TransAmMike Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 I will be somewhat replicating this car and will need the 8-lug wheels. I'm pretty sure the old 65 Bonneville kit has them. I don't see any aftermarket suppliers for them so I'm reaching out. As usual, any help is appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TarheelRick Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 PM sent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khils Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 1 hour ago, TransAmMike said: As usual, any help is appreciated. If Rick hasn't already got you taken care of....LMK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exotics_Builder Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 If it is a 62 you are doing, are the 62 8 lug wheels the same as the 65? Close enough? Or doesn't matter on the build you're contemplating? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W Humble Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 The Moebius 1961 Ventura kit has some beauties. Several of the year-of-mfr AMT kits have them, and at least one (don't recall who) other kit maker had them; very shallow, like wheel covers. Kelsey-Hayes, aluminum hubs with painted steel 8-lug rims ('wide 8") that used 1-2 types of snap-on beauty rings. Wick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TransAmMike Posted November 3, 2021 Author Share Posted November 3, 2021 2 hours ago, W Humble said: The Moebius 1961 Ventura kit has some beauties. Several of the year-of-mfr AMT kits have them, and at least one (don't recall who) other kit maker had them; very shallow, like wheel covers. Kelsey-Hayes, aluminum hubs with painted steel 8-lug rims ('wide 8") that used 1-2 types of snap-on beauty rings. Wick Good to know James.😃 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W Humble Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 PMD considered the option using wide-8 rims for the '63 Tempests, I understand, maybe as 15-in. The steel rims on 1;1 cars show up painted shades of silver or gray, often. I put them on every old Poncho kit I build, even my replica of the '61-2 Tempest 'Monte Carlo' roadster show car (which should have had 15-in. Halibrands. One VK/AF illustration in the big 1966 dealer brochure of a LeMans faintly shows K-H rims/drums. Disc brakes option by then, drums on the way out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bills72sj Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 Has anyone gotten around to 3D printing these? I cannot imagine these being that hard to duplicate in a compatible software program. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewetwo Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 Are the same ones in the AMT Grand Slam Grand Prix kit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W Humble Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 Printing or resin; it would be a great accessory! The Moebius are best because they are multi-part, the old ones were just outer wheel halves, though very realistic if detailed. Buick had beautiful finned drums, but PMD had the complete system, with special rims also. The Cad (etc.) Sabre wheels were very special, too, and didn't the '56 Continental have something similar, or the same? Quite a few luxury cars used the K-H wire wheels; Cad, Buick and Chrysler. Others? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TransAmMike Posted November 4, 2021 Author Share Posted November 4, 2021 Well I'd would sure be interest in a resin repro! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Can-Con Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 (edited) The caps on those wheels changed over the years. Here's a '62. IIRC, '61 used the same cap. This is in the '61 Ventura kit [IIRC] and here's a '65, There's also this one that looks a bit different again. I'm not sure right now which one the AMT '65 Pontiacs have exactly but it's one of these two. A small difference , don't know if it would matter to you. Edited November 4, 2021 by Can-Con Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TransAmMike Posted November 4, 2021 Author Share Posted November 4, 2021 1 hour ago, Can-Con said: The caps on those wheels changed over the years. Here's a '62. IIRC, '61 used the same cap. This is in the '61 Ventura kit [IIRC] and here's a '65, There's also this one that looks a bit different again. I'm not sure right now which one the AMT '65 Pontiacs have exactly but it's one of these two. A small difference , don't know if it would matter to you. Good info Steve and thanks. The '61-62 wheel is what I prefer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W Humble Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 RE; the shallow, hub-cap style 8-lug type, I have used two sets of these (still can't place source; prob JoHan? in early '60s) in conjunction with the chrome outer rims of the AMT Ford wire wheels issued back then to make a deep K-H wheel that looks super! I had a few of the wire type that had gotten broken in my stash, and with a little judicious trimming of spoke remnants, and careful CA gluing they widened the cap-style dramatically -- beyond the scale depth of the originals, even. With a little Tamaiya Smoke flowed into the recessed 'drum' area, they look great on my rescued '60 Bonneville HT kit; better even than the nice AMT originals on the '62 saved all these years! Lovely rim! Expensive in the `1:1 scale; back in 1970, I found a very complete set in a San Antonio TX dismantlers for about $200, but the cost of sending them back to CA (for my brothers '55 Chevy HT -- interesting idea?) was ridiculous, so we didnt'. I'll bet the price on the POCI trading post is awful, now. Always wished PMD had made a fitment for the A-bodied cars! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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