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Old 04-09-06, 07:51 PM
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Is this a factory wheel?

From an '81. I've never seen one like it. 13x6.5 I believe. I really doubt it's factory..



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seriously doubt it.
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It was an option iirc. KGray has them on his SA, they look pretty good in person. There was another thread in the last month or two that gives the name of that wheel.
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Those look like the same model wheels (Keystone?) that were used on the General Lee.

I would *seriously* hang on to 'em.

FWIW, the most difficult part of re-creating the car for the recent trainwreck was finding examples of those wheels... 15" obviously

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Originally Posted by peejay
Those look like the same model wheels (Keystone?) that were used on the General Lee.

I would *seriously* hang on to 'em.

FWIW, the most difficult part of re-creating the car for the recent trainwreck was finding examples of those wheels... 15" obviously

- Pete (has mental image of an orange RX-7 with a Japanese flag on top, wearing those wheels...)
yeah ... i was going to comment on that, too. i always figured it would have been "relatively" easy to create a General Lee replica if someone used the the stock wheels from the first Buick GNs and T-Types. i dunno ... maybe different bolt patterns? also, wasn't there a company called Western (?) that made them, too.
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Yeah the stock T-Type wheels look the most like them. The aftermarket ones that pop up pretty often that look like the General Lee and Ttypes are by American Racing called Vector. 15x8 and 15x10 are the two sizes I've ever really noticed. I had a pair of 15x10s that I thought about putting on my GN. They came in 5x4.75 and whatever Mopar's bolt pattern is I think.

General Lee is the first thing I thought of when I got these wheels though.
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Originally Posted by trochoid
It was an option iirc. KGray has them on his SA, they look pretty good in person. There was another thread in the last month or two that gives the name of that wheel.
Wrong wheel, buddy. The wheels that KGray and I have are Almex YSD's.

Honestly I don't know what they really look like, but I'd love to have them in the rear and my Almex up front.

You selling, or did you find them?
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nope mine are different...
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havent seen those before.
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Originally Posted by Tranquil
Wrong wheel, buddy. The wheels that KGray and I have are Almex YSD's.

Honestly I don't know what they really look like, but I'd love to have them in the rear and my Almex up front.

You selling, or did you find them?

They're mine, but I need to get rid of them sometime.
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Originally Posted by Tranquil
Wrong wheel, buddy. The wheels that KGray and I have are Almex YSD's.

Honestly I don't know what they really look like, but I'd love to have them in the rear and my Almex up front.

You selling, or did you find them?
I went back and found your thread, my mistake. They do have some similarities though.
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Yeah, our wheels are more random and not as radially designed.

Trochoid you noob! actually you would be the opposite...

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Yeah, I see the similarities with the polished silver and the darkened matt grey.

How much?
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Originally Posted by Tranquil
Yeah, I see the similarities with the polished silver and the darkened matt grey.

How much?

Probably whatever someone will pay if they pick them up.




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