No doubt there is a difference in the two wheels you show. I'd like to see two wheels from the same year side by side. Your pic shows a 70 e body wheel and a 71 A body wheel. My wheel looks like the 71 A body one you show. Since the part #'s are the same, I cant see how they could have diff wheels for a bodies and e bodies, how would they tell them apart with the same part # ? Maybe what we have here is a different manufacturer for 70 than 71. That would explain the slight difference in wheels, but having the same part #. Or even as suggested above, diff manufacturers in the same year.
Pretty intresting thread, thanks for the pics 70cudajim!
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