him in heaven.

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I agree 100%... but how do all these guys with the Summit Catalog American Racing Torq Thrusts on their Yenko cars get away with this? [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/dunno.gif[/img] Outside of a select handful of cars, everyone seems to think it's perfectly acceptable to use these new style wheels on Yenkos and call them "Atlas mags". [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif[/img] These new repro Hursts at least look closer to the originals than those do! jmo.

[resto4u]

Joe from "the parts place" is reproducing them. He was at the jefferson swap meet selling them. I think they where about 1,500 for the set of four. Roger

[68TopStock]

Seems like they compare with the repo mid-year Corvette knock-offs in price. Kelsey Hayes units go for 50-75% over the repo price. The repo wheel did not hurt that market. Actually made the real ones more pricey.

[whitetop]

Camarojoe
I agree with you. I wonder why so many Yenko's have the new style torque thrust. The old style straight spoke TT wheels made by any older vendor, American Racing, for instance look 100% better. They are not that hard to find. I see nice sets at the swaps/ebay for $600-800. If you are patient they will pop up.

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