1FastHaole

Recently purchased this '81 with a Turbo widebody kit on it. Can anyone ID thse wheels?

I see them on lots of C3s with widebody kits. The center caps read "Cragar". They are 15 in rims and have 265s fitted in the front and 295s out back.
Thanks!

7t9l82

for some reason the name vector comes to mind. I'm not sure though, also similar to the wheel on the general Lee. that was a somewhat popular wheel several years ago. I'd look on the back of the wheel for markings that will likely identify it.

Corey_68

Not sure of actual name, but have always heard them referred to as "turbines".

cv67

Remids me of Vector also.

Think American made something similar?
Not sure about Cragar

Gale Banks 80'

They are not Vectors but they are very close. The center cap sez something, What? By chance is it Enkie?

Locke

American made the Vector, which is very simular.
I don't remember a Crager of that style.
Western Wheel made the turbine wheel which may be what you have.

Locke

cv67

Think Locke may be right.

Paul L

Western Cyclone II turbine wheels, circa 1980. When this picture was taken of my 1979, digital cameras were new on the market and ~$2,000 .

7t9l82

ding ding ding i think we have a winner. i beleive they are western wheels.they were popular on the Greenwood cars.

UBETRUN

The center caps say American Racing on mine but I don't know the model name, are they Vectors?

Ravoll

Looks like the ones from the "A-Team" van.

TheSkunkWorks

Nice looking Turbo. Needs lowered and might could use some side skirts, but unless you're looking to go with a modern tire/wheel combo I'd keep those cool old-school wheels.

noonie

The OP's pic look like Western Cyclone ll wheels.
American looked similar and made what was called the Vector which had a raised lip around the hub and was used on the General Lee.

Both the vector style and the turbine style was very popular in the mid 70s. Several companies made both styles calling them different names, but what was known as the turbine style had more fins than the vector style.
Here is a pic of each by Western. Back then I had each on different vettes. If memory serves me, a complete set was less than 150 bucks new.

Peterbuilt

My Western Wheels were rough cast so I powder coated them.
I like this style since you don't see them every day.

Mod75

Yours are the 13 vane western wheels, they also had 15 vane wheels, they look close to these which are the American Vector Racing wheels that have 10 vanes.

Both are from the 1970-1980 time frame.

1FastHaole

Skunkworks, thanks for the compliment. I really dig it myself. I am selling my '71 coupe to make room for it in the garage. Other than the body, it's nearly bone stock with less than 70K miles. Only other mod seems to be the ubiquitous removal of the AIR pump.

I want to do some competitive driving with it. I autocross my '68 Camaro in C Prepared and also do some track event days. Right now i'm still sorting out a few electical and CCC carb bugs but i have plans to campaign it. I'm not sure if i should buy an SSRIII chassis to go under it or beef up the stock chassis as was done "back in the day". Depending on what direction i go, the tires may stay or go, but i do like the retro vibe and they are surprizingly light. Agree with you on the lowering...but will probably wait until i decide what direction i'm going with the chassis. One problem is they are 15 inch. Front tires are 265r50 15 and rears are 295r50 15. There don't appear to be any tire manufacturers making serious road race tires in these sizes. Hoosier makes 275r35 15s in their A6 and R6 line that i could probably run on the front, but i'm not sure what i could run on the rear other than Firestone Firehawk Indy 500s in 295r50 15. These, unfortunately, don't come i an appropriate size for the fronts as far as i can tell. Pretty sure having r6s on the front and Firehawks on the back will not make for a balanced car. So as cool as they are, i may not be able to make them work for my purposes...still probably keep them for getting to/from the track and other street duty. But once these tires wear out, not sure what i could put on them.

3JsVette

Appliance Turbo Wheels (that is a little bend in the spoke up near the center isn't it?)

69autoXr

Hoosier makes several 15" bias ply sizes in both DOT Sports Car and non-DOT Vintage tires. Appropriate sizes for both front and rear.

1FastHaole

69, i don't see them on tirerack...where do you buy them from?
thanks!

Solid LT1

Same wheel as on Dukes of Hazzard General Lee Charger: American Racing was first producer of thos wheels calle dthe "Vector" I know of a vintage race Vette with those wheels on it, they are FREEKING HEAVY! They make me think of vans with porthole windows and **** carpet along with staion wagon converted Vettes of the 70's. No somewhere I want to return to.....

The 15" Hoosier tires he is talking about are bias ply "Street TD" series tires, you would be better off running 275/50/15 R6 compound radials on 9" wide wheels than the TD's.