Prototipo identification help

[nameisbauer]

Anyway to tell what year this is with no date stamp?

350mm (not 370)
Older "prototipo" Type/logo
Stacked MO-MO on the back

ignore the car it is installed on, ha.

[nameisbauer]

[nameisbauer]

Nothin'? Maybe even a guess? 70's/80's?

[70SATMan]

I'd say 68-70.

Waiting for a couple other GURUs I know to chime in.

[DPopowitz]

I have a similar wheel. Link to it here...

FS : Ex '72 Strahle / Freisinger S/T Momo Prototipo - Early 911S Registry Bulletin Board

Notwithstanding that it was on a '72 I believe that the wheel was manufactured in the late 60's to very early 70's.

Enjoy it.

Dave

[nameisbauer]

Thanks! Saying it has "patina" is an understatement. Flea Market find, so I am already enjoying it.

[Mark Morrissey]

Hey Jim. This is a true gem of a wheel.

This type of early prototipo, with three spoke pads instead of the usual two is an extremely rare Momo. I've been tracking these wheels for a while now and THE ONLY TIME I've seen them appear is on race cars with quite a bit of history. I'm sure David P. would agree with that, he's got a really nice one. As Michael stated, the stacked MO-MO started from approximately 1968 and was found on Momo wheels to about 1975.

I've put together some photos of a few cars that had this type of prototipo on them and you can see... they are pretty neat cars. This is a true "sports purpose" Momo prototipo... I wouldn't be surprised if these special, dished Momos were specially made for race drivers, possibly at someone's request. I don't think they were available to general public at the time. I first saw one on a 917 and I still have the photo. I've also occasionally seen them show up on a few racing Alfas and Ferraris. If you're into Porsche racing history, I'm sure you can appreciate these fantastic old Momos.

Thank you very much Jim for starting this thread

[nameisbauer]

Thanks so much for the info, and pictures. I'm glad you like it, and its a special part of your collection!

[Wil Ferch]

I like the Prototipo with the middle spoke padded thumb-rest at 6 0'clock. Seems the newer ones only have this on the horizontal pair.

[hesaputz]

That is a '68 - 70 wheel, from early production. The purpose built early race wheels generally have a small diameter center - they're barely big enough to support a Momo 6 bolt hub pattern, because Momo hadn't settled on a pattern at this early stage. I'll put up a pic when I get home from Thanksgiving.

[hesaputz]

Small centered early Momo wheel; there's barely room to drill a Momo pattern in the thing, like the race car pics above.
They came undrilled because Momo didn't yet make hubs. That's why you frequently see Momo '1' wheels with Nardi, Corvette, etc drillings.

[Mark Morrissey]

Thanks David. I remember that wheel from ebay and nearly bid on it myself. Nick sent me a photo of it after he got it and I was amazed at what he paid