Slot Mags

Came here to post this.

Such a great looking design the ME3000 & the Wolfrace wheels really complement the look.

They worked well on a friends Datsun 240z in the early 1980's.

They do not suit everything however. They just seem wrong on Triumphs to me for example.

As a kid in the 70's, and a fan of custom car mags I loved the slot mags. I'm not a fan of them as standard wheels on cars like the esprit etc though, as it makes them look cheaper.

A few years ago I toyed with the idea of buying a single one to make a side table

Can’t take credit, Christopher took that on the way to his wedding, he had it as his wedding car!

I had slot mags on my drag race cars...







But now I have Mk 1 Cosmic and Falcon Alloys...

That reminds me of the slot mags on my Imp. They had a flush rim (no bevel) and I took the car to my local tyre fitter for a new set of Kelly tyres. When I returned to collect the car, I was horrified to discover that the f*ckwit fitter had changed each of the tyres on one of those machines, which had basically gouged a line around the circumference of each wheel rim, because it had no bevel to work with. I was absolutely furious and couldn’t believe that they didn’t change them manually, but the damage was done. All I could think about was hiding the mess by painting the rim part of each wheel in red, the same colour as the car. It didn’t look that great to be honest.

Wolfies only look good with a nice concave aspect. Skinny ones look utter gash

Cobras in 1986 on my ultra scarce Saphire blue Capri 3000GT Automatic.

I've had Wolfies on a good few of my vehicles, from Heralds and Spitfires back when I was young, to some far more current stuff - in our club, we have a "Save the slot" sticker, as a few of the younger guys seem to not appreciate the old alloys... As for them being "of their time" or evoking certain past trends, I don't see that as a bad thing. Nowt wrong with a nicely built kit car either, but the term is usually used to convey some form of insult/derogatory comment - again, a product of their time. Who wouldn't want a Nova complete with wild, impractical styling, wonky elevating roof, damp fur interior, lousy ventilation and stupidly deep dished slots... similar to the Esprit then, really. (And, "Yes" I am joking... sort of - the Esprit never came with an elevating roof.)
And can anybody really picture an old beach buggy without huge slots... 'Twould be like chips without ketchup!

My old Chevyvan had some knackered Cragar SS wheels when bought, soon sorted that tho'...


My '36 Austin, was running Appliance chrome wires, they did look lovely, but you wouldn't want to clean them after a winter's driving! So, slots it had to be...


On my A100 pup, I had a set of "gold chrome" Keystones - anybody seen any? I've never seen another set. I still have these, just after something suitable to fit them to (AMC Hornet anyone?)...