Magnesium wheels

[Charley Lillard]

I think I remember Paul saying Charley should really have these wheels..Yeah that was it...

[TimG]

Actually, Vicki asked me to deliver them to Charley. She knew I'd take good care of them until I could get them to him. I'll drop them off next time I head that way........

[Charley Lillard]

Thanks Viki...

[markjohnson]

Why anyone would want to use a set of dangerously skinny, crack-prone, flammable metal wheels on a street car is beyond me! I'm gonna replace mine with a nice set of Rallys soon.

[mockingbird812]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: markjohnson</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Why anyone would want to use a set of dangerously skinny, crack-prone, flammable metal wheels on a street car is beyond me! I'm gonna replace mine with a nice set of Rallys soon. </div></div>

Holy Moly Mark! That is bad a**!!!!! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/shocked.gif[/img]

[Charley Lillard]

or sell em and buy a front bumper.

[markjohnson]

The chrome keeps flaking off the aluminum bumper.

[396L35]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: markjohnson</div><div class="ubbcode-body">The chrome keeps flaking off the aluminum bumper. </div></div>
Maybe you can paint it to match those aluminum fenders... That paint seems to be holding well...

[Xplantdad]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: markjohnson</div><div class="ubbcode-body">The chrome keeps flaking off the aluminum bumper. </div></div>


Neat car!

[markjohnson]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: TimG</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
I inherited a cool set of magnisium wheels from a good friend. They appear to be made for Corvette disc brakes, so they are probably from 1965 or so. They are feather light and have no markings at all on them. They are 15 x 6 and 15 x 7 in size. Did American wheels have markings on them from the manufacturer?
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If you take a Scotchbrite pad, or wire brush, and gently scrub the back side of the spokes you should find a casting date and maybe even a part no.#. I want to say that mine have a 1965 casting date on the the back side of the spokes. You've got to look very closely because the numbers are cast very shallow but they should be there. As bitchin' as they look and don't hold me to this . . . . . .but I'm pretty sure that those particular wheels you have would require a spacer for disc brake caliber clearance. I agree with Bill though, they would be so tough on a '66 L-72 Coupe stripped-down!