Wheel help needed

Dude - you live in Orange County...just visit PI Motorsports...or any other Cali Pantera vendor.

What I was trying to find out, before taking time off work (PI motorsports is closed weekends) is who made the wheels, and are they avaliable in 17" front with the correct spacing

Mark, It looks like a second-generation Pantera East wheel made by Boyd Coddington. I do believe Pantera East offers the wheel in a 17" x 8" for the front.

Ron

Yes ,,, look on the PIM website,,, yes 17" ,, I have a set, look great, love them

photo 2

Yeah, I don't particular care for what I see on American Hot Rod (I don't think I'd buy one of the cars even if I had the money), but you have to admit that Coddingtoning wheels have, arguably, been the best wheels available for years; I sure like mine. Coddington made millions in the hot rod business, and now he's making millions in the SHOW business.

Ron

The first wheel shown does look like the Coddington built Campy clone sold through Pantera East. PI Motorsports offers a more exacting representation of the original Campy but ours is built by one of the suppliers for Kinesis not Mr. Coddington. The PI Motorsports wheel is built out of 6061-T6 forged aluminum with one piece aluminum spun outer rim. The PI Motorsports wheel is called the Heritage and a set of four with the center caps and Isis logo sells for $1,995. for PI Members. The Tjaarda designed Torino is built in the same manner. Mr. Tjaarda designed the Torino for us and he told us that this was the design he originally had in mind for the Pantera and that he was very surprised when Alejandro DeTomaso went forward with a sketch of his instead of the final concept he had. Each set of Torino wheels comes with a signed certificate of authenticity by Mr. Tjaarda and are numbered. The wheels offered as the "Stroker" by Wheel Vintiques are a total rip-off of Mr. Tjaarda's design and without his authority. They made a dinky change to Mr. Tjaarda's design and have never paid royalties. Pathetic if you ask us. Heritage Wheel

Thanks to everyone for the help. This site is GREAT! Thank you Dave & Linda.

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after watching their show..boyd coddington is the biggest joke there is in the car business..

Agreed, but the Coddington produced repros sold by Marino at Pantera East are a great wheel. Backspacing is perfect, workmanship has no issues. Very easy to maintain. That is what the photo looks like. And yes, they are in 17" front also. And 18" rears.

Larry

Dave,

I saw the wheel by Wheel Vintiques and it is a BLATANT RIPOFF of the Torino. How do they get away with that? I say sic 'em Dave!

Michael

FYI regarding the Coddington wheels sold by PE, they are available in 16x8 or 17x8 for the front, and 17x11 or 18x12.5 for the back.

For my taste, the Torino wheels sold by PIM are beautiful.

So what's on my Pantera? A set of Etoile's.

George

does anyone have a set of the heritage wheels for sale?