1970 aluminum slotted wheel questions

[whitetop]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: LeeP</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> Looks like I will go to a plan B rim unless I can find a complete set with lugs. I love this site and probably could have used some of the brain power when I was restoring my w-30 olds. </div></div>

I think a set of 14 x7 Americans or Ansens would look fine on your car.

I had a set of Appliance 14 x7's on ebay at one time for something like $60 with no takers. Ended up selling the caps to an ebay guy who PM me after the auction and the wheels went in a local free bee newspaper and the guy bought them for a utility trailer he was making.

[PxTx]

The last set I had said Appliance, Van Nuys, Ca cast right in the back.

I think I have some of the lugs you are talking about. Real big hex head on them?

[70LS6454]

LeeP, your car turned out great. Hope you can find a set of wheels. They look right at home in the those pictures.

Ray

[LeeP]

Thanks Ray I am guessing you had one of those great LS6s in the chevelle row: Did you see it at MCACN.

The rims were made in Van Nuys. I wonder if Rug went to the factory to pick them up. The days of buy American (actually Appliance). The cool thing about this thread is that I have completed more research on making my w-30 one of the most correct restorations possible. So I now know what rims Rug the original owner bought for the car.

During the restoration, the classic oldsmobile site saved me making a mistake on the replacement of my aluminum w-27 rear end cover. Mine had a fin ground off and the restoration shop thought it was junk. Turned out one of the experts on the w-27 rear end found a technical bulletin for California only emission vehicles. So 49 states did not have the fin ground off. California cars in 1970 w-30s had a different gas tank, extra fuel line and emission canister. Saved the cover and was able to document the ground off fin.

Lee

[70LS6454]

[quote=LeeP]Thanks Ray I am guessing you had one of those great LS6s in the chevelle row: Did you see it at MCACN.

Lee, Unfortunately I have never been to MCACN. I had friend that did go and he said the cars are amazing.

Did you buy the wheels Jason offered?

Ray

[ssl78]

Here is a set of Superior day 2 slots

[olredalert]

----I dont know about the rest of the world, but back in 1968/72 in Ft.Lauderdale we would buy brand new aftermarket wheels and take them straight to the local polisher. They just looked so much better polished than the way they came out of the box. With slots we would do the whole face, but with spokes we would leave the spokes rough-cast and paint them metallic grey. This is a practice I still follow to this day. Nothing beats a set of American spokes with a rough center and polished up outer lip.
----A lot of us also drove on Goodyear racing tires because the southern Goodyear Racing Distributer used to be on Federal Highway just north of the Lauderdale airport. They were happy to sell us any tire they had. It did help that I shared a house with the shop manager though!.....Bill S

[mockingbird812]

Lee - fine Olds you have there. Have you looked at AKH yet? He is expensive but comes up with some rare and desireable stuff. Good luck.

[LeeP]

When I was on the xt wheel search I tried him. Try to find five date coded xt wheels anywhere. Was too bad the olds shared those with the copo cars. Nobody ever advertised them as olds wheels.

I looked on the site and he did not have what I needed. I may have to settle for period correct instead of Appliance. Rug the original owner died a few years ago and wouldn't mind if the brand was off but the car had the same look.

Lee

[mockingbird812]

Where there is a a will......

If you are not in a hurry I am confident you can track down what you want. Anyway to verify with original owner/family that Appliance is what you are looking for?