[W126 Coupe] Wide Body AMG Five Spoke Road Wheels (aka Pentas)

[Henric aka 48hp]

Hello...

Some of you may be interested in the progress of my wide body coupe  
project  and I wanted to note that the exterior body conversion has  
finally been completed! The coupe has been painted and I've had a  
chance to reassemble all of the exterior bits.

Though I'm still searching for a set of 9/10" Pentas for the project,  
I've compromised "period correct-ness" by settling on a set of 10/12"  
AMG/OZ for now.  Let me know if anyone has a lead on the AMG Five  
Spoke Road Wheels as mentioned below.

The coupe is currently running very well with it's original power  
plant.  Coupled with a set of European OE Tri-y manifolds, dual  
exhaust and 3.06 GT diff, the new found wide body is pleasantly  
spirited.  This is allowing me to enjoy the coupe as is while  
finishing up the 5.4 engine build on the side.

The interior is being freshened up but unfortunately coming along very  
slowly.

Cheers,
Henric

PS Rather than clogging inboxes with large photo attachments, I've  
included two links where photos can be seen:

BenzWorld (with the entire long story)

http://www.benzworld.org/forums/w126-s-se-sec-sel-sd/1493775-project-arizona-rise-ph-nix-wide-73.html#post4447260

MBCA Forums(condensed version of the story and higher resolution photos)

http://www.mbca.org/forum/project-arizona-and-rise-phonixan-amg-wide-body-story#comment-7205885

Hope you enjoy!

-h




Begin forwarded message:


> From: Henric <48hp at earthlink.net>

> Date: October 15, 2010 8:47:18 AM PDT

> To: mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com

> Subject: Wide Body AMG Five Spoke Road Wheels (aka Pentas)

>

> Hello...

>

> Thought to drop a little refresher note that I'm still searching for  

> a set of very unique AMG pentas for my current wide body project.   

> Many have been helpful in forwarding potential solutions, thank you,  

> but I wanted to clarify what I am after  specifically.  The AMG Five  

> Spoke Road Wheel, commonly referred to as a Penta, wheel design was  

> popular during the mid 80's and the most common size found on the  

> open market are 8"X16" et11.  The wheels I am searching for are also  

> 16" in diameter but 9" and 10" wide.

>

> The markings on the outside hub area with have the following:

>

> 9" will have AMG 9JX16 et0 7400048 and the 10" will have AMG 10J  

> et-12.7 7400049 which is the more rare size of the two sizes.

>

> A fellow member has graciously turned me onto a set which include  

> 9's but I would prefer not to break up the set.  Several sets have  

> come to market during my search but unfortunately well outside of my  

> budget range for this project.

>

> So if anyone could assist in locating a reasonably priced set of  

> these rather rare examples I would greatly appreciate it.

>

> Thank you in advance.

>

> Cheers,

> Henric

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> For those interested in reading more about the 500SEC wide body  

> project:

>

> http://www.benzworld.org/forums/w126-s-se-sec-sel-sd/1493775-project-arizona-rise-ph-nix-wide.html

>

> Cheers!

>


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