1970 aluminum slotted wheel questions

[LeeP]

It is a 4 speed, w-27 car ordered with the aluminum center section rear end. We are really having fun with it now that it is restored after owning it for 35 years.

Lee

[whitetop]

Lee
The wheels appear to be Appliance mags-with the better up close photo can tell by Appliances peculiar low profile kidney bean shaped holes and the indented center cap. They also had the black center cap as well....forgot about those.

The center cap has a giant "A" in the center and many mistakingly call them Ansens.

Appliance mags are plentiful especially in the 14 x7 size-most popular size and they came either polished or unpolished.

[LeeP]

I found some caps on ebay. Are these correct? 380258570611 Thanks for your help. I am now on the hunt for appliance 14X7s.

Lee

[whitetop]

Lee
The caps are metal and based upon the picture they are the early Appliance because of the very rounded curvature lip of the caps. Later Appliance had a sharper lip.

I had a set of these a few years back but sold them..I will try to find the pics.

Here are the earlier ones you can tell they match the caps in the side profile shot of your car.

http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/attac...mp;d=1310423299

[whitetop]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: LeeP</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I found some caps on ebay. Are these correct? 380258570611 Thanks for your help. I am now on the hunt for appliance 14X7s.

Lee </div></div>

Lee those caps are not correct. Looks like they are for a r/v/truck mag wheel.

See the pic I posted above.

[LeeP]

360260786413 You can find almost anything on ebay. I see the indent on the caps.

Lee

[whitetop]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: LeeP</div><div class="ubbcode-body">360260786413 You can find almost anything on ebay. I see the indent on the caps.

Lee </div></div>

Lee, those would work if you find them but they are the later style with the sharper outer edge I referred to earlier. Yours had the earlier rounded edge I posted above in a pic.

[LeeP]

220897798996 here are some new bolt on. Different style. I guess I better find the rims before I worry about the centers.

Lee

[whitetop]

Here is an Appliance mag with the later style sharper edge cap. You can note the low profile kidney bean shaped slot holes.

Appliance had large lug recesses but had a special lug that fill up that void and they were extra long on the hex head portion of the lug so they stuck out and looked like a regular mag wheel once installed.

The problem you will find is these Appliance lugs are extinct/obsolete. You can use a standard mag lug that are available today but they don't fill the hole right and just poke out of the lug hole just slightly and it looks odd...one reason today Appliance mags are not real sought after.

People know something is just not right when they look at them with the newer lugs. The wheels and caps are plentiful and cheap due to the lug nut dilemna.

That is a shame too because Appliance mags were one of the better wheels made and used high quality aluminum

http://media.photobucket.com/image/a.../Photo0113.jpg

[LeeP]

Whitetop......what is your name? I could not have paid for a more knowledgeable person on these rims. 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.