2 Bar KO's/spinner 1962/63
08-04-2015, 11:45 PM
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2 Bar KO's/spinner 1962/63
Is there anyway to tell if your buying an original set of 2 bar KO's. I've seen them on reverse sides with stampings of right and left and the numbers 3&5. Is there part numbers on them? I also heard that the caps on the originals where part of the spinner not a loose cap is this right. Thanks, Mike
08-05-2015, 12:18 AM
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Le Mans Master
Is there anyway to tell if your buying an original set of 2 bar KO's. I've seen them on reverse sides with stampings of right and left and the numbers 3&5. Is there part numbers on them? I also heard that the caps on the originals where part of the spinner not a loose cap is this right. Thanks, Mike
08-05-2015, 04:45 AM
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2 Bar KO
They where made in 1962/63 by Dayton in the early 60's for a select few corvettes. I don't believe Kelsey - Hayes made them. Not a aftermarket or reproduction. Thanks
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08-05-2015, 07:06 AM
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I THINK the spinners had inserts. I THINK '62-'63 inserts had black letters, '64 spinners had silver. I think. Can't remember.
The spinners were made by Dayton for Corvair wire wheels, not Corvette.
I heard somebody in Ohio made a bunch of repop spinners some years back.
Clark's Corvair Parts are selling look alike Corvair repop wire wheels with the spinners.
The spinners were made by Dayton for Corvair wire wheels, not Corvette.
I heard somebody in Ohio made a bunch of repop spinners some years back.
Clark's Corvair Parts are selling look alike Corvair repop wire wheels with the spinners.
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08-06-2015, 05:55 AM
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08-06-2015, 12:07 PM
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Is there anyway to tell if your buying an original set of 2 bar KO's. I've seen them on reverse sides with stampings of right and left and the numbers 3&5. Is there part numbers on them? I also heard that the caps on the originals where part of the spinner not a loose cap is this right. Thanks, Mike
Perhaps I should have added some clarification to JohnZ's picture above. It is a picture of a 2 bar KO WHEEL! Anyone can put a 2 bar spinner on a KO wheel, but a 2 bar WHEEL is completely different (different GEAR DRIVE adapter as well as wheel) than the 3 ear KO wheel which is pin drive.
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08-07-2015, 09:34 PM
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08-07-2015, 10:04 PM
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The wheel pictured is by Kelsey-Hayes, an infringement on a Dayton wheel gear-drive patent, the settlement of which also involved the Production of Dayton wire wheels for the Corvair. Ingenious vendors have since marketed the 2-bar Corvair knockoff as Corvette pieces.