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Thu Jul 21, 2016 7:27 pm

marq drangle wrote: PLEASE HELP!!!!! so far this must be rarest wheel ever..... I have a 14'' x 7" 5x205, 3-4 neg offset steel wheel appears to be late 50s early 60s, no clips or removed rivets for hubcaps, smoothie. I have been a fabricator for 40 years and this is not some funky thing someone made .I found it on abandoned property with other VW parts, and it has a steel valve stem,[not that that really matters]. I am building a Baja and now i am obsessed with finding another one and maybe even a pair of 4 or 5'' for the front. what really gets me is the OE style with no hubcap mounts, Thanks and good luck to me PLEASE HELP!!!!!

Load a picture into your Gallery and then post this same thing with picture attached.

Thu Jul 21, 2016 9:45 pm

i will try,but a photo will look exactly as described

Sat Jul 23, 2016 3:24 pm

Thanks anyway totally unable to load photo hate freakin computers

Sat Jul 23, 2016 11:06 pm

marq drangle wrote: Thanks anyway totally unable to load photo hate freakin computers

Email it to me - I'll post it for you

Wed Jul 27, 2016 7:32 pm

EverettB wrote: marq drangle wrote: Thanks anyway totally unable to load photo hate freakin computers

Email it to me - I'll post it for you

Everett really wants to see this rim :D

Fri Oct 28, 2016 12:50 pm

;-)

:wink: :wink:

Tue Nov 22, 2016 9:18 pm

6x15 Revos from Johnny Danger

Tue Nov 29, 2016 6:13 pm

check these out; some old timer Drop these off at my friends tire shop; said they were off of a VW bus; they are called "speedline" , they take TWO tires each; they are stamped on rear side "made in italy" and "payent pending" "concept"....

Wed Nov 30, 2016 6:57 am

Telephunken wrote: check these out; some old timer Drop these off at my friends tire shop; said they were off of a VW bus; they are called "speedline" , they take TWO tires each; they are stamped on rear side "made in italy" and "payent pending" "concept"....

those look extremely sketchy. looking at the size of the center cap they must of been on a late bay or vanagon.

Wed Nov 30, 2016 9:57 am

yes, thats what they came off of. and yes, extremely sketchy. there's actually one valve stem for each tire one sticks off the back inside the dish for one tire and the other sticks off the front....

Thu Dec 08, 2016 7:42 pm

Can you post better pics that show the entire wheel?

Tue Mar 14, 2017 10:11 am

[quote="joebug1956"][quote="vwclap"] Lippi wrote: Mag wheel!!!

More infos please about those? really good looking wheel

I have this set for sale :

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/291687297303?ul_noapp=true

we are here:

http://www.leprecon.ca/rim-repair

Tue Mar 14, 2017 12:56 pm

[quote="burmula"][quote="joebug1956"] vwclap wrote: Lippi wrote: Mag wheel!!!

More infos please about those? really good looking wheel

I have this set for sale :

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/291687297303?ul_noapp=true

we are here:

http://www.leprecon.ca/rim-repair

Your post to an active eBay ad (that is ALSO for your own listing) and your business are against forum rules.

Sat Apr 15, 2017 7:13 pm

It took me over a year of looking but I managed to ID there wheels! They are Gaucha wheels from Brasil made after 69.

They are 13 by 5.5 but they clear the brakes. I just need to figure out how to mount them to the car. They are flat seat lugs so I might mill in some conical seat inserts. I'd like to polish the lips and paint to faces but one of the POs sandblasted them with some overly coarse media...

Sun Apr 16, 2017 11:32 am

caffeine wrote: It took me over a year of looking but I managed to ID there wheels! They are Gaucha wheels from Brasil made after 69.

They are 13 by 5.5 but they clear the brakes. I just need to figure out how to mount them to the car. They are flat seat lugs so I might mill in some conical seat inserts. I'd like to polish the lips and paint to faces but one of the POs sandblasted them with some overly coarse media...

Buy something like these for the conversion, there are various types.

Wed Jun 28, 2017 6:24 pm

Rare or just another 80s survivor wheel? ??

Fri Jun 30, 2017 8:40 am

Found one "big wheel" at a garage sale. Odds of making a set?

Fri Aug 04, 2017 2:57 pm

Hi, does anybody knowe THESE ones? I am highly involved in Veedub stuff here in Germany since 1989 - but I never saw them before. They seem to be rare, at least on this side of the pond. I had to buy them when I got the chance. They are really bad manufactured, very heavy... but so damn cool. Aluminum center, bolted to chromed steel rim. Someone grinded out the flanges to make them fit on a 356 brake drum... which makes it impossible for me to identify them. Any info very much appreciated. Thanks guys!
Regards from Germany,
holg

Sun Aug 20, 2017 6:02 am

those look like Kelsey Hayes to me....... I believe RatlookVW here on the samba has had a few sets.
holg wrote: Hi, does anybody knowe THESE ones? I am highly involved in Veedub stuff here in Germany since 1989 - but I never saw them before. They seem to be rare, at least on this side of the pond. I had to buy them when I got the chance. They are really bad manufactured, very heavy... but so damn cool. Aluminum center, bolted to chromed steel rim. Someone grinded out the flanges to make them fit on a 356 brake drum... which makes it impossible for me to identify them. Any info very much appreciated. Thanks guys!
Regards from Germany,
holg

Tue Aug 22, 2017 3:51 pm

definitely not Kelsey hayes wheels. Those take a cap these pictured do not. If you look at the lug hole area it is very different from sears raders and Kelsey hayes wheels. I'm stumped but they are cool. I've been trying to figure it out unless someone took some sears wheels and changed the lug profile on them.