[DeTomaso] 10-inch wheels

The DeTomaso Registry Guy detomasoregistry at gmail.com
Wed Mar 29 12:03:47 EDT 2017


If people will send me a photo of their 10-inch Campy wheel, I'll
put the photos on my website.

If your wheel has a date code on the back capture that too.
(It looks like a sliced pie.)

I suspect we may find that there are more than two variants!
(Or at least casting mold wear...)


Chuck


In a message dated 3/26/17 11 44 18, julian_kift at hotmail.com writes:


> That is a great question; Mike Drew is an authority on the various 
> designs of Campi wheels that were produced through the years, he had put all that 
> down on paper in a neat article , I believe it was in one of the PCNC 
> newsletters. It was surprising how many variants of wheels were produced and 
> how many owners appeared to have mismatched sets when he started inspecting 
> more closely. The Euro GTS differed in many aspect to the US GTS and I seem 
> to recall reading not all the GTS's came with the 10" rear wheels?
> 
>>>Very true.

There were six different 7- and 8-inch wheels used from 1971-1974; the 
oddball variants are the three-slot (rare as hen's teeth--I've only ever seen 
two of them) and one-slot (only used on the very first cars).   That leaves 
four different two-slot variants.

There were at least three different versions of the 10-inch wheels; in 
character, the long-rib style matched the one-slot wheels (except they had two 
slots) while the later ones matched the 1973 L and 1974 L wheels, 
respectively.
> 
> 
> >Physically you can move the 8's to the front, however I suspect the 
> answer to whether they match the 10's available wholly depends what variant of 
> wheels you currently have and whether the 'slots' match the pattern of the 
> 10" wheels that are on offer.
> 
>>>Very true.   The factory made no effort to match the front and rear 
wheel styles; the first GTS cars that wore 10-inch wheels had Pre-L front 
wheels, which didn't match the rears, but nobody except a guy like me would 
notice. :>)

The Euro GTS came standard with 7- and 8-inch wheels; the 10-inch wheels 
were a high-cost option.   When they were chosen, the normal practice was to 
install   8-inch wheels on the front.

Mike



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