Vintage style Stock Car wheels?

So I'd like to go with a race car look with the Corvair. I did some internet searches for vintage style stock car wheels and came up empty.

I found some modern stock car wheels and while they look good, supposedly they aren't meant for the street or at least that's what the manufacturers say on their sites, most likely because they aren't DOT approved.

So I am really liking the new stock car wheels, because I can get them in the size, offset, And bolt pattern for about $65 a piece.

I like Soft 8s, but they're pretty heavy.

Any ideas, suggestions, insults?

All stock car wheels are heavy. When we ran Nascar late '90's / early 2000's, and bought had them by the truck loads. They weren't expensive, but they had to be replaced often because of contact with other cars, or walls. I want to say each tire / wheel combo was north of 90 lbs. They haven't changed much since then. A lot of people use them, but they are not light, none of them.

I'm pretty sure we had a minimum wheel weight somewhere around 20 lbs for a 15x10 wheel.

Diamond racing has street versions and a lighter spun shell race version of most of their wheels.

Plus they will do custom offsets/bolt patterns for cheap money.

Jumper K. Balls wrote: Diamond racing has street versions and a lighter spun shell race version of most of their wheels. Plus they will do custom offsets/bolt patterns for cheap money.

Yes. Diamond will build pretty much whatever you want, if you can get his wife to pick up the phone. Don't even bother trying email...

I must admit I haven't ordered anything from them for a couple of years.

All the stock car wheels I have found have been in the 20lbs range.

In reply to Streetwiseguy:

Just ordered some custom offset 15's a few months ago. They showed up 3 weeks later. Fast service, custom wheels made in the USA for under $90 each. I don't think they can be beat.

What do you mean by vintage? If you're talking about the same era as your Corvair, they were just reinforced stock style wheels, widened and reinforced of course.

Stock car wheels aren't DOT approved cause they never bothered to try and get them approved. Them racin' wheels, don't need no DOT ratings. But they are pretty darn cheap and can be fairly light depending on which ones you get. I would run them on the street, just watch out for potholes and curbs, they may bend pretty easy.

Soft 8's are pretty heavy, but strong as heck. The ones I had were load rated at 3000 lbs each. That's more than most pickup wheels.

http://www.bassettwheel.com/dot.html Another option is widening whatever steel wheels you want. Do a quick search on "widening steel wheels". I don't think I'm that brave to attempt myself, but apparently it's reasonably easy.

In reply to ncjay:

No, I'm not going to attempt that myself.

Mainly I'm looking at the slotted or "D" slot style wheels.

I have bassets. I thought they were really light. I know they are strong because they have survived regular contact for 3 seasons now.

ncjay wrote: http://www.bassettwheel.com/dot.html Another option is widening whatever steel wheels you want. Do a quick search on "widening steel wheels". I don't think I'm that brave to attempt myself, but apparently it's reasonably easy.

I run them on my car trailer. Backspacing was perfect and the silver matched the trailer well. They require 45* lug nuts though. The finish on the wheels isn't holding up the best, but they still look decent after several years and being in all kinds of weather.

So I read that the wheels are lug centric for balancing on the Bassett wheels and require a lug adapter for balancing. Does anyone know if that's true?