Old Stockers

[tommy d]

BEST looking stock or super/stock wheel of the late 60's. jmho.

[gsa612]

Rocket wheels gsa612

[Paul Ceasrine]

American Torq-Thrust,,,,,,,,,Chrome-plated,,,,,,,,,

They looked very sharp

[Hemi Moose]

Originally Posted by Dan Bennett

What brand of wheels are those? I've seen some other cars using them in these old photos and they just don't ring a bell from what I was used to in the old days. At a glance, they look like Hursts but the spokes appear to be flat instead of concave.

Maybe the Fenton decal is a giveaway, but I sure don't remember them making those wheels. I mostly remember chrome slots and black spoke mags from them.

For trivia points, anyone remember the two other "brothers" to the Cragar SS while used the same style?

There were a few others companies like Radir (some spell it Rader or Radar) as well as Fenton and Hurst that made these 5 spoke wheels with different designs...



Sears Roebuck also sold some el' cheapo knock offs...



These Radir wheels are called 'Tri Rib' 5 spoke mags...



These 5 spokes were called 'Fenton Hawks' and have a ribbed edge...



And these are Fenton 'Sharks' that a lot of the racers used back in late 60's...

[Hemi Moose]

But I always liked these mags from the 60's...



And these Motorwheel Flys from the 70's...

[Tom Goldman]

The MotorWheel Flys were probably the coolest wheels of the era.
I had a set of MotorWheel magnesium Flea front wheels on my Modified Production Javelin.
We used to get out the Simichrome and polish them every Friday night before the races,and by Sunday afternoon they were turning gold with oxidation !
Sold them to Al Corda years ago ,probably the only race car part I ever regretted selling.

[Bob Rice]

I like the Fenton Sharks but nothing tops the Cragar SS wheels. I've always said that they even make a Studebaker look good!
Bob Rice

[chris ok]

Originally Posted by Run to Rund

Here are three Oldsmobiles; I have more but have to figure out how to reduce the size for uploading.

I drove by Mack Markowitz Oldsmobile, or whats left of it this morning.
closed for I think 15 years or so now.

[chris ok]

Originally Posted by Dan Bennett

What brand of wheels are those? I've seen some other cars using them in these old photos and they just don't ring a bell from what I was used to in the old days. At a glance, they look like Hursts but the spokes appear to be flat instead of concave.

Maybe the Fenton decal is a giveaway, but I sure don't remember them making those wheels. I mostly remember chrome slots and black spoke mags from them.

For trivia points, anyone remember the two other "brothers" to the Cragar SS while used the same style?

During this era I was racing a 340 Duster with that stupid 4" bolt circle so I was limited to Ansen aluminum slots unless I wanted to redrill the hubs/axles. I do have to admit that Mopar's craziness saved my wheels, though. One morning I came out to my car to discover two wheels on the same side and three twisted off lugs between them.

Good thing the thieves weren't smart enough to know about left handed threads.

one brother was the Fenton Super Sharks. I got them when I bought my first car, a 1969 GTO.

[rod]

a bit of trivia here. the man who owned fenton was a good friend of the man who owned cragar . fenton was falling on hard times in the early 70's. so the cragar co. allowed the fenton co. to make exact copies of the cragar S/S wheel. and sell them as fentons. this helped the bottom line. a bit later fenton made a wheel like the cragar supertrick wheel, except they were one piece and street legal. the box came with a bag of nuts and bolts. i sold a lot of those, they were the coolest street wheel around. all the old guys like lou senter [ansen] are gone now.
rod in AZ