Astro Slot Wheels?

VintageMusclecar · #1 11-17-2011, 01:25 AM

Can someone give me a crash course on these wheels?

Anyone have pics they can post up?

What sizes/back spacings were these available in, and are they hard to find today?

**juliosz** · #2 11-17-2011, 01:44 AM

I found this with Google search....

Nova Jed · #3 11-17-2011, 02:47 AM

Are they aluminum or chrome steel?

**Salvatore** · #4 11-17-2011, 03:03 AM

I bet they are the chrome versions Jed. I had them on my camaro 15X4's.

**PxTx** · #5 11-17-2011, 03:30 AM

I've only seen them in chrome steel. Here is a set on the front of one of my dad's cars. I think they were supposed to be a fairly light weight steel wheel.

You can also see the Snow tires used for the soft compound. Funny how I've heard him tell me that through the years then it shows up in the Grumpy Jenkins book nearly verbatim.

GTO_DON · #6 11-17-2011, 04:04 AM

Here they are original to my 65 GTO Race car back in the day.
I have 2 sets of 14 inch wheels if anybody is interested.

VintageMusclecar · #7 11-17-2011, 04:17 AM

Thanks for the replies so far [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif[/img]

I've only seen them in chrome steel as well. Just wondering if they were ever available in 15X3-5 and 15X8 sizes. Thought they might look cool as an alternate set of wheels on my Chevelle.

**Salvatore** · #8 11-17-2011, 05:32 AM

Just missed a killer pair Donnie had with the skinnies Eric. I had them rechromed and there are pictures here on the Site somewhere what they looked like on my camaro. Hard to find Astro wheels in 15X4's.

VintageMusclecar · #9 11-17-2011, 03:34 PM

Sam;

I saw that thread in the classifieds a couple of months ago and even posted in it inquiring about the availability of any 15X8-15X8.5 sizes but never got an answer.

I'd seen those wheels a while back but had forgotten about them, and that thread rekindled my curiosity.

**PxTx** · #10 11-17-2011, 04:38 PM

Went over on the HAMB and looks like some were saying wheels were made by Superior. Can anyone confirm this? You probably already knew they did make them in wide sizes, now finding them could be a challenge.

Here are a set of NOS ones made and doesn't look like Superior.

Some other cool pics:

All the one's I've seen seemt o need a re-chrome, so it is only one more step to cut them up to make whatever width you want.

Other ideas on how to get the look are on the thread.
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/s...617&page=5