HELP!!15 X 8 steel wheels date stamp 8-72 Firestone

[WM711]

I bought these off Pelican, had no idea what they were, I just thought they sounded neat. I was expecting a home made set of welded wheels, what I got was a perfectly welded set of Lemmerz 15 X 5.5 with a date stamp of 11-67, that measured 8" wide, with the strangest offset ive ever seen. Under a light coat of rust, I found this stamp, 15 X 8 JJ SH 8-72, then, facing the opposite direction, FIRESTONE *EWC USA. The stamping is on the weld, which BTW is perfect, not home made. What are these? I will try to post pictures-thanks-Bill

[Eric911S]

Hello: I think they are made up steel wheels. You can still have these made up if you want. The oval track guys use steel wheels and they are made up of a steel rim with whatever center section. They were popular on 914's and narrow bodied cars. You could get the offset you wanted. Hope this helps. Thanks Eric

[WM711]

here is a picture, i hope

[WM711]

Here is a link to pelican, where I could post a picture. TIA-Bill
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/showt...hreadid=304282

[WM711]

there seems to have beel quite a bit of effort in creating these, there is a mimimal amount of weight added to the wheel for ballance, with only 4, 1/8 ounce weights added, there is a grease pencil marking on the inside of each with RR and LR, and a date that I cannot make out. The outside of the rim is nearly equal to the inside...

[WM711]

Eric was right on the money. These were made by a division of Firestone, called Electric Wheel Company. The EWC was later merged with Lemmerz of germany, the company is now Titan, still in the steel wheel business. Now I just need to find out what they fit?