Avanti wheel? Don't think so.

[John Brayton]

Hi All,

Visited a friend today and he showed me an early 70s Firestone wheel display he purchased at a "junk" sale. It's a Firestone LXX and there's a web site http://www.madle.org/elxx.htm that goes into real detail. My friend said the wheel was used on the Stutz and the Avanti. I didn't find any connection to Avanti but thought some of you might know. Fun history on the wheel and worth reading.

Regards,

[Rhys]

Looks like a tire off the wife's car! LOL!!!

[Gunslinger]

No way that was on a contemporary Avanti. The Blackhawk was based on a Pontiac Grand Prix platform...wrong bolt circle to fit an Avanti, at least through 1985. If the wheel happened to be on a later, Monte Carlo based Avanti...possible, but wouldn't have been intended as such. It would have simply been a wheel some owner installed.

[JBOYLE]

Most, if not all of the 70-83s Stutzes had wires.
Here's a friends car in Indy.

https://picasaweb.google.com/109882243325353972851/Indy500CelebrationOfAutomobiles?feat=embedwebsite#5621908492615555138

I suppose it could have been from one of the very early or prototype cars in the late 60s...but few were made so the odds are against it.

[65cruiser]

Here's that wheel on a Stutz: