Vintage American wheels with blems???

DjD · #1 11-02-2002, 03:32 PM

Thanks guys,

I haven't seen the wheels personally so I don't know about any signs of holes on the inner side of the wheel. It does seem that if the tires had been screwed to the wheels it would have been on the lip of the rim. I think the tape weights sounds feasable after 30+ years trapped moisture could have caused corrosion. I can also see the shape not being square like the weight itself from past experience with double sided tape. Exposure, hosing from car washes ect can all wear under the lip of the weight... Thanks again, any other observations are appreciated.

Seattle Sam · #2 11-02-2002, 03:42 PM

Dennis,
Just curious - how were you able to insert a 200K plus picture into your post?
-Sam

Chevy454 · #3 11-02-2002, 03:46 PM

The image is hosted on a different site...he just used the image tags to insert it. Only when you include an attachment hosted on this site are there size limits.

DjD · #4 11-02-2002, 05:06 PM

I got started in UBB long ago when everything had to be manually entered. Old habits are hard to break and I've never gotten use to using all the built in shortcuts that the newer versions have.

Without seeing the American brand name and size on the back of the wheel is there any way to verify from the pic that these are indeed American?

Belair62 · #5 11-03-2002, 01:52 AM

You need to see back of wheel...American Torque Thrusts were copied by many companies.

whitetop · #6 11-03-2002, 01:50 PM

DJD
I have seen some cheap "no-name" wheels have air holes in the castings. Wonder if these wheels were corroded and the owner turned them on a lathe to get rid of the corrosion and got into some air pockets.

Also Stockton Wheel in Ca. can repair aluminum wheels that are dented and even have whole sections of the wheel missing. They have a proprietary process where you cannot see where the wheel was damaged even up close. There is no color/grain mismatch in the aluminum. I saw in an old magazine article how they repaired a magnesium wheel that was missing a fist sized piece of metal and you could not see the repair when done.
I had them chrome my old 15x4 & 15x10 Cragars and they came out better than new.
http://www.stocktonwheel.com/widen_straighten2.htm
Dave

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