Halibrand

Halibrand

Halibrand

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Halibrand is an American maker of racing wheels and quick-change rearend housings.[2]

Eddie Sachs' American Red Ball Special Halibrand Shrike-Ford from the 1964 Indianapolis 500[1]

Halibrand started in Culver City, California in 1946. Its first product was a magnesium wheel for Indy cars, as a replacement for the wire wheels then commonplace. The slotted design favored by hot rodders is based on a sprint car design from the 1950s.[3]

Notes

  1. [1]
    Open Wheel 33 (retrieved 10 May 2018)
  2. [2]
    Taylor, Thom. "Beauty Beyond the Twilight Zone" in Hot Rod, April 2017, pp.30-43; Shelton, Chris. "Then, Now, and Forever" in Hot Rod, March 2017, pp.16-29.
  3. [3]
    Shelton, pp.18, p.22 caption, and p.26 caption.

Sources

  • Shelton, Chris. "Then, Now, and Forever" in Hot Rod, March 2017, pp.16-29.
  • Taylor, Thom. "Beauty Beyond the Twilight Zone" in Hot Rod, April 2017, pp.30-43.
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