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RE: what kind of wheels

To: "'Thomas the Swede'" <csp311@telia.com>,
Subject: RE: what kind of wheels
From: "Hall, Phillip" <Phillip.Hall@msfc.nasa.gov>
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 07:51:49 -0600
I agree with Thomas.  Roger has England made Minilites on a Roadster and
they are different then Mike Young's wheels.  To me they look like my EMPIs
with the more round spokes that stand out more and come close to the center
hub which makes lug nuts hard to come by due to tight clearances.   Some say
the AR wheel is close to the EMPI - OK Mike what are these wheels.

        -----Original Message-----
        From:   Thomas the Swede [SMTP:csp311@telia.com]
        Sent:   Tuesday, December 12, 2000 2:29 AM
        To:     David & Candy Pina
        Cc:     CalSpeed@aol.com; sprague@ufl.edu;
datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
        Subject:        Re: what kind of wheels

        Nope, they are not genuine Minilite (made in England).
        On the race car they are Minilite aluminium type.
        Magnesium type have different spokes and is the
        design others copy. The 8 spokes are not rounded
        but have a more oval cross section.

        Thomas

        David & Candy Pina wrote:

        > These are early style magnesium Minilites. I have a pair on my
car. I
        > used to have four but one morning I came outside to find my garage
door
        > open and guess what was missing.  Fortunately, I  had three "newer
"
        > style Minilites.  These are the ones that Panasports are modeled
after.
        > I am interested in trading these older style for the newer style.
You
        > can see the newer style on SRL 701 at
        > http://www.datsun.org/fairlady/ParkinsonRace.jpg Oh yea, I don't
have
        > the cool hub caps that Mike Young's car has.
        > David Pina

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