mystery wheels

[jezze]

Anyone know what kind of wheels there are?

http://www.classiczcars.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=7234&cat=500&ppuser=4987

[Darkstar]

They look like ATS Classics...

They're quite popular in Europe, but I've never seen them on an American car.

[dk240z]

I believe those are Simmons wheels from Australia. Google there web site. I think they're still available. Guy's a Kiwi, so I'm sure they're Simmons.

'72 Pumpkin roller

'72 white 5speed/restomod

'73 silver auto/daily driver

[HKSZ]

They're made by Globe in Australia model is 'Bathurst' after the great car race I guess, some times called Challenger pretty era specific for Zeds and 510 as they started making them in the early '70's I reckon Simmons copied them for their 3pc B45

[hls30.com]

What ever it is, it looks like a newer copy of a Cromodora wheel used in the late late 60s/early 70s on Ferraris and Fiats-still, looks good on the car-I'd like a set.

Will

[hls30.com]

Quoted from:

http://www.aus-ford-uk.co.uk/html/wheels.html (skip down about half way...)

"Among Australian Ford fans, this wheel is probably the most admired, sought after and possibly misunderstood wheel of all. Hopefully, we can unravel some of the mystery.

The Bathurst Globe wheel was originally designed and produced by Globe Products of South Australia who were contracted to produce 200 sets to fit to the XA GTHO Phase4 Falcon, which was to be the basis for Ford’s continuing onslaught in the touring car wars in Australia in 1972. However, when the ‘supercar’ hysteria broke out, and the Phase4 was cancelled, Ford were left with the 200 sets. They were also left with no where else to go in their racing program but back to using the XY based Phase3 as their race car. This, of course, resulted in the appearance that Ford, while selling XA’s from their showrooms, were racing ‘last year’s car’. In an attempt to keep the Phase3 competitive, Ford gave away the 200 sets of wheels to Phase3 owners, so that they could be homologated for use in late 1972 in XY GTHO Phase3 race cars. There were good reasons for this desire to use the Bathurst Globes. They were 7 x 15 inch wheels, one inch wider and one inch taller than the steel wheels used in the Phase3’s previous racing season. They were stronger than the steel wheels, they contributed to far better cooling of the car’s brakes, and they allowed access to a much wider range of racing tyre in 15 inch diameter, while also allowing road users to access lower profile - 60 series - street rubber.

So, some points about the Bathurst Globe.

The actual wheel, as manufactured by Globe products, was originally known by its model name, Daytona. Why ? Well, a look at the wheels fitted to Ferrari’s Daytona car shows from where the design was ‘inspired’.

However, as time passed, and inspired by their introduction to the Australian motoring public by their appearance at and association with the 1972 Bathurst race, and Allan Moffat’s XY GTHO Phase3 Falcon, they have become, almost universally, ‘Bathurst Globes’ and the Daytona association has been largely forgotten."

And who did Ferrari get the Wheels from? Either Boranni(wires) or Cromoroda(alloys)!

Still, I like the greater relief in the Globe version!

Will

[jezze]

Thanks for the great info Will. I'm still curious though. On the pic I posted the wheels are four-lug style, not five as is the case with other reproductions I've seen. They are truly mystery wheels. :bandit:

[hls30.com]

Cromoroda made the 4 lug variety to fit Fiat and Alpha, it stands to reason that someone copied them to fit other than the 4/100 patern of the Italians.

Will