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Postby Transit Supervan » Mon Aug 28, 2023 8:23 am

Hi

Long time reader here, first time posting

I am hoping someone can help me please, I am wondering what wheels did the original Supervan1 use?
Does anyone have a clear photo of the wheels used?

I assume they are GT40 wheels?

Thanks

These are the highest resolution photos I have been able to find but they still don't clearly show what the wheels are.

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Re: Supervan1 question

Postby Neil » Wed Aug 30, 2023 7:01 am

a guess would be formula racing car wheels
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Re: Supervan1 question

Postby conrod » Thu Sep 07, 2023 5:04 am

I have dozens of pics of SV1, and none of them show the wheels,you can't even see them in the old video clips!

They are not GT40 wheels, they were one-offs made by Revolution, and I believe they were in this RFX 5 spoke style:

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Re: Supervan1 question

Postby Transit Supervan » Thu Sep 07, 2023 6:00 am

Hi conrod, thanks for the response, I've always found this image while digging around online of the wheels being re-made for Supervan1 from the September 2021 issue of Classic Ford

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Re: Supervan1 question

Postby conrod » Mon Sep 11, 2023 5:37 am

those are Image 3 piece wheels which the owner had made, which were about the closest he could get without getting one off billet wheels made. They are very close, although the rim detail is a little bit different.
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Re: Supervan1 question

Postby Transit Supervan » Mon Sep 11, 2023 5:57 am

ah excellent information, thank you conrod
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Re: Supervan1 question

Postby conrod » Mon Sep 11, 2023 8:03 pm

Transit Supervan wrote:ah excellent information, thank you conrod


planning a replica?
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Re: Supervan1 question

Postby Transit Supervan » Mon Sep 11, 2023 11:09 pm

conrod wrote:
Transit Supervan wrote:ah excellent information, thank you conrod


planning a replica?



It is a long term project and dream I've had for a long time now, I've always been fascinated by the SuperVan's
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Re: Supervan1 question

Postby conrod » Tue Sep 12, 2023 1:43 am

Transit Supervan wrote:
conrod wrote:
Transit Supervan wrote:ah excellent information, thank you conrod


planning a replica?



It is a long term project and dream I've had for a long time now, I've always been fascinated by the SuperVan's


yes me too! This is my Mk2, my Mk1 (also with 5.0 V8) , and me with SV1 last year :)

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Re: Supervan1 question

Postby Transit Supervan » Thu Sep 14, 2023 10:15 am

oh that's a verrrrry nice Mk1

do you have some more pictures and information on it?
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Re: Supervan1 question

Postby Urquattro » Thu Sep 14, 2023 12:46 pm

They are very similar to the Penta wheels used by MB.
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Re: Supervan1 question

Postby conrod » Mon Sep 25, 2023 11:21 pm

Transit Supervan wrote:oh that's a verrrrry nice Mk1

do you have some more pictures and information on it?


I did a thread on it a while back :) :

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