mid-year Kelsey-Hayes wheels...order yours "today"

[Anthony S.]

...Well only l if "today" was Oct/Nov of 1977!. I was paging thourgh some old Corvette News magazines last week. And in the Oct / Nov 1977 issue, on the first page,
I found that you could order a set of mid year K-H knock-offs, and it said that they were using the old mold that they happen to find. THe part number for the wheel is
listed as D-54461 and it indicated that the casting would be the familar D-49985 seen on original wheels. So has anyone ever seen any of these late 70's K-H wheels??? Has anyone ever ordered such a wheel through the contacts listed in the Corvette News Article? The next logical question about this would be what date code they would use: has anyone ever seen a K-H wheel with a late 1970's date??? Can anyone provide additional info about this subject???

Here is a link that gives the history of the company:

http://www.answers.com/topic/kelsey-hayes-group-of-companies

I have also seen on the internet that KH had purchased Western Wheel at some point...does anyone have any info on that?

[John H.]

Re: mid-year Kelsey-Hayes wheels...order yours "today"

I have also seen on the internet that KH had purchased Western Wheel at some point...does anyone have any info on that?

Anthony -

Kelsey-Hayes produced and sold their products primarily to Tier 1 OEM's as original equipment; Western Wheel was a wholly-owned subsidiary, which served as their aftermarket retail channel.