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I have a ‘23 Touring, I was replacing the tires and I have this rim as a spare. It is not correct for this car and was I wondering if someone knows what it goes to?

Does anyone need this? I am going to order the one I need.

It looks to me like a Kelsey 88 rim. It uses a special felloe with four notches and separate lugs.

Thanks for the info Mark. What vehicle would it fit?
Now I just need to find someone who could use it.

The last picture in my post lists applications of Model T Ford, Gray, and Maxwell. Here are a few pics of a set of Model T Kelsey wheels that I built up a few years ago, then sold to another member in Texas.

WOW. Only $1.50 for rims back then. $399.00 now.

Thank You Mark for the education!

All the Best,

Hank

I have two Kelsey 88 rims and correct matching fellows available for purchase. One with wood spokes (replace?) and hubs for both. Photo's to follow

Mark, were the lugs and loose lugs on your re-built wheels new items from the vendors? Well done for them to make them available, though the price is a little daunting.
They appear to be totally machined, and thus are perfect, unlike the originals you show in the photo earlier in your post. I was fortunate to buy a bag of NOS original flanged nuts at Chickasha in 2010. The seller wondered why I wanted them. The original nuts and lugs are stamped out, and thus are quite crude in appearance.

Allan from down under.

Yes, I got all of the fasteners on those wheels new from Lang's.

In the day there was about four or five wheel manufactures, I have over a dozen spare wheels and it is difficult to find two that match exactly, however the all fit my T.

Yes, there was David and they were all built to fit the Model T BUT the challenge is marrying the correct rim to the wheel for which it was intended.