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Halibrand is an American maker of racing wheels and quick-change rearend housings.
Halibrand started in
Halibrand is an American maker of racing wheels and quick-change rearend housings.
Halibrand started in Culver City, California
Culver City is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 40,779. Founded in 1917 as a "whites only" sundown town, it is now an ethnically diverse city with what was called the "third-most ...
in 1946. Its first product was a magnesium
Magnesium is a chemical element with the symbol Mg and atomic number 12. It is a shiny gray metal having a low density, low melting point and high chemical reactivity. Like the other alkaline earth metals (group 2 of the periodic ...
wheel for Indy car
INDYCAR, LLC, is an American-based auto racing sanctioning body for Indy car racing and other disciplines of open wheel car racing. The organization sanctions five racing series: the premier IndyCar Series with its centerpiece the Indianapolis 5 ...
s, as a replacement for the wire wheels then commonplace. The slotted design favored by hot rodders is based on a sprint car
Sprint cars are high-powered open-wheel race cars, designed primarily for the purpose of running on short oval or circular dirt or paved tracks. Sprint car racing is popular primarily in the United States and Canada, as well as in Australia, New ...
design from the 1950s.Shelton, pp.18, p.22 caption, and p.26 caption.
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*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. {{automobile-stub Drag racing organizations 1950s cars 1960s cars Manufacturing companies established in 1946 1946 establishments in the United States