11/63 date code steel wheel??

[911scfanatic]

This seems like a very early date stamp to me. Size 4 1/2. Would go on a '64 911, or could it be from another vehicle?

[boba]

Would be in the build period for a 356 C/SC. Started '64 model year with disk brakes.

[911scfanatic]

Figured something like that, but I didn't know anything about the 356 bolt patterns, and I forgot about the disc brakes on the C.

I'll list it on the 356registry...does $50 sound about right? I also have two 4.5 5/65 Lemmerz wheels, are those worth about the same? Those could be for a 356 or a 911 too, I suppose?

[Harvey Weidman]

Bill,
Does it have a 3.7 or a 3.9 on it? The Carreras (and maybe the 911s?) usually used the 3.9s. You can always measure it at the lug flat. It is probably a standard 356 wheel. $50 if not bent.
If it is a 3.9 PM me.
H

[Edwin Ek]

What do those numbers, 3.7 and 3.9, refer to?

[Harvey Weidman]

The thickness of the metal. Porsche was trying different thickness on the wheels from the beginning 356s. (The most famous being the 550 recall wheels that failed around the lugs.)
H

[SERIES900]

could fit a 904....

[andyjboy]

As far as I'm aware, 904's never used 4.5 " wheels.

In addition, the wheels used on the 904 models had steel centres rivetted to alloy rims.

[Dave Mitchell]

The 356 in July 63 a 64 model year car had disc brakes. the bolt patern is the same on a 356 as a 900 series cars at 5x130mm and 14mm lug studs. 15x4.5 inch with a 11/63 date code would be a 356 wheel likely for sure. $50 for an unbent "core wheel" is a fair price and Brad at Stoddard/NLA parts in Reno will buy them all day long.......

[Dave Mitchell]

The 356 in July 63 a 64 model year car had disc brakes. the bolt patern is the same on a 356 as a 900 series cars at 5x130mm and 14mm lug studs. 15x4.5 inch with a 11/63 date code would be a 356 wheel likely for sure. $50 for an unbent "core wheel" is a fair price and Brad at Stoddard/NLA parts in Reno will buy them all day long.......