With factory backing like that, it's not much surprise that many early Indy racecars ran over the bricks with Dayton wheels for years in fact, every car entered in the 1948 race ran on Daytons.īut the wire-spoke wheels weren't exclusive to automobiles the fledgling aircraft industry had even more reason to use wheels that provided reliable strength without contributing much weight to the craft they supported. Soon after, some of the most respected marques of the day, including Auburn, Cord, and Duesenberg would choose Dayton to provide their wire-laced wheels. The Ford Motor Company effectively endorsed Dayton's product when the Model T was first offered with steel wire wheels as an option to replace the wood-spoke wheels. Using the same principles employed in making durable bicycle wheels with tensioned wire spokes, Dayton began to manufacture automotive wheels that continued to combine light weight with high strength. Artillery-type wooden-spoke wheels seemed a natural, if somewhat antiquated means of increasing wheel strength, but the more enlightened seemed inclined to stick with tensioned wire-spoke designs.Īmong the companies enabling those desires was Dayton Wire Wheel, founded in 1916 in Dayton, Ohio, then a hotbed of technological advancement. It was only natural then that when the first automobiles began to emerge, they too would ride on wire-spoke wheels, particularly since most early automobiles were constructed by bicycle manufacturers and mechanics.Īs the automobile quickly evolved, its weight increased, requiring ever-stronger wheels to deal with what passed for roads at the time. Other wheel designs could provide strength, but carried significant weight penalties that didn't jive well with bicycle riding.
When the advent of the bicycle was taking place, advances in metallurgy enabled the development of wire-spoke wheels, which served as a means of providing a relatively large diameter wheel that was strong but also lightweight. This Daytona runs and drives GREAT & turns heads EVERYWHERE, thousands spent on maintenance, upgrades and repairs.Dayton Wire Wheels History An American standard since the earliest days of motoring Also Original Daytona Spyders now sell for over a million dollars. Daytona replicas are even more rare than the originals, as fewer were produced.
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Ferrari executives were not pleased that one of their products was being represented on TV by a replica, so the Daytona was eventually destroyed on-screen and replaced with an Original Testarossa (newest model at the time). The black car driven by Don Johnson aka Sonny Crockett was also a replica built on a C3 Corvette. The Daytona Spyder replica gained it’s fame when it was used in the 1st, 2nd & 3rd seasons of the Hottest Cop Show of 80s “Miami Vice”. It is finished in all black exterior with brown/tan interior (MIAMI VICE STYLE). This Daytona Spyder is powered by a 350 Corvette engine and automatic transmission. This astounding replica features a combination of the elegance of timeless Italian styling & the time tested American Corvette foundation & drive line. This McBurnie kit is one of the most recognized and desirable cars, ever. Remember that great looking black Ferrari Daytona Spyder that Don Johnson drove in the 80’S TV show MIAMI VICE? Well this Daytona Spyder being offered is like that one and built on a clean C3 Corvette donor car.
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