MATTJ
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What steel wheels are these??
Hi Was digging about in dads shed and came across these old steel rims there 7inches wide and are factory rims (not welded) i took the old 30 year old slicks off and sanded off all the rust.. and gave it a quick lick of silver paint.. thinking of putting them on my mk1 cortina.. but id like to put some chrome centre caps on.. i tried standard cortina chrome centres but there to small! so im not sure what centre would fit over them? Does anyone know what model these would be off?? 
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RE: What steel wheels are these??
2010/01/03 10:50:14
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RE: What steel wheels are these??
2010/01/03 12:53:33
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No idea matty, but where are the pics of your mk1 corty???? [:p]
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MATTJ
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RE: What steel wheels are these??
2010/01/03 13:04:37
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No idea matty, but where are the pics of your mk1 corty???? [:p]
haha which one man!.. we have 2! both GT's as well.. let me look see if i have any shots at work.. ones a green 66 GT, the other a 64 Red GT which dad has just started a resto on.. found one.. heres my one 
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RE: What steel wheels are these??
2010/01/03 16:44:24
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So that's your green one that parked up on the highway near the Holden dealer at Bomaderry? Do you still work up that way, or did you move with the dealer down to south Nowra? Good looking car, either way.
And sorry, I dunno what the wheels are off [:I]
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RE: What steel wheels are these??
2010/01/03 21:12:27
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[:0] I now officially hate you Matt! 
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RE: What steel wheels are these??
2010/02/03 11:09:45
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kinda similar..
http://classic-ford.org/forum/topic.asp?ARCHIVE=true&TOPIC_ID=12187&SearchTerms=mexico%2Csteel
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RE: What steel wheels are these??
2010/02/03 13:50:11
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thanks james
found these as well... they seem very similar..
http://www.turbosport.co.uk/showthread.php?151930-MK1-Escort-Mexico-Steels
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RE: What steel wheels are these??
2010/02/03 14:05:03
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sorry to butt in but are these rims hard to find?? wouldn't mind a set for my Mk1!!
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RE: What steel wheels are these??
2010/02/03 14:22:36
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no idea mate.. have seen some similar for sale butr cant make out what these are off there a factory stamped 13 x 7
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RE: What steel wheels are these??
2010/02/03 17:50:29
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Do they have a Ford stamp as well matty? Or could they be off something else with the same PCD?
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RE: What steel wheels are these??
2010/02/03 19:13:17
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They are not mexico steels. Mexico steels were the same design as the 'sport' wheel on the mk2. They have no lugs for hubcabs.
When you say they are not welded, i presume you mean 'banded'.
Chances are the centres where welded onto 7" outers. This was a very common mod in the 70s and 80s.
I have a couple of odd pairs of the same wheels, all done in 7inch as this was the standard 'wide' wheel at the time to fit to the old Holdens.
Shaun
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RE: What steel wheels are these??
2010/02/03 23:15:50
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Do they have a Ford stamp as well matty? Or could they be off something else with the same PCD?
yep they do have a ford stamp on them dude I'll try get some better shots o the rims tomorrow :) Thanks Shaun they very well could be welded centres I'll have to look closer they are an interesting rim can't wait to get some chrome centres on them they will look tough :)
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RE: What steel wheels are these??
2010/03/03 09:17:04
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They look like XM falcon rims mate, my old XM was standard when i got it and had those rims on it with chrome hub caps in the centre that only cover around the part that's dimpled
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RE: What steel wheels are these??
2010/03/03 15:27:01
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If they fit escort pcd than they aren't xm falcon as they are a different PCD (114.3? from memory), same as nissan etc.
Shaun
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