What constitutes a clone?

[Belair62]

What wheels are they CJ ? Can't tell from the pic....beautiful car...!!

[JoeC]

I think that car belongs to YenkoMan

[camarojoe]

They are vintage "straight spoke" Torq Thrusts, complete with NOS Atlas centercaps. The pics LV posted are the newer versions..."Old School" mags are much cooler IMO...but you already knew that!

[68l30]

Looks HOT Joe! I'm all for the "Old School"...


Steve

[Eddie M.]

Belair62.... Clone or not that sure is a nice lookin car

[427TJ]

The "new" wheels on the orange Yenko are vintage 1960s American Torque Thrusts with the 'peaked' straight spokes. The currently-available Torque Thrust D wheels have a curved spoke as seen in the first three photos of the car. The D wheels are for use with disc brakes but I suppose the older '60s wheels fit disc cars too. I had a set of the old Americans restored (14x6) and ran them on my '67 RS/SS 396 and they looked great. Every serious car guy should have a set of Torque Thrusts in his garage. Cragar S/S's too.

[camarojoe]

Actually, the wheels in the first pic are the newer version of the torq thrust D, with the bigger center lug area originally redesigned to clear larger late model (80's and newer) wheel bearings. The "old school" wheels actually aren't American's, they are vintage A/P torq thrust copies, (note the deeply recessed lug holes) and they do feature the highly peaked, straight spokes that you mentioned.

[427TJ]

Okay, got it. You're right, the new D's are for clearance but I incorrectly assumed it was beacuse of disc brakes. The old Americans, originals or copies, look so much better than the new D's. Yeah, it's hard to tell unless you know what the differences are but the old peaked, straight spokes just scream "1960s."