Real American mags:

They're 15x8-1/2's. Now I need a pair for the front, either 15x7's, 15x6's or 15x4-1/2's. And like I said they'll be put on just for special occasions, like a Saturday night cruise-in or a trip to the Union Hill, Windy Hollow or Beech Bend drag strips.

Tracy

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Too bad you use the truck bolt pattern, Alex has a set that looks just like those.

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Polished magnesium stays polished for about an hour..Today you leave the wheels unpolished. The oxidized magnesium look is "in". Nothing else looks like oxidized magnesium.

These wheels in the 5-1/2" bolt pattern aren't really all that common. I looked for two years before I found these.

Bob, the Merc should have the same bolt pattern as the trucks - 5x5-1/2". Aluminum Americans will have "American Racing Equiment" plus size info in raised cast letters on the backside of the wheel. And they will be one-piece wheels, too, not aluminum centers in steel rims.

I'm emailing you, Bob

http://home.earthlink.net/~threynolds2/didgeytruck/americanmags.html

Back in 1975 I really wanted a 1956 Ford panel. I found a 1955 and "settled" on that for my first vehicle. I wanted a set of American Racing Torq Thrusts for it. They were no longer available so I "settled" on a set of American 200S wheels for it. I sold the truck before I finished it and the wheels went with it. Now with the help of ebay and swap meets I can build the truck I wanted back in 1976, since I now own a 1956 panel.

Looking through old magazines for ads has taught me a lot - like ALUMINUM Torq Thrusts weren't on the market until 1965. Prior to that they were all magnesium. For the younger generation reading this - that's where the term "mag wheel" came from.

American Mags - still the coolest wheels.

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Originally posted by DidgeyTrucker:
... Polished magnesium stays polished for about an hour..Today you leave the wheels unpolished. The oxidized magnesium look is "in". Nothing else looks like oxidized magnesium. Tracy

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Tracy,
I'm confused. My experience has been with MAGNESIUM rims that they'll first turn dark gray, then start to pit with white oxidized scale at the pits..... How do you prevent them from going beyond the gray?

I haven't tried many preventions, but the only thing I've found to keep my Motorwheel Flea magnesium racing rims from going to the flakey white pitting stage is to wipe them down periodically with WD-40 or fuel oil....
I was thinking of even powdercoating them or simply painting them gray.

Ryan, they aren't mounted yet. They're still inside and haven't gone past the "gray" stage. I have seen the white oxidation you're talking about (on others) and I thought was because of extreme exposure to the elements.

I recently acquired a set of four - 15x8 and 14x6, 5x4-1/2 b.c. - for my '56 panel. They are the first design version magnesium Torq Thrust (round spokes) wheels. I plan on fully polishing these once and then letting nature take it's course.