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Originally Posted by 'ol Pinion head
'78 Y88 15x8 snowflakes have the sharp edge on the inner edge of the outer rim & the tops of the "veins" are not machined. All '78 15x8 snowflakes I've ever had (have) were made by mfg by Western Wheel.
The '79-81 15x8 snowflake will not have he sharp edge, but a slightly radiused edge, & the veins are fully machined. Western produced most of these, but there was another vender which cast a version of the later style fully machined wheel, if one has a pieced together set, examine the machined veins towards the caps for difference in casting & examine the back sides for the manufacturer name.
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your just talking about the gold wheels correct? The gray wheels had the sharp edge you mentioned, but the face was machined simular to the 79 style.
If you read my post above, I was just commenting about the 78 pontiac brouchure that Brian spoke of. Pretty sure that solar gold car had the gray machine wheels, but was not an S/E. No doubt about the Y88's, the gold wheels were a part of the option, just like the gold T-tops. As all of us know.
In the past, I had seen a black, & a blue car with the solid gold 8" wheels. Pretty sure you could order gold wheels on other colored WS6 cars. But maybe it wasn't a popular option?
I have to say, the blue one I saw, wasn't the best look with the solid gold. There is a member on this forum that owned, or ownes a black one. I remember seeing the pictures. I thought that looked pretty good.
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I just dug out the 78 brochure. Sure enough, Like Brian said it does have gold machined wheels, not gray like I thought. Weird thing is, they are the "bright" gold like the 79's & look to have the rounded edge. I wonder how that happened?
I was wrong on that one.
