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Old Mar 17, 2024 | 10:09 AM
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I have a 1974 with the below wheels. From what I can find these don’t look like stock option? Can anyone help me understand what I have? Thank you!
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Not stock, it looks like an American Racing Vector...
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Originally Posted by SEVNT6
Not stock, it looks like an American Racing Vector...
Agree




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American Racing Vectors were a very popular wheel for Corvettes in the 70's and 80's. They seemed to look better on Corvettes then on most other cars. I had a friend who put a set on his 74 shortly after it was delivered, and knew a few racers that used them on SCCA Corvettes.
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Originally Posted by gbvette62
American Racing Vectors were a very popular wheel for Corvettes in the 70's and 80's.
And if it wasn't an AR Vector it was the Western Turbine...the two most popular C3 wheels back in the day...
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The Vectors have been out since 1975 that i know of, we got a set in 77, still have them on the car. Yes its an old car look tho.


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There's some on ebay and they call them

Modern Western Turbine wheel 5x5 rim Appliance ET Hurricane Vector style ARW

Which covers most every brand and name so I'm guessing there's no actual manufactures name on them and there were another knock-off when the trend was hot
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This web page might help id most fined wheels, Vectors have 10 fins, the Western Turbine wheels have 20 or so fins, some different manufactures have more or less fins.

https://www.google.com/search?q=West...6CXzZM&vssid=l
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