Non-stock wheels on your 356? Post a pic!

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#196 Post by MarkWade »

Question , Adam are wire wheels for 356's rare. I was looking through Bonhams auction catalog for the Simon Museum they had several Porsche wheels listed, one was a wire wheel.

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#197 Post by Adam Wright »

Maybe some of the older guys can chime in here, but I think it was a pretty rare thing to see a 356 with wires, you normally see them on MG's and Ferrari's
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#198 Post by MarkWade »

I just checked the auction results for the wheels. I was wrong there where two wire wheels along with One mag and a cookie cutter. The lot sold for $ 62.00

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#199 Post by Max Handley »

Mark....Yes , most thought they were not the correct look for the Porsche, as mentioned they were considered suited for the British cars. In my 50 years I've maybe seen one car so equipped.

Having said that I like them even more today due to their rarity, it's nice to see something unique.
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#200 Post by MarkWade »

Thanks Max! I like them too. I guess I should have bid on them, but unsure that they where for real.

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#201 Post by Dick Douglass »

"A 356 A with Glockler wire wheels was seen at the concous competition in Bad Homburg. German regulations are very strict on what can and can't be fitted to vehicles, so Glockler must have had a series of products approved by the TUV."

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bottom of page also says each and every 356 A engine is thoroughly tested for 3 hours ect.ect and a BOOK WAS KEPT in the engine test-house in which each test are entered.

I say that is Quality!!!

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#202 Post by Ned Gorski »

Alloy 16x5.5 made by boyd coddington for emory motosports..I will be putting these gems on my 56 outlaw

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#203 Post by C J Murray »

16s look good. I used 205/55-16 tires to get to stock diameter. GPS says speedo is spot on.
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#204 Post by Rob Green »

Ned,
I'm a big fan of Coddington wheels also. Boyd is deceased, but his son Chris a great guy and does a marvelous job on wheels. Attached is a pic of his wheels on my 64 C. Web site is alloyreplicas.com

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#205 Post by Steve Raucher »

These deep dish Fuchs have been in place many years along with the disc brakes all around and I never get tired of the look.
Down the road I will get a set of "C" wheels just for a change of look.
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#206 Post by Dick Roth »

Genuine Rudge wheels but with 5 1/2" rims, German TUV approved center nuts without ears.
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#207 Post by Jim Breazeale »

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Cosmic Wheels date stamped 1971. They originally were silver with black accents. Can't wait for the comments!
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#208 Post by Joris Koning »

Hey Jim.

I believe i have seen those before :wink: am i right?
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#209 Post by Greg Bryan »

Well, they're different . . .
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#210 Post by Kevin Wills »

I think they actually look pretty cool, Jim.

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