65-66 Teak wheel, did it come with the car?

[William B.]

Is there any way to determine if a 65-66 teak wheel was delivered with that car. I do know paper work might prove it, my question is when judging the car what do we look for to determine.

[Bill L.]

Re: 65-66 Teak wheel, did it come with the car?

Bill:

There is no way to determine a teak wheel was originally installed on a car or not. The mounting for standard and teak wheels is identical and there are no other indicators as to which was installed.

From a judging perspective I suppose it is possible to tell a poorly done reproduction (there were several in earlier years) but that still does not indicate which wheel was "originally" installed.

Regards
Bill

[William B.]

Re: 65-66 Teak wheel, did it come with the car?

Thanks, Bill, That is what I thought, but could not confirm.

[Bill M.]

Re: 65-66 Teak wheel, did it come with the car?

I have a teak wheel on my 65 always wondered if it is real or not. I never did any research is there a way to tell?

[William B.]

Re: 65-66 Teak wheel, did it come with the car?

Hopefully others will answer, but the spokes give the repo away, unless the repo is built on an original core?

[Wayne M.]

Re: 65-66 Teak wheel, did it come with the car?

Details of spoke bevel on an original; 1st pic is topside; 2nd is underside.


Teak-3.jpgbackside_untouched.jpg

[Philip A.]

Re: 65-66 Teak wheel, did it come with the car?

Hopefully others will answer, but the spokes give the repo away, unless the repo is built on an original core?

In the spirit of the "Restoration Engine" thread, wouldn't a wheel built on an original core be a restored original?

Wayne
Thanks for posting the photo. I too have a 1965 with a Teak Wheel and two "experts" told me it was an original and not a repro. Your photo confirms it and how they knew.
Phil

[Bill L.]

Re: 65-66 Teak wheel, did it come with the car?

Technically yes---provided the core was "restored" with the original material with which it was originally built.

Conversely, a core from a plastic wheel that has been fitted with new pieces of teak to build a teak wheel is NOT a restored original --- it is a "hybrid-reproduction" for lack of a better term... i.e. it never really existed in that form ----

Just my two cents ---

Regards
Bill