E9 & Dino Wheels Separated at birth?

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While I'm probably not the first to notice this, I can help but see the similarities between the OEM 5-spoke wheels that came on the E9s and those that come on the Ferrari Dino of the same era.

Were they separated at birth?

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Yes, they were. But IMHO the company was called Campagnolo

Very popular brand for early alloys especially on italian cars. Ferraris and Fiats had them a lot.

Nowadays the company makes bicycles and bicycle accessories. Go gigure...
 
Magnesium - sounds about right for Ferrari! Regardless, I'm sure they are an equal pain-in-ass to clean.
It got me thinking....what have the worst wheels you have ever had...in terms of cleaning difficulty? The old BBS honeycomb wheels were no fun to clean either.
 
The E9 5-spoke wheels were made by FPS, but FPS, Campagnolo and Cromodora were all producing many of the same wheels for different car makes in the 60s through 80s. It drives the Alfa crowd crazy, as different manufacturers would produce the same design depending on year. FPS operated in Dello, Italy until the 80s, when they moved operations to Brazil. They were bought by Kelsey-Hayes about 15 years ago.

Tierfreund said:
Nowadays the company [Campagnolo] makes bicycles and bicycle accessories. Go figure...
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FWIW, Campagnolo has primarily been a bicycle component manufacturer since the 1930's (when Tullio Campagnolo invented both the quick-release hub and the derailleur). Their stint with automobile wheel metallurgy didn't begin until the late 1950's.
 
MichaelP said:
The E9 5-spoke wheels were made by FPS, but FPS, Campagnolo and Cromodora were all producing many of the same wheels for different car makes in the 60s through 80s. It drives the Alfa crowd crazy, as different manufacturers would produce the same design depending on year. FPS operated in Dello, Italy until the 80s, when they moved operations to Brazil. They were bought by Kelsey-Hayes about 15 years ago.
FWIW, Campagnolo has primarily been a bicycle component manufacturer since the 1930's (when Tullio Campagnolo invented both the quick-release hub and the derailleur). Their stint with automobile wheel metallurgy didn't begin until the late 1950's.
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Check out the big brain on Brad!!!! :wink:

All kidding aside, the aforementioned 5-spoke, or "slotted" wheels have really grown on me. I had always thought Alpinas were they way to go, but as timeless and pretty as the Alpinas are, they don't evoke the period as much as the 5-spokes IMHO. (i.e. those Alpinas still look fantastic on a new BMW, whereas the 5-spokes would look ridiculous and can only be associated with the early 70s).

Aside from Krylon dull aluminum, what are the options for refinishing the 5-spokes? Is there a specific type of powder coat that would recreate the factory look with that sort of dull finish? Would they look ridiculous if they had luster after powder coating? Any thoughts?
 
The BBS cross spokes are very easy to keep clean!
You just clean the front and ignore everything between the spokes. Pretty soon all ther inbetweens are solid black and that looks as if it were meant to bee that way.

Try keeping everything clean and you have a very nice shortcut to the asylum.
 
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