That is exactly what I had thought. But knowing I have the exact one is so much better Posted using the Full Custom H.A.M.B. App!
Hi there, bought one of these at a recent swap meet, the cool older guy selling them advised me 'Covico' for sure,
In the early sixties, a lot of speed equipment companies made generic products that were relabled by another company as their own. Not sure about Covico, but I suspect that they were sold under several brand names. Louie Senter, Ansen, did a lot of horse trading and a "genuine" Ansen wheel could very well have been a Covico.
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A company like Moon or a catalog business that may not actually produce a particular product maybe, but going between two companies that do seems unlikely to me. I'm still suspecting the possibility these could have been mislabeled in an old article or by word of mouth and just perpetuated through time. This thread might be a good example of that. Somebody's got to have an ad or something to help put it to rest, bowie?
landseaandair: I've come to the conclusion, some people don't like facts to get in the way of what they want to believe. I agree with you completly. As a side note; Early Moon and a number of the gocart company's are the only ones I have found ,that marketed "real" 3 even spoke Covico's without using the Covico name.
Had a guy inform me this wheel is in fact an Ansen....anyone shed any light on whether it is a Covico like so many say or is it in fact an Ansen? Helps appreciated,
Been digging through all my mags and catalogs and can't find much more than a few interior shots, no ads. A couple different diameters though and the earliest was '67.
Just saw this in a buddies late 60s Newhouse catalog. Doesn't really nail it down but it looks like you could get them in different colors and two diameters.
Landseaandair : That is the exact ad I was referring to. Grant never made an even spaced spoke wheel that I'm aware off. Likewise Covico never made it's wheels with uneven spacing.