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what do you think about those wheels :climax wheels made by walker foundries  very special i'm not fan   :o more at http://www.terovirta.com/volks/Frame.html (http://www.terovirta.com/volks/Frame.html)

i just see an add on samba that randar wheels made a copy of this wheels , they call this one (DDM circus wheels)
check :http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=770761 (http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=770761)

Saw them a couple of days ago (not in person) ;)

I think they are being shown at Bug In 34 iirc.

They look quite nice, not sure if they have they look old school enough though.

I'm not a fan too. :( They look like some saw stuff. :D

I quite like the originals, because they are different, and very rare. The reproductions look too clean, the rims are fine polished, but the centre of the wheels should be available in a brushed or unpolished finish IMHO.

I thought that, they look quite diamond cut!

I believe the "DDM" in the wheels description stand for the late David Mayes initials.
He was the one who lent them an original to copy.
I think the top picture was his wheel.
 :'(

they remind me of mullets and champ 500's  ;D

Anthony / ISP WEST

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Man you read my mind, slot mags give me the same icky feelings.

actually they are awfully similar to a lamborghini countach wheel. not my cup of tea.

They look like wide five phone dials...................... ;D

X2 - they need to be satin finish - The repops look too much like 90s billet hot rod crap.

I was thinking the same thing........... I like them anyway! Well I'm one of the few who like phone dials too...
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Not my cup of tea :/

mingers.com imho!

i don't like it.... ::)

maybe for a vw Golf... ::)

bump, does anyone actually own any original walker wheels (or know someone who does)?

cheers, Si.

Welll the Mk1 golf boys have already started running Fuchs ::)

and they should be punished for it!
don't mind them running 16s, though.  ;)

the only one i knew was dave mayes , the first pict came from is site

ok, thanks Fabs, does anyone know of anyone else who has any?

PS, I agree about those pesky golf guys putting fuchs on their car, they can have the 14s as well though.

I kinda like the originals, as said they are different to the norm.

Very soon now, a set will turn up on a really wild ride and we'll all be saying how cool these wheels look on the 'Right' car...

I love old school, but to be honest I do get kinda tired of seeing so many similar wheels on so many cars and I wouldn't mind at all if somebody brave enough tries to go a different route with  their wheels?

Any takers?

 

Sorry but those are incredibly ugly. If they made them in 24"+ sizes you would see jacked up impalas rolling on them.

--louis

and if those goes in production that will be the same for all other wheel , everybody will buy it to be different and we shall return in same problems , same wheels on several cars

I can not remember ever seeing these wheels on a car, even back into the late sixties. They could not have sold many. Nixon Wheels?

  Mayes (rip) bought his 2 wheels from Dyno Don. Dyno had those 2 wheels for years..Jim

I've already apologized for having owned a pair of monkey butt ugly Walker wheels some thirty yrs ago. So ugly in fact, I ran them on 55 oval
with a Domus stake bed kit.....equally ugly. Old issues of Car Guide magazine had ads from Continental wheel in Long Beach showing those wheels.






No I didn't build it, just bought it for five bills with a snapped crank. The Walkers came later. Sorry if I spoiled your appetite.

Um, I actually like that. Been tempted to build one for years.

--louis

 :o :o look those big mirror  ::) ::).......................... ;D ;D ;D

As I have followed this topic, I have been biting my tongue to not enter a statement.  I have a complete set of these Walker wheels (5),  as mentioned by John Lazenby.
I put the set together back in late 60s and ran them on my DKP (generation 1), '67 bug.  I have saved them and painstakingly refurbished them, a story in itself.
I was set to drive them to the last Bug-In #50, here in So Cal this last June 2018, they were not road ready.
For some reason there seems to be a fair amount of pessimism. with these wheels.
In 1968, I was 15 1/2 years old when I bought my first VW, a 1967 zenith blue bug. I enjoyed all things VWs, clubs, VW car rally's, drag's, Bug Ins. 
This is the time that predates everything that became "Cal Look."
Doing a VW back then and being in DKP, the goal was to excel with both looks and performance, also be cutting edge.  BRMs, American Torques, magnesium, were the wheels of choice.  Both hard to come by then, harder now. The other wheel choices for wide five were limited as well.
How do you do something cutting edge but different?  I chose these, possibly harder to get a complete set together then, than any other aforementioned wheels. Ask Dyno Don, he was always trting to get me to sell him my spare.
Regards,
Art Alvarez, DKP Generation 1

For sure one of the most unusual wheels ever produced.... Arts car looked fantastic back in the day with them.   BTY.... The DDM markings  stand for Dyno Don/David Mays....  as the wheels were remanufactured from the originals that I sold Randy/Randar for such purpose.   Travel on.......    Peace Out/Dyno Don

Peace out ✌🏼Art

hi art  nice to see you here
i've just one phot of your car with the walker wheels
i've seen the one you brought at the 50th dkp birthday
those very heavy

rgd
fabs

and i remember a picture of mother's bus with those walker wheels

here's an advertising for the walker wheels , here' showed with a center caps

 ;)

To Mr. Speedwell,
Yes you have captured to entire known history of these wheels, including some of my only pictures.
Having recently rejoined the ?bug nation,? I still hear the fugly remarks.

Understood. Not everybody?s cup of tea. Unusual would be the best words for them, in their natural state, rough.
But as you see on the Rick ?mother? Meisners bus, (fronts), his were hand polished, like BRMs were done in the day.  Professional polished were quite different and more acceptable, IMHO.  I don?t understand the hate for them? I can see dislike, but fugly, a bit strong.

My ?63 fjord blue rag sunroof bug, it has the Airkewld front and rear disc brake system, which allows the change between Porsche 5 X 130 bolt pattern and 5 X 205, VW wide five. Looking to show up running the Walkers wheels, could be any day as they are now sorted.

Regards,

Art A.

@ Abadaco2: your grey bug really looked great on those wheels, just a little bit different - your personal touch.  8)
I have just finished re-reading "Story of California Look" few days ago, and really enjoy opportunity to hangout and learn everything about cal-look on this forum.

To Doctor,
Our DKP club was very competitive. As Greg Aronson built the legendary white car, John Lazenby the butternut gold car, they were setting new heights.
As I built my bug it was quite the challenge, to pick a color, interior, motor and wheels. Wanting to push the envelope so to say.  I always knew I could search out BRMs.
Regards,
Art A.

@Abadco2:

Hi, yes, I'm aware that between members in DKP was some kind of competition spirit, mostly oriented on performance above all.
Aronsons car and Lazeby's Butternut car were school example how to make a good looking cal-look bug.
They both stand the test of the time, very easy !

Dear John,
Still playing with our toys. Our top (DKP) was very high ^ it was always a challenge.  I am still seeks relevant wheels of choice, would have loved to get magnesium torques, like yours.
The complement was well earned and set new heights, and was the envy of those who truly appreciate works of auto art.
Art