Rare: 14x6 Bigwheel rim (only one) w/original cap

[restojohnny]

I just completed another set of 5 of these and this one is the 6th wheel so I do not need this extra one so it's for sale. It is straight and true. It is a 14x6. The chrome has surface rust but no peeling or pitting thru the chrome. The center is perfect with no crack's etc.... The original cap which is there and clearly you can see it say's "BIGWHEELS" so with that the cap is even more rare than the wheel itself LOL. LINK TO MY AD WITH PICTURES ETC..... http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1310727

I am asking only $350.00 inlcudes shipping ANYWHERE !!!!

[Greasy Dave]

How rare are these ,if you don't mind me asking.I bought a pair of 8x15s without caps about 5 years ago and yours is the first wheel since that i have seen for sale.And no mine are not for sale ever,just curious to how rare these are.

[johnl]

I remember the shop well.  It was located on the corner of Main St & Acacia in Garden Grove.  This is where the Friday night cruise is held these days.  The Bigwheel shop was a converted gas station and they made a lot of dune buggy wheels back in the day.  That building is gone and a business complex is there today.

I've been told that prior to the gas station it was the local Ford Dealership from back in the '40's that relocated over to Brookhurst St. and Standford Ave., also located in Garden Grove.  That dealership closed shortly after we moved into our home some 34 years ago.

So there is your history lesson today from the Professor