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On the week end i went to the victorian hotrod show and i saw a stall that sold T-shirts etc and they had a few wheels on display. One of the wheels was an alloy GTS wheel witch at first i thought was a torana sprintmaster but on closer inspection i realised it was actually a GTS wheel. I looked at the back of it and noticed the holes for the wheel studs did not go right through the wheel but it did have wheel nuts on the face of the wheel. Does anyone know if these wheels are available for street use???? I should have asked the girl at the stall ut being an idiot i didnt so can anyone help?????????? |
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It could be a USA made alloy version of a wheel sometimes called a 'Californian'. These look a lot like a GTS wheel, but are normally all chrome. The HZ GTS and Sandman actually had 14 x 6 alloy wheels late in the model run. These were the same as a HZ S |
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Thanks for theinfo Byron. Did anet search but with no luck so far |
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i saw them too, thay are not a gts wheel, but are a 5 spoke with blacked out areas on the inside and they had a Rare Spares GTS center cap on them. they looked to be about 17".
looked pretty good. but i dont know what they are called
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Hi Dylan They were a very close replica of a gts wheel. I want a set for my HX sedan that curently has an original set of gts wheels. they looked wider than 6 inchs aswell |
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the americans have done an alloy 17inch billet rally 2 wheel for pontiacs etc...probably those....i believe they are done by a company called wheel vintiques... |
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Thanks for the info Classic. I looked at wheel vintiques website and they do make them. I contacted their melbourn supplier and he told me i was looking at $800 EACH for 18 X 7 inch . I can get better looking wheels for less. So i guess i will stick w |
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