Slot Mags

[Bodach]

Any else like Wolfrace Slot Mag alloys?? Not really into fancy alloys but for some reason really I like the Wolfies and I have five of them all just ripe for a good clean and polish. I may well have a layer of paint to remove as I have not cleaned the twenty years of grime from them.

[Equus]

They are very much of their time.

Personally, I never much liked them even back in period (I much prefer the Series II Esprit to the Series I, pretty much entirely on the basis of the latter's Speedline alloys vs. the original slot mags), but each to their own: on a certain type of 1970's car, they at least carry period character.

[samoht]

Like this?

( @MyronVernis )

[dbdb]

On the right car, they look great.

[gazza285]

Never a fan, but my Mk1 Escort looked great with Wolfrace Turbos on.

[OverSteery]

Equus said:

They are very much of their time.

Absolutely, and I am too. Love 80s music and still want one day to own a car with slot mags

This one would do





Make any car look better





OK, ok, makes almost any car look better..

Edited by OverSteery on Saturday 30th March 08:56

[MDMA .]

Not the Wolfrace brand, but…

[Equus]

OverSteery said:

Make any car look better

Hmmm... personal tastes, obviously, but to me that looks dreadful. Would look better on steels, IMO.

The Marina, OTOH, doesn't actually offend, if you assume it's been done with an ironic sense of humour (and God knows you want one of those, if you run a Marina).

[996Type]

The Wolfrace alloys defined this car in my view…

[Cotty]

I had them on my Cortina Pickup

[Equus]

996Type said:

The Wolfrace alloys defined this car in my view…

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

[moffspeed]

This was one of the quicker cars to run on "Wolfies" although they forgot to put the slots in and it featured solid wheels :




I always thought that WolfRace was founded by the late John Woolfe (killed in a 917 at Le Mans) but apparently not, a certain Mr Barry Treacey. This is just a small part of his classic car collection, I'm guessing it was a profitable business :




Note - the Ferraris are all on OEM wheels...

[Yertis]

Had them on my Scimitar and they were buggers to keep looking nice.

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.

[Equus]

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.

I think that's the origin of my prejudice against them, too.

[liner33]

moffspeed said:

I always thought that WolfRace was founded by the late John Woolfe (killed in a 917 at Le Mans) but apparently not, a certain Mr Barry Treacey. This is just a small part of his classic car collection, I'm guessing it was a profitable business :

...

You could be forgiven since its a name that goes way back in drag racing history and a company that still exists

[Cotty]

liner33 said:

You could be forgiven since its a name that goes way back in drag racing history and a company that still exists

Yep Steve Green's Mk1 Cortina was sponsored by John Woolfe racing

[healeyneil]

Not mine, but this is magnificent!

[P5BNij]

healeyneil said:

Not mine, but this is magnificent!

Saw this S-Type at the NEC show last November...

[Turbobanana]

Not a fan. My GT6, before:



...and after:

[dontlookdown]

I thought I liked wofrace wheels but this thread is changing my mind;)

They do look OK on Scimitars though. I'll hold to that opinion.