Disteel brand pressed- steel

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s were manufactured by the

Detroit Pressed Steel Company Disteel brand pressed-steel automobile wheels were manufactured by the Detroit Pressed Steel Company, and were introduced in 1917 as an alternative to wooden artillery wheels with demountable rims. Pressed steel wheels were an alternative to fra ...

, and were introduced in 1917 as an alternative to wooden

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s with demountable rims. Pressed steel wheels were an alternative to fragile wooden wheels which would crack on impact with very rough roads. Steel wheels were both stronger and cheaper to manufacture, and could be painted any color the owner desired. Disteel wheels were offered as an extra cost option on many vehicles produced at the time, to include

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, and Page-Detroit vehicles of the 1920s. In March 1923, the Detroit Pressed Steel Company was merged with both the

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of Cleveland, Ohio, and the

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, to form a new company, called the

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by Elroy J. "E.J." Kulas, after leaving the Peerless Automobile Company.The Kulas Foundation - History of Mr. and Mrs. Kulas
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References

* John Bentley, "Disteel", i
''The Old Car Book''
Number 168,

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, 1952, p. 112 Automobile wheels