I'd not thought about it before, but you're right: All the Ferrari wheels I have seen were variants on a five-spoke model.
The '82 Alfa Romeo Spider wheels are virtually identical in design to the OEM Campagnolo-made wheels of the Ferrari 308GTB and GTS, made about the same time period. The originals are very light and strong, unlike the aftermarket copies that you mentioned (or are the Crusaders renamed Campagnolo wheels…?). So many interesting details! :-) G > On Apr 13, 2020, at 8:24 AM, Alan C <[email protected]> wrote: > > Not at all. Ferrari wheels are variants of a 5 pointed star. Still is part of > Fiat. > > Alan C > > On 13-Apr-20 04:58 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >> I'm not sure what you mean by a "crib on Ferrari". Sounds negative… >> >> Actually, the '82 Spider wheels were made by Campagnolo. They are very light >> and very high quality wheels. I liked the style a little more than the later >> "telephone dial" wheels or the earlier fluted-radial-spikes. And remember >> that Ferrari is (was?) also owned and controlled by FIAT. :-) >> >> G >> >> >>> On Apr 13, 2020, at 7:37 AM, Alan C<[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Those wheels are a crib on Ferrari wheels. They were sold as aftermarket >>> "Crusaders" here. >>> >>> Alan C >>> >>> On 13-Apr-20 04:28 PM, Ken Waller wrote: >>>> Not my favorite body on an Alfa, but I sure do like Alfa’s in general. >>>> Love those wheels ! >>>> >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>> From: Godfrey DiGiorgi<[email protected]> >>>>> Sent: Apr 13, 2020 8:55 AM >>>>> Subject: PESO 2020 - FrankenSpider - GDG >>>>> >>>>> I was browsing one of the photo forums and came upon a thread >>>>> highlighting "Your Favorite Ride" … that is, what car/motorcycle/bicycle >>>>> captured your fantasy of the moment. Someone posted a photo of a >>>>> beautiful 1971 Alfa Romeo GTV 1750, in yellow, that inspired me to look >>>>> through my photo library to see if I could find a similar quality photo >>>>> of my last Alfa Romeo Spider … >>>>> >>>>> 1979 Alfa Romeo Spider, "FrankenSpider" – Cupertino 2008 >>>>> ::https://flic.kr/p/2iPRP59 >>>>> >>>>> It was both beautiful and a kick to drive, probably my last ever Alfa >>>>> Romeo. I had a ball building it exceeded only by the joy in driving it. :) >>>>> >>>>> enjoy, >>>>> G >>>>> — >>>>> Oh lost, and by the wind-grieved ghost, go back again! >>>>> - "Look Homeward, Angel" by Thomas Wolfe -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
