At Dunkle's last week there were a few people who had those wheels on 356 cars. They are made on the west coast somewhere.
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At Dunkle's last week there were a few people who had those wheels on 356 cars. They are made on the west coast somewhere.
Jens,
I saw those in Ventura year before last. They are incredibly light.
E-mail Demosthenes, he is the guy that showed them to me. He knew the guy that was selling them. Here is his website.
http://www.route30classics.com/
73S Sporto
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Rick those really appear to be min lites but w/ a different offset/ spoke design, more common to the fwd apps...but I have seen ml just like those.....
Rick -
Those look like the "sport" version. The ones I have seen in years past were in 15 X 6.5
As a result of wanting a bigger wheel, many of us used to go for the ATS star wheel that is shown earlier in this thread. They were cheaper and in 15x7 and 15x8 they had the funny offsets needed to stuff some big tires on the 'ole 911. When I purchased my rally car, it came with a few sets of wheels and tires like these. I will contact the guy I sold them to and see if he'd be willing to let one go. Please confirm the above size of 15x6.5 to the wheel you have, to insure that you would have a match.
Jim
This is a interesting thread for me as I am really into vintage wheels, and seats.
The first picture that Jens posted showed some wheels at a swap meet. The ones on the right with the spinners, I have a set of four that I thought were so ugly I was going to through them away. I guess I will ebay them and probably they will do the moon!
As for the ATS wheels, I really like those too.
Jim, you mentioned "Sport Version", do you mean sport version of the Mini lights, or Pannasport ? My wheel has no markings or brand name.
I will measure it exactly tonight and report the results.
The 356 repro wheels posted by Jens are from West Coast Haus in Huntington Beach, 714-892-5050. No web site.
They feature billet aluminum centers and CNC machined, spun aluminum outers. The 356 C wheels fit early 911's and come in 5.5" and 6" X15". I considered them for my 67...before I went with fuch's. Oh, and they are proud of them ($$).
Shawn. :)
Jim,
I measured my single Minilight/Panasport last night and it was kinda odd. Outside lip to out side lip measures 7 5/8". Inside the lips where the bead sits is still about 6 3/4. So I don't think it's a 6.5.
That is weird. I am not sure what to make of that. I would start knocking on the doors of 914-6 GT owners or past owners. maybe the wheel you have is for the front of those cars back in the good 'ole Daytona days.
BTW, where would you put the current market price on an original paint/no rust/low mile '70 911T these days?
A bit of a tough question without seeing the car. Is it original paint, but needs to be done? How are the mechanicals? Low miles sounds good, but cars that sit detererate slowly when not regularly used. I am not a fan of the Zenith carbs on those cars, but rust free original cars are few and far between.
Rennman has a nice 72T MFI car that matches that description that I have seen and he is asking 12,000. That car is more sought after than a 2.2 T. So kinda take it from there. His car was 85% original paint and needed some of the basic freshening up do be a daily driver.
Back to the wheel. There are no markings of size or brand name on the rim anywhere. Go figure. Nice size though.
Thanks guys, for helping to identify some of these unusual wheels, and thanks for the tips on sources.
I thought I would add a picture of the mighty ARs on this beauty. They just look so right! :cool: