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Re: Minilite Bolt-on Wheels

To: pennell@visi.net
Subject: Re: Minilite Bolt-on Wheels
From: oldirish@ix.netcom.com
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 1997 22:32:55 -0600 (CST)
On 12/29/97 17:00:01 you wrote:
>
>Keith Pennell wrote:
>> 
>> > Keith, Don, etal,
>> >
>> > I recently received a catalog from Europa Specialist Spares, Fauld
>> > Industrial Park, Tutbury, Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, DE13 9HR,
>> > England that lists a wheel called Superlite that looks like a Minilite.
>> > They have two 6" x 15" wheels listed, one with 24mm offset, 112mm
>> > backface for 87.77 pounds and the other has 33mm offset and 122mm
>> > backface for the same price. Either can have 4, 5, or 6 stud holes.

>I just checked Yahoo's exchange rate list and they say it is 1.671 at
>2:31PM today. I usually use 1.65 to get an approximation of the cost in
>dollars. Therefore, the price per wheel would be $145-150, so a set of
>five is $725-750.
>
>Charlie
>
>

Keith, Don, Charlie and anyone else interested in obtaining these wheels,

As I indicated I would in my earlier post, I called Bob Yarwood at Westfield 
Cars.  He distributes Compomotive wheels from England (the Superlites are 
from Australia).  Westfield Cars is in Creswell, Oregon (near Eugene).

Compomotive make a very light, very strong wheel to British competition 
standards.  The wheels can be obtained in about any offset you need, as well 
as the bolt patterns.  in 15", he has 6x15, 7x15 and 8x15.  A set to fit an 
Austin Healey would be about $725 exclusive of shipping.

Call Bob at (541)895-3000, or westfield@pond.net, or 
http://www.swiftsite.com/westfieldcarsna with further questions, etc.  

Other than Westfield helps sponsor some of our SCCA vintage races at PIR, I 
have no affiliation with either company.  I just think you will be much 
happier with these wheels.

Jerry

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Jerry Liudahl - Eugene, Oregon USA
Old Irish Racing Club: http://pw2.netcom.com/~oldirish.html
Purple Lips Racing - Lip Service Racing Teams
Austin Healey, Datsun - MG, Jaguar, Alfa Romeo 
E-mail: oldirish@ix.netcom.com
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