Wheel Vintigues bought out?
 

For many years now Wheel Vintigues manufactured and sold Chevy truck rallyes in 6,8 & 10" widths, 5 or 6 lugs. These were available through Summit, Jeg's and others.
Now skimming through my latest Summit catalog I see Coker brand on these rallye wheels. In looking for 15x8 5 lug truck rallye it says 15x8 are no longer available in 5 lug. They do have 10" width in 5 lug and a 15x8 in 6 lug but that is all.
Not complete info on this wheel but by the part number it appears to be a 15x8 with 4" back space. Doesn't say 5 or 6 lug though the image shows 5 lug.

https://www.summitracing.com/parts/c...=true#overview

Has WV sold out some of it's wheel lines?
$197 each. Oh and ship date of March sometime.

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Yep

https://www.hemmings.com/stories/201...ps-engineering

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I had not heard of it. Thanks.

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From Wheel Vintiques' beginning I wondered if they might be connected to Coker in some way. Coker was the first dealer offering them long before Summit, the only source I knew for years. I guess just a prime dealer until now.

I'm surprised they would drop such a popular wheel/size/lug pattern. Doesn't make sense. I wonder if supply issues played into this. I sure have heard of backorders on different wheels at different times, and before this Covid 19 stuff came into play. Just guessing

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Well Coker sure is proud of their wheels and tires. Nothing new there. But I'm not about to pay $200 and more per wheel for a naked rallye rim.
The 15x8 6 lug rallye is $267 each.

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$267 Each? :eek: That's going to leave a mark on the ole checking account.

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I read that and it looks like Vintage Wheel Works is a different company, and Coker already owned Wheel Vintiques. That article is from 2019

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I've not heard of PS engineering either. Bigger fish buying up smaller ones is nothing unusual. Look at Holley and all those brands.

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Seems like everywhere you look ,somebody is buying out somebody else
I recently bought a set of stock steel rims from uswheel thru jegs...had to wait 2 months for them,,

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Ugh, I hope not. I just bought a set of white spokes for my Jeep. First it said they were backordered, then summit said they had 8 in stock. I called and they said they would ship directly from US wheel on Monday... but I haven't received a tracking # yet.

I waited 10 months for a set of pontiac rally II wheels

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10 months? I don't feel so bad now. I've waited 3 months and counting for my wife's birthday present.

I smell a rat with these slow shippers. I bought a metal sign from Russia and a light switch cover from Pennsylvania on the same day a couple of weeks ago. I already got the sign and the switch plate is still in Pennsylvania.

How can it be faster to ship something from Russia than from Pittsburgh?

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Sign from Russia! Can we see it?

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http://67-72chevytrucks.com/gallery/...rnobyl&cat=500

Hopefully this will post. I'm on my laptop and it hates me.

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Does it glow in the dark? :lol:

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Haha..you best not hang that in her kitchen..

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Maybe hang it over the toilet. :lol:

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Dude, did you geiger counter that thing? Rumor has it that that's one of the "new" signs, haha.

That thing's cool looking.

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I've had some 82 series on order since April, keep getting push out.

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When I bought my 82 series maybe five years ago they were on backorder. Jegs did a really smart thing and put them on sale. Made it worth the wait, which I don't recall it being so long. I believe they were around $500 list for a set and I got the set for about $375, like getting one for free. Smart for them and smart for me. I could wait and I am sure they had a heap sold before receiving them, rather than many turning away due to unavailability. I'm sure they made plenty of money in a short time that way, even at a deep discount