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What wheels are these?

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I saw a car yesterday in San Jose CA with a set of alloy wheels that I have never seen before. Any idea who made them?
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These look like a Ford Truck 5 bolt wheel. I once found a '64 or '65 SC in Detroit that had Ford truck wheels on it, I never knew until then they would fit.
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#3 Post by Steve Douglas »

Sebastian, good guess but almost all 5 lug Fords are 5-1/2" or 139mm bolt circle. The Porsche are 130mm. There were some uni-lug alloy wheels (ET Wheels) that had various inserts, but this wasn't one of those. The car was at Custom Alignment and they were puzzled by the wheels too. Anybody own the Red '66 912 ???
Here's a link to a wheel chart for 5 lug 130mm bolt circle. https://www.wheel-size.com/pcd/5x130/

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#4 Post by Martin Benade »

I mostly prefer the look of steel wheels but I do like that wheel. I think some later Beetles had a similar stamped steel wheel.
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#5 Post by Greg Bryan »

Didn't 924s have a wheel that looked like that and a special spare tire wheel?

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#6 Post by Greg Bryan »

Close but no cigar - 4 lug and 8 holes

944 spare wheel?

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Another edit - may be Boxter spare - found this pic on Ebay
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#7 Post by Steve Douglas »

Greg, I think you have figured it out, I forgot about the spare wheels that were popular a few years ago, I went and looked at my 968 and it does look the same. Just strip the paint and polish.

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#8 Post by Steve Douglas »

Greg you going to be at North South? should be a great weekend.

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#9 Post by Greg Bryan »

I tried, but through procrastination and sloth, I missed the cut-off date. I tried to use someone's reservation that couldn't go at the last minute, but that didn't work out either. Next time ...
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#10 Post by Martin Benade »

The hub around the lug nuts is not identical but I suppose they are basically the same wheels.
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