Topic: Ansen Wheels?
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Toledo, OH - USA
Joined: 9/4/2002
Posts: 147
Vette(s): 1976 Stingray, L48 auto Buckskin/Buckskin Leather originally. Numbers matching.
My '76 is wearing a set of Ansen aluminum slotted mags, and I'm curious. When getting gas one day, another Vette owner made mention that I needed to polish "those Ansens". Later I saw that Pro Team Corvettes has a couple of sets of these wheels for sale as after market wheels. Were these wheels a dealer option, a wheel marketed direclty towards Vettes, or just a popular Vette owner ad-on?
I know that they aren't rare or high dollar parts, I'm just curious because I will probaly replace them with steel rallies or Torq-Thrust D wheels.
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GRAND RAPIDS, OH - USA
Joined: 2/3/2002
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Vette(s): 1973 Coupe - was L82, auto, air, standard interior. Now has 1987 350 TBI, 700r4, 4:56, Fiero seats, new interior, PPG base/clear (BMW Hellrot Red), Alloy wheels, chambered exhaust, headers, small cam, interval wipers, cruise, front spoiler.
I think they were just popular at the time. In the early 70's aluminum slots were very popular. If you didn't have slots then you probably had Cragar SS rims. Both were the "race" wheels of the era.
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Toledo, OH - USA
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Vette(s): 1976 Stingray, L48 auto Buckskin/Buckskin Leather originally. Numbers matching.
Thanks for the input, was just curious.....thanks.
'76 L48 Auto
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