Please help ID these wheels

DWCamaro69 · #1 10-24-2006, 08:19 AM

These are on a '71 Formula 455 I might be buying. Have been on there since mid 70's. Any idea what they are and if they have any special value or desireabilty? I will go back to stock. Thanks.

**Charley Lillard** · #2 10-24-2006, 08:30 AM

Too dark to see.

StriperSS · #3 10-24-2006, 08:31 AM

Are there any spokes? All I can see is a black center section, with chrome nuts.

DWCamaro69 · #4 10-24-2006, 08:35 AM

Sorry guys, its not that dark on my screen. 10 spokes, curved. Kind of look like what I remember the spokes looking like on wheels I have heard called "minilites"? I will try to get a better picture..

47Hammer · #5 10-24-2006, 08:41 AM

They look like a Mini Lite knock off, maybe Panasports.

15x8 Panasports

Mini Lites

DWCamaro69 · #6 10-24-2006, 08:50 AM

Another..maybe too dark as well?

DWCamaro69 · #7 10-24-2006, 08:54 AM

yes, similar spoke style to the minilite. I will get better pics when I see the car again. Any Pontiac experts here? Just learning but seems that '71 455 Formula's are rare...according to some info I found only 350 made! This one is #'s match with a buildsheet.

47Hammer · #8 10-24-2006, 08:56 AM

Here is another

**Dave Rifkin** · #9 10-24-2006, 02:26 PM

My guess is they are the wheels manufactured by Western back then that resembled the minilite wheels; I doubt they are true minilites.

**olredalert** · #10 10-24-2006, 06:21 PM

-----You can tell by the shape of the bead that the wheel in question is not by the same manufacturer as the Minilite. I agree, its a Western wheel!!!.......Bill S

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