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Title: Can anyone identify these rivieras? Post by: beetletom on September 14, 2017, 12:15:08 pm Smooth spokes like on original wheels, but with a safety lip on the rim, like repro copies
No manufacturer markings on the wheels whatsoever ? Unless they are early rocket or American eagle copies? Title: Re: Can anyone identify these rivieras? Post by: nicolas on September 19, 2017, 16:24:41 pm first generation rivieras had flat spokes. i had a set and what also set them apart was that the angles are smoother on the spokes. mine were raw/sandcast but these could be polished some time.
the guy (nico86) i sold them to still has them on his car i believe. he will post as he is still quite active here ;D Title: Re: Can anyone identify these rivieras? Post by: jhicken on September 20, 2017, 05:49:17 am Early rivieras, I've seen them with both fat lip (like the one pictured) and one with thin lips, similar to the later style rims. I've heard that they were made by a company called Superior. I've had a few sets over the years, fully polished like the one pictured.
-j. (http://www.cjvws.com/hosted/my69.v2.jpg) Title: Re: Can anyone identify these rivieras? Post by: nicolas on September 23, 2017, 07:55:40 am yes indeed the early flat spoke type came in fat lip first and later with the thinner lip. both similar, but they do give the rim a specific/different look. the ones in the first seem to be the thin lip style.
there is a topic on rivieras here on the Lounge. Title: Re: Can anyone identify these rivieras? Post by: Rick Meredith on September 25, 2017, 20:49:03 pm Early rivieras, I've seen them with both fat lip (like the one pictured) and one with thin lips, similar to the later style rims. I've heard that they were made by a company called Superior. I've had a few sets over the years, fully polished like the one pictured. -j. (http://www.cjvws.com/hosted/my69.v2.jpg) I would totally run these over the alloys. Dare to be different Title: Re: Can anyone identify these rivieras? Post by: Nico86 on September 30, 2017, 15:20:59 pm first generation rivieras had flat spokes. i had a set and what also set them apart was that the angles are smoother on the spokes. mine were raw/sandcast but these could be polished some time. the guy (nico86) i sold them to still has them on his car i believe. he will post as he is still quite active here ;D Yes, still have those wheels on my car :) Angles are smoother indeed, and they compared to the wheel pictured on the first post of this thread they don't have this casting around the center. And they have the thin lip without this safety lip for the tire. Will post a pic later when I'm on my laptop. |