These are the rims I'm wondering about.
What are they, and where can I get them?
15 inch diameter, and up to 12 inches wide.





I'm havin' one heck of a time findin' rims that I like. Won't go to the 16, 17, 18....inch rims. I don't like the styling.

 

Hey starship as i was reading the thread NEWBIE and first post. 1975 vette w/ 46k original i think i came across your anwser 73shark said they were American Racing Vector wheels and Chev used them on one of their prototype Corvettes in the 70s. Also the narrower version was used on some of the Buick Grand Nationals.
Hope that helps be sure to thank shark

 

This was his responce to the above photo, so I figured that the rims in the photo were not the "Vectors".

"Nice wheels. I'm partial to Amer. Racing Vectors tho."



Straighten me out, I'm all confused now. [&:]

 

well when i read that i took it as the reason he likes them is because he is a fan of American racing vectors
Well i just googles American racing vectors and looked at the images they look to be the same wheels

 

Thanks Bro, I'll run a google too.

 

Glad to help out

 

Here they are.

http://www.americanracing.com/browse_vintage.asp

 

The only Vectors that I can find, are 15 X 7 or 15 X 8.5.
If I can't find them 15 X 10, I'll have ta look for another style.
AR used to make the 10 inch rims, but not no more. [&o]

Thanks anyway guys!

 

I bought mine back in the 70s and they're 8.5". I don't believe they ever made anything wider. Also the Grand Nat'l's were black between the ribs like the ones in the pic but were 7" wide.

I'd think with 10" that you'd need offset trailing arms and/or flares. Not there's anything wrong with that.

 

Well, here they are. Note that they did make a 10 " width.









OVERVIEW




[align=left]Features of Note:
[ul][*]These are pictures of 86-87 T-Type wheels and the American Racing 'Vector' wheels which are of the same pattern. (Think "Dukes of Hazzard" General Lee Charger) [*]These wheels were not made by Western. While Western did make 'turbine' style wheels, they were a different pattern with a much denser 'fin' count.[*]A picture of 4 wheels.

Top to bottom:
[ul][*]Stock 7" 86-87 wheel,[*]7" American Racing 'Vector'. (Weight: 20 lbs.)[*]8.5" Vector. (Weight: 22.5 lbs.)[*]10" Vector. (Weight: 37 lbs.) The 10" has the inlays painted to match the car they were on. [/ul][/ul][/align]


The goomers are just really hard to find. [&o]