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Originally Posted by scotricker View Post
Maybe not exactly correct, but how about Kelsey-Hayes wire wheels. That's what I would do. !

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oops, just checked... that would cost a few bucks more than just a few...

Wire Wheels Thunderbird Ford Mercury Edsel T Bird New | eBay

True KH wire wheels are awesome, but pricey! I have two original sets for my Corvair. The good set was almost $2000 and another $4000 to have restored by Dayton Wire Wheel. But they are super rare and sweet!!! At least for Corvairs there were less than 600 sets ever made (out of almost 2 million cars built!), not sure if they were equally rare on Tbirds, but probably were b/c for most cars in those days the KH wire wheel option was around 1/5 the total cost of the car!!
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