Phil Ethier (phile@pwcs.stpaul.gov) writes:
> Andrew C. Green added +
>> +Wasn't the Chevy Vega also mentioned?
>
> The Vega/Sunbird/Monza clan had 4" bolt circle, and some of the wheels were
> 6" wide. This is the same as a Midget, not a B.
>
>> +If so, the Chevette may also qualify.
>
> Nope, the Chevette is an Opel Kadette, and has 100mm bolt circle. I don't
> know about the ORIGINAL Chevette, but since that had a mid-mounted V-8,
> I guess it doesn't count :-)
Huh? (head spins several times...) Let me back up and start again... I was
thinking that the Chevy Vega and the _Chevy_ Chevette used the same bolt
circles. Maybe so, maybe not. I have owned both, though not at the same time
(that would be too depressing), and they sure _looked_ the same.
>>I once put a took a set of rims off a girlfriend's
chevette and put them on my sprite. Also, I'd question
the likelihood of a major auto manufacturer producing cars
with both a 4 x 4" and a 4 x 3.93" bolt pattern. Never
know tho' ...
There is also a _Vauxhall_ Chevette in England, just to muddy the waters
even more, which doesn't seem to share sheet metal with any of the others.
>>A question for those inclined for trivia - wasn't Mad
Max's car in the first episode a Vauxhall Chevette ? If
so, it certainly wasn't mid-engined.
4) Which, if any, carries the same bolt circle as the Vega?
>>Spridgets; 4 x 4".
cheers-
dstone
From rwg1@postoffice.mail.cornell.edu Tue Sep 11 11:33:32 2001
From: (Roger Garnett) rwg1@postoffice.mail.cornell.edu
To: (British Cars) british-cars@autox.team.net
Date: 26 May 93 12:07:13
Subject: More Riley
Speaking of...
Among the interesting cars at the VSCCA race at Pocono a couple weeks ago
was a beautiful red Healey Elliot. I don't know much about the model,
other than it being one of Don's early designs. It's a 4 door Aluminium
bodied saloon, with a Riley 2.5. The interior was originally outfitted
with massive amounts of Oak. By restoration/race prep time, the Oak had
long ago rotted and was simply stripped out, leaving a fairly large car
weighing only about 1800 pounds! It got around the track quite well.
Another GIF of many I could post if I could just find a colour scanner
around here...
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