DeadSkunk
DeadSkunk PowerDork
11/12/18 8:42 a.m.

I offered a set of these to Stampie at GRM friendly pricing and he immediately replied that he thought they might be worth considerably more than I was asking. GRM people are like that. Whatever I get for them is for recoup on my Challenge build. I haven't found out what they are through my efforts yet. Any help is appreciated.

They are 36 spoke, 13x5.5 , 4x4.5 pcd. The only discernible markings are the size 13x5.5 on the inside of the rim. Nothing else cast into the hub area.

Stampie thinks they might be Westerns, but I haven't found a matching picture anywhere yet. The spoke are  all cast and then the holes and nut land areas were machined through the spokes, they weren't cast into the wheel. They require the typical shoulder nuts that American made mag wheels all used to use, rather than a tapered seat nut .

NOT A TA
NOT A TA Dork
11/12/18 9:15 a.m.

ET Turbine cyclones?

Mndsm
Mndsm MegaDork
11/12/18 9:28 a.m.
NOT A TA said:

ET Turbine cyclones?

I would have said this. 

Stampie
Stampie GRM+ Memberand UberDork
11/12/18 9:29 a.m.

Post #12 here shows the same machining but just says there ET or Western.

https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums/c1-and-c2-corvettes/3812372-where-to-find-these-wheels.html

 

DeadSkunk
DeadSkunk PowerDork
11/12/18 9:36 a.m.

In reply to Stampie :

That's about as close as I 've seen so far. Spoke count is 40, but then it's a much larger wheel, too.

DeadSkunk
DeadSkunk PowerDork
11/12/18 9:44 a.m.

http://www.akhwheels.com/pages/showWheel.php?pk=934

These 14x7s are real close, 40 spokes and listed as "Western Cyclone I"

Matt
Matt New Reader
11/12/18 9:58 a.m.

not sure the official name, used to call them "Turbo-Vec" 

stuart in mn
stuart in mn UltimaDork
11/12/18 10:12 a.m.

I'm thinking Western - I helped a friend put some on his Trans Am back in the 1970s and I recall they looked like that.  I believe the ET cyclone style wheels had less spokes.

DeadSkunk
DeadSkunk PowerDork
11/12/18 10:36 a.m.

In reply to Matt :

I found some pictures that claimed to be Turbo-Vecs and they're different, although still a typical "turbine design".

Mndsm
Mndsm MegaDork
11/12/18 1:53 p.m.
stuart in mn said:

I'm thinking Western - I helped a friend put some on his Trans Am back in the 1970s and I recall they looked like that.  I believe the ET cyclone style wheels had less spokes.

The thing that throws me about them being westerns is they usually have a flat hub face,  and the spokes dont go all the way to the middle. 

NOT A TA
NOT A TA Dork
11/12/18 2:09 p.m.

The only ones I'm familiar with that have that many spokes which go to the middle are the ET's and ARE's but the ARE's have a rib that looks like the spokes (but 90 degrees to the spokes)  between the lug nut and stubby spokes in the center. The actual number of spokes may have been different for various diameters of wheels (from same manufacturer) to get the "look" they wanted.

DeadSkunk
DeadSkunk PowerDork
11/12/18 2:43 p.m.

In reply to Mndsm :

Any I've found online for sale have the flat face you describe.

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