914 Wheels?

6X14 ? AND 4 bolt pattern. They might fit but I'd wager they weren't a factory option. I've never seen anything like them before on any kind of car.

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These wheels are Super rare, I only have seen 2 sets in 28 years !

and for a good reason...ugly and who wants 14" rims???

Ewww...

I didn't say I was interested in getting them.
Just wondering if anyone has seen them before.
The funny thing is that some vw guy that wants Porsha stuff will buy them.

QUOTE (1970 Neun vierzehn @ Apr 6 2006, 02:32 PM)

6X14 ? AND 4 bolt pattern. They might fit but I'd wager they weren't a factory option. I've never seen anything like them before on any kind of car.

yepp, 14" was an option, even for the 4-lug cars ...

i have seen those kind of wheels before. FUGLY ...
Andy

Andy,
Are you saying that a 14" wheel was a "factory" option on a 914/4? Where? Europe? When? Any idea what it looked like? I'd never heard of that before.

QUOTE (SirAndy @ Apr 6 2006, 05:34 PM)

FUGLY ... Andy

and you'ld consider buying wheels from a guy in Belgium whose screen name is "Guido?"

QUOTE (1970 Neun vierzehn @ Apr 6 2006, 04:48 PM)

Andy, Are you saying that a 14" wheel was a "factory" option on a 914/4? Where? Europe? When? Any idea what it looked like? I'd never heard of that before.

ok, just checked, my bad, 14" was only a factory option for the 5-lug 914-6 ...

but i found some more interesting data:

from DGVWPB:

under 4-lug Wheel/Tire Combinations, they list a 4-Lug STEEL wheel/tire combo with the following specs ...

Wheel: 9"x15 ET -19 (!)
Tires: 285/40 x 15

and an 8" with an ET of -25 (!)

so, at one point, there was a factory (well, lenner) 4-lug (!) 9" steel wheel with an ET of -19 (thats one damm deep dish wheel!)

not unlike the 9" 4-lug steel wheel i had on my VW-Bug ...
and i always thought that my bug wheels were aftermarket, looks like they were genuine after all ...
Andy


PS: oh, and a (presumably 5-lug) 11" wheel with an ET of -44 (!)

Ummmmm....

That's Guido of Getwood City in Belgium

GETWOOD CITY?


Tha'ts just a few kilometers east of Big Bootie...

Ken

I have seen those wheels before in the 70s in Europe and here. They are knock off of Compegello(Sp?). If you will look in the books about converted 914-6s by Italian coachmakers with will see wheels that are very similar. They made them for 911's also.

They were popular wheels for Fiat X-19 also.

QUOTE (kwales @ Apr 6 2006, 08:50 PM)

Ummmmm.... That's Guido of Getwood City in Belgium GETWOOD CITY? Tha'ts just a few kilometers east of Big Bootie... Ken