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Need help identifiying these torq thurst style wheels #729587
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First as show is a 2 piece, I think it's aluminum. This came off a car that was wrecked in the 70s or early 80s.

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Re: Need help identifiying these torq thurst style wheels [Re: Silver70] #729588
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Inside pic

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Re: Need help identifiying these torq thurst style wheels [Re: Silver70] #729589
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And this pair, these don't have a screw on center and like the first one couldn't find anything cast in as far as name brand.

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Re: Need help identifiying these torq thurst style wheels [Re: Silver70] #729590
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And inside pic... couldn't figure out which style there were and looked at ak wheels, but didn't show the insides.

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Re: Need help identifiying these torq thurst style wheels [Re: Silver70] #729591
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I found info on carcraft the first single one is some cheap knockoff. Still trying to figure out what the pair are.

Re: Need help identifiying these torq thurst style wheels [Re: Silver70] #729592
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This site has a lot of old mags for sale. Maybe you can find a match from his pictures?

http://www.akhwheels.com/

Re: Need help identifiying these torq thurst style wheels [Re: Neil] #729593
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Thats where I tried to reference them. I saw some similar, but these ones are rounded towards the center from the outer ring and the centers don't screw on, where most of them there have screw on centers or a sharp bend.

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The pair look to be American Racing T70's. I sent a brand new pair to PrimedDuster a few years ago but they were stolen enroute.

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They kind of looa like the old keystone mags.I had a set back in the early 70's.

Re: Need help identifiying these torq thurst style wheels [Re: RUNCHARGER] #729596
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I don't think the 1 piece aluminum pair are American Racing. The flat "border" on the spokes are a T70 trait.
Here's a modern AR T70. American Racing rims are usually well marked.

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Re: Need help identifiying these torq thurst style wheels [Re: 6bblgt] #729597
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I would say they are definetly older, like 20+ years, but could be wrong. Amercian racing wheels from what I found if aluminum are all marked... no marking if magnesium, but from the inside looking really smooth I'm pretty sure they are aluminum.

Re: Need help identifiying these torq thurst style wheels [Re: Silver70] #729598
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I looked them over good again and no sure how I missed it, but the pair are marked cragar. But not sure what style they are actually called.


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Re: Need help identifiying these torq thurst style wheels [Re: 6bblgt] #729599
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Those are T70R wheels , the R means it has the rib. The T70 has no rib.

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Actually I'm pretty sure they are Cragar GT's... found them on another site and weren't available in many sizes. And they are a 5x5 bolt pattern. So not much use to me

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Cragar had a whole series of GT wheels (GT, GTplus, etc.) most were steel hoops with the aluminum insert like your first wheel (with the "normal" CRAGAR bolt on style center cap), but they must have had an all aluminum wheel since you have a pair. There was an ad in the '60s with 9-12 different CRAGAR GT wheels in a circle. I think CRAGAR went to unilug in the early '70s, so that would help date the wheels.

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Here are a couple of '68 CRAGAR ads, this one from 8/68 ......

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& one from 3/68 with a DODGE ...........

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Actually I'm pretty sure they are Cragar GT's... found them on another site and weren't available in many sizes. And they are a 5x5 bolt pattern. So not much use to me




Are the second pair 14" diameter?

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I saw some of the ads from above. A page I was looking at a guy mentioned they were gt's... and now I see like you shown theres a whole line. They are just a 5x5, no unilug, and they are 14x6.







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