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686 bus-boy
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Who's got JP Wheels,lets see them!!  |
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HEIM BERG
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| Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2008 1:46 am Post subject: |
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Here´s my 5 bolt JP´s.
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686 bus-boy
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Slotmags! Very sweet,Nice ride! .Here's my JP Porsche rims,they will be going on my '53 Bd deluxe. 
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Simon uk
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those wide 5 slots are  !!! Are they wide - I remember seeing a set before and they were 6.5 inches.
The porsche ones are pretty slick as well!
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HEIM BERG
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| Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2008 11:48 pm Post subject: |
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My wheels are 5.5 inches. The one to the right is bolted to a 356B drum.
Here´s a set of 4 bolt wheels I saw at Bug Run in Sweden last summer.
These two sets are the only ones I´ve seen. I know of a set of 6.5 inch wide-5 wheels in UK on a green single pick up. There is not much info on these wheels, I guess you´ve seen this already http://hem.passagen.se/tobiasax/jp.htm
I know a guy in Sweden who has a set of JP Porsche bolt pattern wheels but I have never seen a set, great looking wheels.
686 bus-boy, are you going to polish your wheels? |
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686 bus-boy
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| Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2008 1:18 am Post subject: |
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| I'm going to have the outer rim fully polished and the centre's will be bead blasted/textured ,more 'old skool' looking.I think having them all polished will not suit my bus,it will look to 'blingy'.Your right in saying there isnt much information available on them,the link you included is the only thing i found as well ! It would be good to know how many sets actually exist!! |
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MAYHEM
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| Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2008 8:13 am Post subject: |
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| 686 bus-boy wrote: |
| I'm going to have the outer rim fully polished and the centre's will be bead blasted/textured ,more 'old skool' looking. |
They look real good like that.
VW's have a limited selection on wheels. Having something the others don't really makes your ride stand out.
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Simon uk
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| Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2008 8:47 am Post subject: |
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wow, those 5.5s are just so cool, even better on the 356 drum I love obscure old wide 5 wheels. JP wheels are a swedish company arent they?
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686 bus-boy
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| Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2008 8:53 am Post subject: |
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| An extract from Tobias Linback from the limited info on them - The company JP-wheels was started by a Swede with the name of Jack Possnert. During the 60's he lived in California and got introduced to light alloy wheels. He thought custom wheels would make a great business potential also in Sweden. In 1966 he got back to Sweden and started making cast aluminum wheels at his fathers foundry called Tunaverken in Eskilstuna. They were marketed under the name JP, taken from his initials. |
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Neil Davies
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| Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 3:36 am Post subject: |
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| 686 bus-boy wrote: |
Slotmags! Very sweet,Nice ride! .Here's my JP Porsche rims,they will be going on my '53 Bd deluxe.
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A friend of mine in Wales has a set of those on his 912.
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686 bus-boy
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| Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 7:13 am Post subject: |
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| See if you can get him to post some pics on here,are they detailed or polished? |
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Roger Lockhart
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| Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 8:43 am Post subject: |
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old pictures of Peter Servais -67
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686 bus-boy
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I sent just 1 rim away to see how they will look with how i wanted them,got it back yesterday,happy with the look of it so now the others are being done -
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Critter1
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| 686 bus-boy wrote: |
I sent just 1 rim away to see how they will look with how i wanted them,got it back yesterday,happy with the look of it so now the others are being done -
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WOW! Thats my new favorite rim! Very nice indeed... Is that 5 x 130 porsche?
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686 bus-boy
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| Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 2:46 pm Post subject: |
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| Cheers fella,yes it is- 6.5" width, deep dish and i have 5.5" for the front. |
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Simon uk
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| Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 7:48 am Post subject: |
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| that redone rim is bad ass! What was the finish on the spoked areas? |
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686 bus-boy
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| Thanks, The spoked area was blasted for the texture and the etched,primed,silver sprayed and then finished with a matt lacquer,it does look just like blasted ally which was the effect i wanted but its protected now,the JP logo is done the same. |
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miragtop62
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| Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 12:17 pm Post subject: |
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| nice design...very beauty look |
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shaggy66bus
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| Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 12:29 pm Post subject: |
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| 686 bus-boy wrote: |
Slotmags! Very sweet,Nice ride! .Here's my JP Porsche rims,they will be going on my '53 Bd deluxe.
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did you get these offa resto tim 
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686 bus-boy
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| Posted: Sun May 17, 2009 12:11 am Post subject: |
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| Yes , i did. |
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