i just picked up these wheels today and im wondering if anyone knows what they are, the guy said he bought them back in the early 70's and they are aluminum

 

Those are what us old people called Slot Mags I see they are Unilug(they will fit any bolt pattern and they MAY(?) be Americans. T.

 

I had some Cragars that looked like them.

 

oh no not mags!!!!!!

 

If I am not mistaken, they were Cragar "Western" rims. I've been wanting to find a set for my '73 Ranchero, but there are many other things ahead of rims for my "project."
By then I'm sure I'll find something I like better. Kinda nostalgic.

 

Correction These rims are from the TOYOTA CELICAS back in the day when they looked like muscle cars.

 

cragars I would bet

 

Yup! Aluminum Slots, was what they were called back in the 60s and 70s. Boy do they ever bring back the memories!

In their day it was almost entirely either Cragar SS mags or Slots that were on every muscle car.

I've wondered why they disappeared. The Cragar SSs are still around but the Slots are never seen.

 

I still like slotted mags.

If these wheels were polished, I'd say they were E.T Mags judging from the oblong bolt holes.

 

'73 Ranchero huh, got a pic. I could photochop them on there for ya.

 

i have a set of those mags laying around... do you guys think theyd look good on a 83 z28, if i polished them?

heres a pic:

 

Go ahead and polish them and try. Seeing it for real beats a photochop any day. You might like it. Put them on and see, and take a pic, I'd like to see as well.

 

i took them off the el camino they were on today... cleaned one of em up... theyre in good condition... i polished it some, and it looks nice. set it up in front of my other wheel, and i think it looks good... im going to be getting new tires in a week or so

ill finish cleaning these up and get new tires, and put them on and post up some pics... i think its going to look great. and ive never seen these on a thirdgen, so i get points for originality

 

i belive those were also off certain vegas gt's i think if not my dad had some on both his vegas and an extra set in the shed

 

That sounds about right. I always saw those rims on the Ford Turinos. They were pretty popular in the 70's because in books you see a lot of custom cars with them, especially the old beatles.

 

Those are Magnesium wheels made by a company named Halibrand.

Put them on Ebay and you'll be surprised how much they are worth.

 

there are many different brands of wheels like that... we got one like it that is a cragar that just has slight differences. im not sure what the set i have is, but its exactly like his. i dont think mine are magnesium because they have some weight to them, which may be the old tired i guess... how do i tell if a wheel is magnesium or aluminum?

 

light it on fire then pour water on it. if the fire gets hotter and brighter then it's magnesium if it odesnt it aluminim. j/k i really dont know how to tell

 

lol... i dont care whether theyre magnesium or aluminum, im going to use em... ill post pics after i get em shined up and got the new tires on