Would be nice if you can get 7" wide Minilite rim, that is what the
roadster needs for good handling...
Mike Kerr
Roadster Restoration
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Placerville CA. 95667
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-----Original Message-----
From: Marc Sayer <msayer1@concentric.net>
To: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Date: Thursday, December 30, 1999 11:49 AM
Subject: Re: Minilites
>Jsk977@aol.com wrote:
>>
>> Mike,
>>
>> I have a set of original magnesium Minilites, and they are 6" wide.
>
>The Mag versions came first and were their racing wheels. They came in a
>variety of sizes and widths and could also be special ordered in sizes
>if you were willing to order enough (as many bigger race teams were).
>The aluminum wheels came later as a variation on the mag race wheels and
>as a street wheel. Minilites came in at least 4 different eight-spoke
>designs. One looked much like a Western or Shelby wheel, and had a large
>flat center section and short spokes that ended almost as soon as they
>reached the center section. Another looked much more like the
>Panasports, and had a much smaller center section and longer spokes.
>They also came out with a variation on the short-spoke type that had
>ribs cast into the rim, and had a Rudge-Whitworth center-lock type
>variation on the long spoke. I am sure there were probably others as well
>but these are the only ones I am personally familiar with.
>
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