General Wheels..alloy or steel?

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General Wheels..alloy or steel?

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Just had a good look at the 4 wheels I got from a wrecked B..the ones on the front were full alloys..ones on the back of the car were a steel wheel with a painted plastic bonded spoke pattern..and are a good bit lighter than the full alloys. Are these plastic jobbies Fiat wheels or was there some kind of pattern part? Can't think of any reason to mix'n match on the same car.

Hope nobody was hurt in the crashed B. Drivers door looks like it was hit with a wrecking ball...
 
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well... if you chose alloy or steel... it's better and looks better to have all 4 same, not different pattern or material. any picture maybe?
 
They are exactly the same pattern..except one is obviously heavier and more expensive..the full alloy wheel while the other is a steel wheel with the plastic spokes bonded to it...

Just curious..wonder if these were wheels for the late Mk2 'economy' B made by Fiat?
 
The barchetta never came with plastic hub caps. or any kind of plastic wheel type.

They do - Steel wheels or Alloys.

Most people have changed them at some point.
 
The barchetta never came with plastic hub caps. or any kind of plastic wheel type.

They do - Steel wheels or Alloys.

Most people have changed them at some point.

What spoke pattern on the steel wheels?
 
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Does it look like this?
 
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