Halibrand

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

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

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]

  1. ^ Open Wheel 33 (retrieved 10 May 2018)[dead link]
  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. ^ Shelton, pp.18, p.22 caption, and p.26 caption.