Can Anyone I.D. This Wheel?

[Casey]

Edited September 5, 2018 by Casey

[StevenGuthmiller]

I can't even identify the car!!

 

Steve

[Can-Con]

I used to know what it's from, an AMT compact but not sure which.  I have 2 on my table I want to use on an AMT Astro-1 I plan to rebuild but need 2 more. I was going to cast a couple. 

I have to go out in a minute, I'll check later.

 

Back ,, It's from the AMT '65 Corvair Monza.

Edited September 6, 2018 by Can-Con

[Snake45]

25 minutes ago, StevenGuthmiller said:

I can't even identify the car!!

 

Steve

Didn't it used to be some kind of '40 Ford?

[pack rat]

Looks like an AMT 65 Corvair  custom wheel......but that kit had the 13 inch compact wheels/tires, and the tire in your pic doesn't look like a compact tire.   

[Don Sikora II]

1 hour ago, pack rat said:

Looks like an AMT 65 Corvair  custom wheel......but that kit had the 13 inch compact wheels/tires, and the tire in your pic doesn't look like a compact tire.   

Think he’s right, AMT ‘65 Corvair. 

[StevenGuthmiller]

3 hours ago, Snake45 said:

Didn't it used to be some kind of '40 Ford?

Your guess is as good as mine!

 

Steve

[Casey]

Thanks. The "Custom Wheel" from the AMT '65 Corvair's box does look like a match:

G.M.X. Custom Wheels????

Edited September 6, 2018 by Casey

[Oldcarfan27]

6 hours ago, Casey said:

I like the wheel, would make great stock hubcaps on something. Kinda looks like a 70s Thunderbird wheel. How many did it come with?

As for the car - well, if you can't say something nice...

Check underneath, if it had/has a trunk area, it was a 40 Ford coupe, if it didn't - 39/40 sedan. My bet it was the coupe. That rear end would have been really hacked to make that fastback from a sedan. 

Edited September 6, 2018 by Oldcarfan27

[Casey]

11 hours ago, Oldcarfan27 said:

As for the car -

I just happened to catch this on eBay last night, so if you're lucky it's still available. 

[Mark]

That's not the Corvair wheel.  Those were smaller, to fit the compact car tires AMT used in the Corvair kits.  As an aside, the Corvair wheels MAY have been used in the 1969 Crew Wagon reissue of the '63 Nova station wagon.  I've got one of those, will check it later if I remember to do so.

Not knowing exactly what these are from, I'd guess one of the AMT mid-Sixties Corvette kits had them as a custom option.  Often the convertible and fastback had different optional parts in the same year, so there are several possibilities there.

[Can-Con]

Well, I stand by my statement, I still say it's the Corvair wheel. ,

The Corvair wheel in an AMT compact car white wall with the white painted with something red other than model paint. 

Aside from the paint the tire looks exactly like the ones that I have from the '61 Corvair I rebuilt a few years ago and the chassis from the one in the pic below that's in my basement right now.

But, hey, who knows. Maybe I am wrong. 

[Bucky]

I found this old link on ebay. The wheels do look about the same to me.

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/AMT-1965-Corvair-Corsa-coupe-1-25-model-complete-unassembled-/183164128743?nordt=true&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.m43663.l44720

 

Here's another one with a better pic of the wheels.

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Original-issue-AMT-1965-Chevy-Corvair-disassembled-builder-kit-NO-RESERVE-/152895795103?nordt=true&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.m43663.l44720

Edited September 6, 2018 by Bucky

[Casey]

30 minutes ago, Bucky said:

Here's another one with a better pic of the wheels.

[Snake45]

8 hours ago, Mark said:

Not knowing exactly what these are from, I'd guess one of the AMT mid-Sixties Corvette kits had them as a custom option.  Often the convertible and fastback had different optional parts in the same year, so there are several possibilities there.

I think I've got one of every AMT '63-'67 Vette kit, coupe and roadster, and I don't recall ever seeing those wheels in any of them. 

[Snake45]

4 hours ago, Casey said:

I see other Corvair parts in that box (engine, exhaust, custom rear grille), so I'd say that Corvair is still a viable candidate. 

[Mark]

Hold the phone...I'm seeing detail on the center hub of the Corvair wheel, that isn't on the '40 Ford wheel...

[Casey]

4 hours ago, Mark said:

Hold the phone...I'm seeing detail on the center hub of the Corvair wheel, that isn't on the '40 Ford wheel...

The little dimples around the circumference of the smaller, tapered inner center cap? I think it's the same wheel, but the custom '40 Ford image isn't the greatest.

Someone has to have one of these wheels lying around, right? 

[Casey]

A better look, courtesy of a current eBay listing:

[Casey]

On 9/6/2018 at 1:26 PM, Mark said:

the Corvair wheels MAY have been used in the 1969 Crew Wagon reissue of the '63 Nova station wagon.

Edited September 13, 2018 by Casey