Jbalz

hey guys, Im new to the forum, but a great lover of all things Mopar..i recently have been helping my elderly dad clean-up some of his stuff and he has a set of Dodge rims and we were wondering if you guys could tell us what they are from and what you guys think would be a fair market value for them. I just dont know alot about it and thought this would be the best place to ask..They are 15 inch rims, believe they are 7 wide, and they are aluminum, and kind of in the style of "general lee" type wheels. He said he took them of a 86 Ramcharger he had gotten for parts, but was thinking that they were actually Dodge Charger wheels. Now I dont know enuff about it to say wether they are actually vinage Charger wheels or just some stock wheels offa 80's Ramcharger..just want to find out what we have before sticking a price tag on them..Ill try to post pics with this post, they are in reall good shape, but one is bad, as the holes have egged out in it, but it was "fixed" with thick washers and used for a few years, i was thinking it could be fixed professinally probly for a reasonable price. the other 3 are great. the rims would clean-up real good. So if anyone here could tell me for sure what these are, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for ur time to help. Jon

Jbalz

Heres another pic.

northcoasttip

i think those came from a charger

TVLynn

They may have come off a Charger, I think they are aftermarket

Crazy4Carz.Com

Dukes wheels!

mr340

Weren't they called Hurricane II's? Are there any identifying marks/numbers on them?

mr340

Yes they are...



http://www.zparts.com/ads/wheels/ads/wfs-17/wfs-17.html

Jbalz

OK so you guys are thinking they are these "hurricane" wheels. which would be aftermarket? They seemed pretty old, Do you think they have any vintage value? or is it just some rim still avalible today? They are cool, I see the ones in the pic were going for 95 a peice uncleaned, 105 cleaned up. i know these rims would clean up great. Thanks for the info and comments any more would be appreciated!!

Jbalz

Any tips on good way to clean em up without hurting them? hopefully better than the knukle busting old scrub and shine.lol..like to get em cleaned up? anyone know any good sources of rim repair people? also like to estimate what it may cost to get the one fixed..thanks again for all your help.

Silverick

My '82 MasterCraft 454/Powerslot came on this custom tandem trailer, when brand new. Same wheels....

scotts74birds

I dont want to plant false hope, but the original "Dukes" wheels are dis-continued, and highly sought after for "tribute" and "clone" cars.
This was in an article I read a few years back when the re-make movie came out. I hope these are them, and worth some $ for you!

mr340

Try this with some good old fashioned elbow grease and those things will look like brand new!!

Jbalz

haha..OK. that was the knukle busting routine that i was hoping there was a better alternitive. Ive used nevr-dull before...alot of scrubing and buffing...it does work tho...you guys dont think it would hurt the rims..Im sure i could have several hours into each wheel..i was kinda hoping you guys knew of some good new way of doing it...something spray on, wipe off or something..but i guess if its the old fashioned way then so be it..

Jbalz

And i was wondering, what exactly were the rims on the general lee?? I know these are similar to them but i dont think they are "dukes wheels"...i think they would work if you couldnt find originals tho...didnt the general have black between the spokes of the rim? As always any info would help....thanks again guys for all your previous help!!