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04-09-2006, 03:46 AM
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Re: Vintage Wheels
Does anyone know when the original Torque Thrusts showed up on the market? I'm thinking '63 or '64.
Did they preceed the Cragars, Internationals, early E/Ts (Wheel Centre Co) or M/T Challengers? It would be very interesting to place all the early aftermarket wheels in chronological order of their introductions..... I'd like to see this thread continue and expand. It could be a real history lesson.  After all, it's titled <u>vintage wheels</u> thanks 
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#5
04-09-2006, 04:10 AM
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Re: Vintage Wheels
I agree Verne...I have a 6/67 Car Craft mag wheel article that shows a lot of wheels including the M/T #1 wheel as they call it which looks like a Rader....they differ from my set because they describe these as being heli-arc welded and the ones I have are riveted...I'd love to see some chronological mag stuff...I know a bunch of guys around here are into collecting old speed catalogs so...lets see what crops up...
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04-09-2006, 07:01 AM
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Re: Vintage Wheels
Let the good times roll..........
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#7
04-10-2006, 06:52 PM
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Re: Vintage Wheels
Try this for a history of wheels, I haven't spent much time looking at it but at a quick glance it looks like it might be interesting:
http://www.roadsters.com/wheels/#TT
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04-10-2006, 08:54 PM
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Re: Vintage Wheels
That was an interesting 1/2 hr of reading. Very informative.
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04-11-2006, 12:41 AM
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Re: Vintage Wheels
[ QUOTE ]
http://www.roadsters.com/wheels/#TT [/ QUOTE ] Yeah, I forgot about this site until now. Great reading!
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04-09-2006, 08:16 AM
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Re: Vintage Wheels
Romeo Palamides (dragster driver) designed and made the first five-spoke mag wheels in about 1956 and it was he who founded American Racing. The first wheels were magnesium dragster wheels but street versions were available, I think, by about 1958-59. I have an old Rodder's Journal with the Palamides/American story and I'll go dig it up.
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