1971 General Lee, Wheels Please Help

Alex · Post by **Alex** » Mon Nov 07, 05 9:44 pm

The original Dukes style wheels are pretty rare and pretty expensive! ebay maybe??

Welcome to the forum!!

Alex · Post by **Alex** » Mon Nov 07, 05 9:47 pm

Holly · Post by **Holly** » Mon Nov 07, 05 10:03 pm

All the Chargers (all 'B' bodies for that matter) have the same bolt spacing, however do note that the same type of wheels (Turbo Vectors) have been made for different cars (quite a few pickups and vans out there with them - don't pity the fools who painted them red

).

Was this the '71 General Lee that was listed on ebay a couple of months back? (it's not the first '71-'74 General to be made, but they're definately not the norm!).

Holly · Post by **Holly** » Mon Nov 07, 05 10:30 pm

Ah, we wondered where it went, nice to hear its gone to someone whos enjoying it

Will or Martin might be able to point you in the right direction (I'm sure they'll post here in due course), or check some of the links at the bottom of the links page on my website

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Mon Nov 07, 05 10:40 pm

Hi there and welcome.

The "Correct" 10 spoke American Racing wheels are very heavy money, even in the States, and are no longer manufactured. I would guess that you would be looking at $1200 for a set of 4 plus shipping and duties (and probably tyres..)

However, there are some wheels that look close enough that are cheaper (TurboVec's I think ??)

I stand to be corrected by the afficianados......

Kev · Post by **Kev** » Mon Nov 07, 05 11:37 pm

I'd say as it is not a '69 Duke to go for the cheap "lookalike" option..... 8)

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Tue Nov 08, 05 12:33 am

Pete's right about the American Racing Vector wheels but 'Turbo Vecs' are not really similar at all and have 13 spokes which do not curve but have a kink in them.

Virtually impossible to find Vectors in the UK

just had a look on ebaymotors.com (i bought two of my vectors there)

here are some in usa but are GM stud pattern
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayI ... 8011681743

here is a single dodge one
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayI ... 8011546690

by the way the search string I was using to find them was the following line

(dukes, general, vector) +(wheel*, rim*, alloy*) -tire*

if that helps ! (asterisk finds extensions of words for instance plurals)

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Tue Nov 08, 05 12:12 pm

I heard they were re-making the wheels - might be for a limited time though.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Tue Nov 08, 05 7:53 pm

I have two 15x7 10 spoke vectors (chevy pattern ) for ?100 which is what they cost me though you would have to get these unilugged or use adaptors. I also have three 14x6 already unilugged, if you want these aswell you can have all five for ?150. P.M. me if you're interested.