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Yertis said:
Where I grew up the only time you saw Wolfrace slots was bolted onto some old tat along with whip aerials, STP stickers, and air horns that played that Woody-Woodpecker tune.
That sums up my Morris 1000 perfectly, the DV27 is inside the car, I thought it looked cool in the 70's. 
The wheels were actually Cobra Supaslots, quite a bit cheaper than Wolfrace, and shod with Goodyear Grand Prix S that had recently been released complete with white letters.
Equus said:
996Type said:
They did, but as per my post above, they're pretty much the single reason that I preferred the S2, with Speedlines:
The slot mags make the S1 look too 'kit car', to my eyes... they remind me of the Beetle-based kits of the '70's, like the Nova and Charger.
Edited by Equus on Saturday 30th March 09:35
Colin Chapman complained the door closing on an Esprit sounded like someone slamming closed a cheap suitcase. That was the least of the issues with it! The S2 though looks more planted and serious on those wheels.
I’ve got a derelict S2 I’m modifying slightly to look like an S1 and got hold of a set of Wolfrace wheels for it that were almost as much as the car!
Blame Roger Moore when his drove of that ferry in Sardinia sometime around Xmas on telly, I was hooked….
My old S2 looked similar to the JPS above and the wheels do look a lot better, so I’ll also keep them and see what difference Speedlines make over Wolfrace to the handling.
Turbobanana said:
I do like a GT6, and when I was young say around 20, I did like the ide of those aluminium worlfrace wheels, no paint :-) but never got a car with those, seems at the time those wheels were pricy?
It does indeed not look good on your GT6 in that color combo, but, your other wheels I think those also does not compliment the car?
then I would rather like some nice steel wheels with a wider lip, say like on this triumph , simple but cool and fits such car me thinks.
GTRene said:
I do like a GT6, and when I was young say around 20, I did like the ide of those aluminium worlfrace wheels, no paint :-) but never got a car with those, seems at the time those wheels were pricy?
It does indeed not look good on your GT6 in that color combo, but, your other wheels I think those also does not compliment the car?
then I would rather like some nice steel wheels with a wider lip, say like on this triumph , simple but cool and fits such car me thinks.
Those are the 5.5J Dunlop wheels Rene. I agree they look great on the Spit and GT6.It does indeed not look good on your GT6 in that color combo, but, your other wheels I think those also does not compliment the car?
then I would rather like some nice steel wheels with a wider lip, say like on this triumph , simple but cool and fits such car me thinks.
So 1974.. So Custom Car /DLT / The Sweet . Not a fan - they were so eye catching that they distracted the eye from even a great looking car. These were my period favourite - they had the whiff of the Dunlop Rally Jacket and the special stage . 
So sexy , if not as much as these - ever see a car which wasn't a Porsche with Fuchs ?
So sexy , if not as much as these - ever see a car which wasn't a Porsche with Fuchs ?
coppice said:
So 1974.. So Custom Car /DLT / The Sweet . Not a fan - they were so eye catching that they distracted the eye from even a great looking car. These were my period favourite - they had the whiff of the Dunlop Rally Jacket and the special stage .
Now THAT'S more like it. Back in the day I was never a huge fan of slots. But loved Minilites and Revolutions. (And Fuchs, obvs)
Cotty said:
AC43 said:
Now THAT'S more like it. Back in the day I was never a huge fan of slots. But loved Minilites and Revolutions. (And Fuchs, obvs)
I really wanted a set of Revolutions but couldn't afford them at the time. A friend had a set in white on his white Ford Escort Mk2. A bit like the US wheels you seen on Mustangs etc. Torq Thrust I think.
AC43 said:
A bit like the US wheels you seen on Mustangs etc. Torq Thrust I think.
Torq Thrust D, I spent many years reading Custom Car and Street Machine when I was younger 
.https://www.americanracing.com/american-racing-vin...
I also like Centerline Auto Drag
https://www.northhantstyres.com/wheel-styles-alloy...
Cotty said:
AC43 said:
A bit like the US wheels you seen on Mustangs etc. Torq Thrust I think.
Torq Thrust D, I spent many years reading Custom Car and Street Machine when I was younger .https://www.americanracing.com/american-racing-vin...
Appears the Americans had a very similar wheel to the Slot Mag.
Ansen Sprint wheels https://www.americanracingequipment.ca/product/whe...
Ansen Sprint wheels https://www.americanracingequipment.ca/product/whe...
Cotty said:
Appears the Americans had a very similar wheel to the Slot Mag.
Ansen Sprint wheels https://www.americanracingequipment.ca/product/whe...
They were invented in America Ansen Sprint wheels https://www.americanracingequipment.ca/product/whe...
The Woolfie slot mags were just UK copies of what had been available in the USA for a while.
The ARE Ansen Sprints were what was fitted to the red Torino used in Starsky & Hutch TV series, and first came out in the USA around 1966/67, and were a cheaper alternative to the original 'slot mag' wheel design which was the Halibrand Sprint wheel from the early 1960's, but being pukka magnesium, were expensive, and really for racing only.
By the mid 60's cheaper cast aluminum manufacture meant, American Racing were able to offer cheaper cast ally version of their famous 5-spoke racing rims for the road, as well as their version of the famous Halibrand Sprint slot mag.
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