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Re: What kind of Keystone mag is this? [Re: 6bblgt] #612764
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Thanks for posting that.


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i have these 15x4 Keystone magnesium wheels 4.5 bolt pattern and 2' back space i have been trying to find info on with no luck.




This is a cropped pic taken from a Hot Rod photospread where they lay out all the new speed equipment at a dragstrip and take pics. I will see if I can find it, but I don't recall much info about the wheels being mentioned.






What vintage is that "photospread" (mag/month/year)? Can you post pics of a "Sno Mag"? Same vintage?

Re: What kind of Keystone mag is this? [Re: magnumcharger] #612766
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The "Berger" wheel looks like this wheel.

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Credited as an "EMPI exclusive" from the '60s - "RADER MAG-TYPE WHEEL" Wheel Corp of America

Re: What kind of Keystone mag is this? [Re: 6bblgt] #612768
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What vintage is that "photospread" (mag/month/year)? Can you post pics of a "Sno Mag"? Same vintage?




Early to mid '70s...'72-'74 if I had to guess. I will dig through my back issues and find it.


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Re: What kind of Keystone mag is this? [Re: Slap Shot] #612770
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i have these 15x4 Keystone magnesium wheels 4.5 bolt pattern and 2' back space i have been trying to find info on with no luck.




Are you sure they are magnesium? They sure look like "bare" Sno-Mags, is there a K cast on the backside? I know they made chrome plated versions of the one-piece Sno-Mag.

Re: What kind of Keystone mag is this? [Re: 6bblgt] #612771
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Okay, here is the webpage I found the information about these wheels:
http://akhwheels.com/pages/inventory.php?cat=3
Apparently, they are "Nickey" wheels, not "Berger" as I previously stated.

I need a set of four for my Deora replica project. I emailed the advertiser on these ones...I've been told they are out of stock. No big surprise, as they were rare to begin with.

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Re: What kind of Keystone mag is this? [Re: Daty Rogers] #612772
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Barris used Radir's on a lot of his cars including the Batmobile.




I just read an article (Mopar Action Oct 2011) about the 68 Dart that
was used in the t.v. series "Manix" built by Barris.
They had to replace these wheels for Crager S/S because they warped and cracked. maybe this is why you don't see much of them.

Leave it to Casey to come up with the vintage ad's. Nice Job Pink. I love the scale Dandy Dick Landy Avatvr.
On a personal note;
I always liked the Keystone Classics as seen on Sox and Martin cars. Especially on 66&67 a&b-bodies and 66 to 68 c-bodies. They compliment the crisp body lines. Crager S/S for fuselage bodies.

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Re: What kind of Keystone mag is this? [Re: bboogieart] #612773
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Right then.
After wasting countless hours searching the 'web here at work (my job is very lame!), I've finally found the definitive information I was searching for!!

Now the hard part: finding and purchasing an actual set of these wheels!

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i have these 15x4 Keystone magnesium wheels 4.5 bolt pattern and 2' back space i have been trying to find info on with no luck.




Are you sure they are magnesium? They sure look like "bare" Sno-Mags, is there a K cast on the backside? I know they made chrome plated versions of the one-piece Sno-Mag.




yes 100% they are magnesium just like my 1965 and 1968 Hemi cross ram intakes in fact i sold them to a board member last year who picked them up in person.

Re: What kind of Keystone mag is this? [Re: magnumcharger] #612775
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Now the hard part: finding and purchasing an actual set of these wheels!




I wonder who actually made the wheels for Nickey, and if they were only available in the 5-on-4.75" bolt pattern.

They're pretty sweet wheels.

Re: What kind of Keystone mag is this? [Re: In_The_Pink] #612776
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Here's an email I got the other day...with regards to the picture of the Nickey wheel...
"Hi Robin,
We sold this set. The new owner has changed directions and wants to sell them. As I recall 3 were GM 4 3/4" pattern in 14" and one new old stock was 15 x 6 in GM. Also one was a 4 1/2" pattern wheel. Total of five wheels. I think $2500 is what he wanted for these wheels. I can check and see with a request.
Terry Rowe
AKHWheels.com"

So, they came in two sizes, and at least two different bolt patterns.

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Here is the page from Hot Rod I was thinking of, but it's loose, so I didn't get an issue number nor the opposite page from the article.


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HOT ROD December 1972 page 92

'73 Performance Part Preview ..... new products from the high-performance industry

item #11) - "Lightweight magnesium street/strip wheel in assorted sizes from Keystone Processing and Engineering Company, Ontario, Calif.

no other specifics, but many other pictured items have ads in the January '73 issue of HOT ROD

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