14", Full Reverse mounting
2-piece welded construction
August 1986
Marked as 'Ewing - Emotion' on the centrecap; so may have sat as a sub-model of the Ewing range. However it isn't listed as such in the Emotion catalogue, while also getting no mention at all in the period Ewing catalogue..
The Emotion name later became a sub-range of models from the late 90's to present; with wheels such as the CRkai, CR Kiwami, 11R, XT7, and XD9, all using the Emotion name.
http://www.work-wheels.co.jp/campaign/kiwami/history.html
Anyway, the 80's Work Emotion in detail..
Like the Ewing ones I wrote about recently, these are plastic. No provision for a locking mechanism, and like the SSR collars, these can only be mounted in one position on the wheel face..
The collar only mounts in one position, and the plate has the locating pin hole; so the plate is cleverly locked in one position on the face of the wheel.. not just lining up with the spokes.
A retaining clip holds the plate down onto the face, with the clip sitting in a groove on the collar.
Nice electropolished finish on the entire barrel, perfect weld, and good paint coverage.Curious what the reason behind the 2-piece construction was, compared to the 3-piece setup used on the Ewing..
Really nicely printed, and naturally full of the some of the coolest cars in 1986.
An early BMW M535i on the cover suits the euro image of the wheel..
HR31 Nissan Skyline Passage GT.. with the TWIN CAM TURBO RB20DET...
..I think that'd be refined... but as for how you refine an expression to prepare for a suitable road..?
RADIAL DESIGN.
I'd say this is showing a compass was the inspiration for the design. Fair enough - yep, I can see that.
..But damn, I'm still waiting for that point in my life - just sitting at a polished wood desk.. with a compass, pencil, map of Munich.. and a random wheel sitting right over the top. Killing it.
EMOTION
available in 12" full reverse; then a larger face used in the 14" full reverse, and a larger face again used for the 15" (full reverse) and 16" reverse wheel.
The price list shows the 4x114.3 6JJx14 +40 Emotions above were 37,000yen each in 1986. Not particularly cheap.
For comparison; the Work Ewing and equivalent SSR EX-C in full reverse 1460 +40 were both also nearly 40,000yen a wheel..
Done. As always - damn that took a surprising amount of time!
HUGE Fan of your blog man! Question; are the wheels you buy NOS? They are all very well kept and restored to perfection! Cheers to a great job and keep on , keeping' on!
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heh, cheers, I appreciate it - and likewise..!
ReplyDeleteIdeally all the wheels I buy would be NOS, and I've been bloody lucky to be able to find a ton of them over time; but it requires damn near constant browsing of Yahoo.
I just try and find them as clean and original as possible; while if the wheel is rare enough, simply complete will do. If the size/stud pattern is too much to pass on though...
Basically, after re-doing many wheels, its pretty obvious that its much cheaper just to buy them as clean as possible in the first place. To add insult to injury, a restored wheel will never quite be the same as an original unrestored one; although at the very least, it IS satisfying to turn a piece of junk into something pretty again...
So what do you do with your wheels?
ReplyDeleteDo you mount them up like the Auswuchs, or just keep them on the wall for display? Either was you've amassed a nice collection and your pictures are great for textures and reference when 3d modeling.
It wasnt intentional, but so few end up being mounted. Its rare for me to buy a set I intend to actually use, with those Auswuch's being one of the rare few. I have a good 5 or 10 sets I bought planning to run on my AW11.. but god only knows if i'll ever even put them on!
DeleteI just love the look of wheels on their own.. to the point it seems like a shame to mount most of them on a car. Safe to say any of the unused/NOS wheels arent going to get tyres on them any time soon!
I'm stoked the pictures are appreciated anyway. I've got so many more I'll get around to posting, but try to space them between car posts! Just keeping the variety up here..
Hopefully this gets seen, but are you still active anywhere? Your IG was awesome as hell and I tried to get ahold of you on there to ask some questions about some wheels I have that look like these, but don't have the Work markings on them ... or much of any markings for that matter.
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