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Hi Jeff, I saw the differant chrome wheels on your trans shifting clip you posted. They look nice. I was looking at this thread and saw your older post and happened to see the rings today. Maybe they can help someone else.

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Those hub rings would be the right move with those American wheels.

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The original torq thrust wheels were made by a drag racer in the 50s named Romeo Palimedes. He made some wheels for himself and the other drag racers saw them and asked if he could make them some. That is how American Racing Equipment was started.
Romeo Palimedes passed away not too long ago. Here's a pic of one of his early diggers. About 1958-59 I think.. this one appears to have Hallibrand wheels.
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Are you sure those rear wheels don't have PALIMEDES cast on the back side?

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1964 Torq Thrust on finned aluminum front brake drum.
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I'm happy I ran across this thead, I've got a set of wheels here and maybe Ken can determine if they are 60's vintage. I'm running them on my '65 GTO.
On the back all they say is "American Racing Equipment", "Patent Pending".
One wheel has PG1022 stamped on the back side of one of the spokes, another has PG812. I've been told they are 60's vintage but would like to know for sure. Thanks for any help you can supply.





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That is a T70. They use a different center cap. I don't know the history on those. I think they made them in the late 60s. Is that a 15 inch wheel? The 14 inch wheels were more common in the mid 60s.

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Can you post a picture of the wheel without the center cap on it.

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Ken, they are 15 in. and look to be about 7 in. wide. and take a shanked lug nut.


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The cap is the same as a CP200. You can still buy them. They made them with a groove and non grooved in the cap area. I can't tell by the picture. I think the one with the non groove was made first. Not sure but I think they made them briefly in the late 60s and then stoped making them for a few years. The lug nuts became standard in the late 60s and aftermarket wheels still use them. It looks like that wheel was made so you could use disc brakes.

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Sorry, I didn't mention that my '65 GTO does have front disc's.
In your opinion they could be late 60's early 70's era wheels?
The numbers stamped on the back, part numbers?
I'll check on the grooves tomorrow. Thanks Ken......

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It's a vintage wheel. The repops don't have the lathe cut near the spokes. There is a site that has vintage magazine ads with pictures of different wheels. Torq Thrust Terry might know, if you do a search of Torq Thrust T70 you will be able to see pictures.

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Dan, I'm stumped on those wheels. I have never seen them with numbers stamped in them. They also look like they might be made to accept hammer on weights instead of the stick on weights. They might also be made to use extra large brakes or some special application.

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This is a 15X7 Appliance wheel on a Corvette brake. There is plenty of clearence
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Checked on the grooves today. The hole where the cap goes on has a lip and the groove is a tad bit furter in, if that makes sense. You can just barely see the groove in the above pic but the lip is not visable. It's impossible to get a pic of the lip.
Actually, if you look at the pic of the back of the wheel, you can just see the lip......

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I had an older set of Torq Thrusts on my '76 GP years ago. This photo was taken Feb 1990...



The guy I sold them to several years later knew exactly what they were & was willing to pay big $$ for them (at the time). He was building a street rod & wanted them for it. They were 15"x7" & 15"x8.5", I believe. That was probably 1993 or so.

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http://www.roadsters.com/wheels http://home.earthlink.net/~threynold...ericanads.html http://home.earthlink.net/~threynold...ricanmags.html

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Ken, thanks for the links. Great history lesson. I remember those ads. They all had center caps held on by screws though. I might try to get a hold of Torq Thrust Terry.
It was mentioned in one of those reads that in the late 60's early 70's some of there wheels had the snap on cap, but it wasn't a torq thrust.
I looked at his web site, my wheels appear to be T70's or a variation, late 60's.
I'd still like to know what the number stamping on the back side is............
Thanks for the info.

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It says on the roadsters site the T70 was made from 1969-1971. It says the T70R stands for rib.

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Check out these magnesium reproductions. $900 each
www.vintageeng.com
Steve Mengante sp? did a review on them in Muscle Car magazine this month and said the 15x4 ones were a exact match. On the web site I believe they are caption 15c

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