VERY NICE SET OF 10" & 8" ORIGINAL CAMPI'S FOR SALE

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Didn't you buy these wheels from JersCars about four weeks ago?

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Originally posted by David_Nunn:
Didn't you buy these wheels from JersCars about four weeks ago?

Yup...and I’ve decided that I don’t want to put them on my ‘72. Why do you ask?

I wanted to buy them but you beat me to it. Are you in physical possession of them or are they still in Canada?

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Originally posted by David_Nunn:
I wanted to buy them but you beat me to it. Are you in physical possession of them or are they still in Canada?

They are in my possession here in southern NY. I drove 15 hours round trip to pick them up. I really, really wanted to put them on my car because they are such a nice set! But then reality set in after I added up all the costs I’m about to be hit with on restoring my car. I know I’m going to regret selling them....

I tried to get them 4 weeks ago too. I figured someone would resale them. Bummer.

Looks like the trip was worth it. More than double the asking price 4 weeks ago. Beautiful wheels.

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Originally posted by TheInvestor:
Looks like the trip was worth it. More than double the asking price 4 weeks ago. Beautiful wheels.

More than double the price?!?! Then you should have picked them up before he raised the price.

When I inquired about them the asking price was $3,000 for the set. I thought that was about right considering the condition.

I know the purchase price has nothing to do with the end value. You could have got them for free would not change anything.

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Originally posted by TheInvestor:
I know the purchase price has nothing to do with the end value. You could have got them for free would not change anything.

Thanks TheInvestor, you are absolutely right. What they ended up costing me is my business. Given what you and David have said, the price went up until the seller got an offer from me that he just couldn’t refuse. Some may believe that I overpaid. Given that a pair of reproduction 10x15’s (that don't look exactly original) now go for $3000, I think that my asking price of $5000 for a really nice original pair is fair…especially since it includes a nice set of 8x15’s and really good show tires.

I am looking for a good driver’s door and would consider partial trades.

I do remember being offered $4000 just for my 10's about 4 years ago by someone in Europe.

All that means really is if I sell them, I can't afford to buy them back.

The overall values seem to be resembling the rise on the Cobras.

What everything is worth is what you can get for them on the day you go to sell them.

I'm NOT shocked to hear a price of $5000 for those 10's.

There were at least 3 types of these wheels in long rib and short rib, so "not looking exactly original" may be dependent on which style you are looking at.

Marvic does a great job of sand casting these to original specs and cost is $3,400 per pair. 40 year old magnesium wheels are a crap shoot IMO, pure roll of the dice.

Julian

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Originally posted by Joules:
There were at least 3 types of these wheels in long rib and short rib, so "not looking exactly original" may be dependent on which style you are looking at.

Marvic does a great job of sand casting these to original specs and cost is $3,400 per pair. 40 year old magnesium wheels are a crap shoot IMO, pure roll of the dice.

Julian

Yep. Who knows which of the three were actually "the original" versions?

Just having discovered a set with NO gussets tends to make me think that THOSE are the FIRST version.

The second version being the full gussets.

The third being the one long, one short gussets.

Maybe one set might be more desirable to one particular buyer but that is really subjective at best.

There just isn't enough known to call one "original" vs. another type. Just three different versions.

Frankly the full gussets are not the most attractive to me. The ones without any gussets make more design sense. Those are the ones that I have too.

Mine ARE NOT date coded but have them since the mid '80s. Maybe they are an early set of Hall's "continuation" 10's? Who knows?

Gary told me that these were "the original" type . I took his word for it.

The plain ones may be the most fragile though? The gussets were added for a reason and the reason is strength reinforcement, not esthetic beauty.

If you look at the wheels closely, they appear to show some evidence that the mold for the 8" wheel was altered with a 2" spacer.

Someone might have found out the hard way that under the stress of racing, the wheel would crack in that area and the decision was made to reinforce them with gussets?

That's how I would speculate them.

The gussets were on the inside too. In fact, the factory had to machine the gussets off on Group 3 Panteras, to clear the big brake calipers.

Buying 40 year old magnesium wheels is even more of a crap shoot when there's evidence of mishandling and abuse by an ignorant tire mechanic, or mechanics. You have to wonder when you see teeth marks in the rim from a tire changing machine and clip-on balancing weights.

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Originally posted by David_Nunn:
The gussets were on the inside too. In fact, the factory had to machine the gussets off on Group 3 Panteras, to clear the big brake calipers.

If this is true, gussets on the inside, then that is another type.

I've never seen that or heard of that. Mine do not have gussets on the inside, only the outside.



As far as the age of the magnesium being a caution, probably yes BUT the alloy used by Campagnolo doesn't show the same oxidizing characteristics as something like the American Racing Torque thrusts on the T/A Mustangs.

The mag GT40 and Cobra wheels do not have a reputation of having an issue with failures.

I think the issue with them is racing sanctions don't want them on the track because they burn.