<VV> Hands Wheels::::::::::::::

[Rick Loving]

The 14x7 rims are another aftermarket rim patterned after the Hands rims.   Dan Gurney offered this style of rim in a variety of sizes and offsets.  The original Hands pattern can easily be seperated from the later versions by the cast hub that the spinner attaches to.  Later copies just use center caps.... I have original Hands in 13x5.5 and other Manfactured in 13x5.5, 14x5.5, 14x7, and 15x5.5.   They are my favorite style of rim for the vair.....



Danforth West <bonanz01 at myfairpoint.net> wrote:

>All:
>
>I have recently purchased a 66 Turbo Coupe in
>Oregon. Very soon I will be flying out there and
>driving it home to Maine, 3,400 miles of bliss, it
>is hoped.......
>
>My question for all of you is this:
>
>My car has what I believe to be some very unique
>wheels. They are Hands 14X7 inchers, something
>I know I have never seen before on any Corvair. 
>There seems to be little or nothing on the web
>concerning the Hands Wheel Company, and I'd be
>really grateful for any information I could get about
>their history, etc., and anything about these 14X7s.
>
>I have seen MANY Hands wheels on Corvairs going
>all the way back to Car and Driver on the Fitch 
>Sprints, but I have never, ever seen anything like these
>before. I can only guess they stopped making them
>when Corvair sales started to drop in 1966.......
>
>Thanks in advance for your input:
>
>Dan West
>
>'66 Turbo Coupe 
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