Can anyone ID these wheels

elwood

elwood

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Hey guys, Iv got a set of these wheels, there 21s.
Iv never seen any like these, theres no beed around the edge.
Any clue what they are ?
thanks
 

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That rib thing runs up to the lug nut hole instead of between them. i cannot find a decent picture of a 1927 wheel that might have been different.
 
Apparently, there were some 21" s produced without the bead edge. They had the rim edge same as 1930'31 19"'s.
A couple of FBers have posted pics of them . If you have a set, I would use them, as a talking point.
The so called AR wheel had a bead edge rim like all 21's, but the hub area was slightly different shaped to fit the early type drums, the rears without the separate brake band.
 
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I recently toured Mike's Affordable Model A parts in Georgia. Mike has one of these wheels mounted on the wall by his front door. He knows some of the history behind it.
 
dumb person said:
That rib thing runs up to the lug nut hole instead of between them. i cannot find a decent picture of a 1927 wheel that might have been different.
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I am enclosing a picture of a 26/27 wheel for comparison.

I too have encountered a couple of 21's like you show and I have always suspected they were someone's aftermarket wheel. Maybe not.??.

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I saw several of these 21" wheels without the bead edge in Brazil. Has anyone from Argentina seen them there too?
 
These wheels actually belong to a old friend of mine, and he did import 4 model A,s from Argentina some years ago, now I'm thinking this is where these wheels came from.
 
I've seen wheels like that from Argentina !! Usually the spokes are Oxy -Acetelyne welded at the rim Check the spokes before you use them !!!!!!

Johm Cochran
 
very interesting...I saw a set of Western Auto rims about ten or fifteen years ago but cannot remember if they had such a configuration.
 
if those wheels are manufactured in Argentina, for replacement, the company is PROTO, were built between the years 40 and 70
 
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