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

[Henric aka 48hp]

Thank you.

-h

On Nov 30, 2010, at 3:13 PM, Jason Mavris wrote:


>  The car looks absolutely incredible ! You did a fine job and should  

> be very proud of your bone yard gem !  Just awesome.

>

> Jason

> ----- Original Message -----

> From: Henric aka 48hp

> To: Mercedes Coupes Mailing Lists

> Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2010 1:26 PM

> Subject: [W126 Coupe] Wide Body AMG Five Spoke Road Wheels (aka  

> Pentas)

>

> 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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