Some folks will call any old Aussie mag a ‘Tasman’, but in truth there were dozens if not scores of local wheel manufacturers in the days before imports became readily available.įamous wearers of the model include our very first Convo Pro-clad feature car, Stan Shaw’s blown ’57 Chev, and the early-2000s era of Gary Myers’s GM-176 (above). This is not an exhaustive list by any means – if we’ve missed your favourite, let us know!Īnd, unless you’re of a certain age, you can be forgiven for not realising that a massive homegrown mag wheel industry sprang up in Australia in the mid-to-late 1960s. To help you find the perfect rollers for your street machine, we look at some of our sport’s most iconic wheels. The growth of Australia’s aftermarket wheel industry boomed throughout the late 1960s and 70s, and in recent years it’s become easier and cheaper than ever to have some classic imported rims of a bygone era land on your door step.

Some projects strike just the right balance between form and function when it comes to rolling stock, but if you get the balance wrong it can leave your ride looking, well, shite.įirst published in the March 2021 issue of Street Machine.

WHEELS are the cornerstone of any hot car build.