140 Accessories wheels, the most unlikely find

[RollingChair]

Ive been obsessed with these rare 140 Accessories wheels ever since I've laid my eyes on them. After over half a year of searching, I've finally gotten my greasy hands on a set, and oh boy is it glorious

Theyre 15x6, 5x108 (duh), same as the Virgos, but they're way sharper and chiseled looking, they also came with large plastic center caps which i will be restoring. As for the wheels themselves, they'll be sent off for powdercoating.

 

[Jack]

Make sure they use UV stable powder

 

[Volvo244GLE]

What a great looking wheel, the styling looks way ahead of its time.

 

[amerbritcan]

I've never seen those before. Cool wheels!

 

[Dan]

New one for me also. Great find

 

[propav8r]

Never knew these existed, nice find.

 

[RollingChair]

What a great looking wheel, the styling looks way ahead of its time.

I agree, they're sharp looking, crazy to think this wheel was made for the 140 series

 

[alschnertz]

I like that wheel too.

What year is that catalog?

The other wheel GT-FALG is kind of crazy looking. And 13 inch? Must have been for a 340?

 

[RollingChair]

For anyone wondering, this is what they look like on a 140, i found a listing for a 144 that had these installed

 

[RollingChair]

I like that wheel too.

What year is that catalog?

The other wheel GT-FALG is kind of crazy looking. And 13 inch? Must have been for a 340?

No idea what year the catalogue is from, i found it on flicker along with another picture of the wheel.

As for the other wheel, since its 4 lug the 340s are probably the only cars it'll mount on.

 

[toms_elleck]

They look like a precursor to the Virgo.

 

[hiperfauto]

Nice score!

I became aware of these wheels when I saw a NOS set for sale on eBay years ago for $4000 and they were in Europe so shipping was going to be expensive. I wanted them badly but they were way more than I could afford. I did some digging and found a catalog (which I can't find now) that showed they were available in several colors (black, white, red and silver) with matching caps.

Edit: Found it. Gold was also available.

 

[JohnMc]

They don't have a picture of all the colors here: https://www.240.se/falg/
But they do have the part numbers.

Apparently without a name, unlike most of the astronomic named wheels.

 

[Jack]

They don't have a picture of all the colors here: https://www.240.se/falg/
But they do have the part numbers.

Apparently without a name, unlike most of the astronomic named wheels.

Astrological

 

[RollingChair]

Nice score!

I became aware of these wheels when I saw a NOS set for sale on eBay years ago for $4000 and they were in Europe so shipping was going to be expensive. I wanted them badly but they were way more than I could afford. I did some digging and found a catalog (which I can't find now) that showed they were available in several colors (black, white, red and silver) with matching caps.

Edit: Found it. Gold was also available.

Yup! Saw that catalogue aswell, pretty sure virgos and coronas were also available in those colours, surprising how many nowdays common 240 wheels you couldve gotten in red, gold, white and black back then.

I was notified of these being sold via a friend, which eventually led to me getting these wheels. Extremely unlikely but it got here in the end, probably the only set that has ever been in Iceland.

Will post some pictures once I've refinished them and have them installed on my 240!

 

[dl242gt]

They look great with the small center cap on the 140 picture. But either way with those wacky disc center caps they are very cool wheels. Great find.