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Old Jan 17, 2005 | 12:48 PM
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from the looks of this picture, do you think this is an original 73 wheel?

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Old Jan 17, 2005 | 12:51 PM
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What picture?
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Old Jan 17, 2005 | 12:52 PM
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Old Jan 17, 2005 | 12:55 PM
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is it an original from any year? hopefully better picture

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Old Jan 17, 2005 | 01:00 PM
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After market wheel. It was generically called a turbine wheel because the 'spoke' pattern resembled an axial turbine hub with the blades installed.
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Old Jan 17, 2005 | 01:03 PM
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thanks you for the help

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Old Jan 17, 2005 | 01:04 PM
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RMS73 is 100% correct. Definitely not an OEM C3 wheel.
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Old Jan 17, 2005 | 02:45 PM
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Looks like an old Western mag wheel maybe.... not OEM.
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Looks like an old Western mag wheel maybe.... not OEM.
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Old Jan 17, 2005 | 04:23 PM
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kinda looks like the 82 collectors edition, fuzzy pic, hard to tell
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