Hot Rods They're spelt Radar wheels, prove me wrong

Hahaha found a pair of Rad"a"r wheels and cleaned them up real nice. I'd use them but they are 5x5.5 so they'll be swap meets or wall hangers. They cleaned up real nice after blasting them. They have Felco Mold #1 on them, so not sure if they made them and called them 'Radar' or what, pretty weird. Aluminum middle, steel hoop, gotta be around mid 60s

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Originals were made by MT and spelled Rader.

 

Radar first then remarketed as Radir later. Are your wheels riveted together, early Radars had a problem with the rivets coming loose.

 

Radar Love.

 

Spelled, spelled, lol.

 

Radir wheels have nothing to do with the 60s wheels. They are an invention of the 1990s and wisely chose the Rad "I" r spelling to avoid copyright issues.
The earliest ads I have ever seen spelled the name Rad 'E' r wheels. It made sense as the inventor of the wheel was German and Rader with an umlaut -the little dots above the letter - is the german word for wheels. When this changed to Rad 'A' r or whether Radar is another way to circumvent copyright laws I do not know.

 

http://1966batmobile.com/interviews/

One of the first street "mags"producers. ^^^ Go there and scroll to the Richard Rader interview for real facts, from the owner of the company. Barris & Mickey are mentioned as far as involvement with Raders.

 

In the Mysterion book, there is section as to the history of these wheels. They were made in three varieties of ribs. One rib as above, two ribs (one on each side of the spoke) and three ribs (a combo of the first two). Most of the ones that I have seen over the years have been of the 14" versions.

 

I had a set of these on my '61 Impala bubble top in the mid '60s.......they had M/T spinners on them....chrome rims with aluminum centers........got them at a speed shop near Boston. (See the pix on the 327 thread this week)

 

Didn't the MT Radars have 3 ribs on the spokes ?

 

Some had flat spokes, and some were sold through Sears Roebuck.

 

A friend has similar down here in the 70s, marketed as Dragway, however the were chromed steel, inners and outers, and riveted together like these.

 

That´s how I´ve heard it too. " Räder" is German for wheels. Radars are beautiful

 

LOL, first thing I thought is: don't take a spelling dare with someone who uses the word 'spelt'.

I assume the op was making a point, which is well taken.

 

I bought a new set of RadErs in about 1962. Had to finance them.