[ROVERNET - UK] "Restoring" Rovers, Market Value, et cetera

Kent Kinard kkinard at wcc.net
Mon Jul 31 18:12:16 BST 2006


Hi James,
I agee with Vern.  If you want to sell the Magnum 500 
wheels, I would be interested.

Kent K.

On Mon, 31 Jul 2006 10:07:33 -0700
  Vern Klukas <vern at inkspotco.com> wrote:
> Are you sure they are not Magnum 500 wheels?
> As far as I know, this is the situation:
> 
> Except for North American cars with Magnum wheels, all 
>P6s use the same bolt pattern, 5 x 5", and  stud size. 
>The magnum wheeled cars used a smaller bolt circle and (I 
>believe) a larger stud size.
> 
> Certainly, the parts books show only the above 
>differences. The 5x5 front hubs were changed early in 
>production, but that had nothing to do with bolt circle 
>or stud size, but rather changed from a "spider" type 
>flange to a full circle flange for the wheel to bear on.
> 
> Yours
> Vern
> 
> 
>>One further note on Rostyles, and other wheels; In the 
>>US, The lug pattern was changed about  1968, that is all 
>>wheels later than this will not fit on cars earlier than 
>>this, and vice versa. I believe the lugnuts were also 
>>changed at the same time, so a standard lugnut would fit 
>>them. When was this change, and was it worldwide? I have 
>>early rostyles, that do not fit late cars; so does this 
>>mean they came from a 1967 or earlier? James Dean, 
>>Ft.Lauderdale.
>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Fritz Rauschenberg" 
>><wfritz at mindspring.com>
>>To: <rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com>
>>Sent: Monday, July 31, 2006 2:59 AM
>>Subject: RE: [ROVERNET - UK] "Restoring" Rovers, Market 
>>Value, et cetera
>>
>>>Aidrian,
>>>
>>>My 69 2000TC came with Rostyle wheels and I have been 
>>>under the impression
>>>that they were an option on NADA P6's. I'm getting in on 
>>>this thread late
>>>so that may have already been stated-if so pardon the 
>>>repetition.
>>>
>>>Fritz
>>>Atlanta
>>>
>>>>[Original Message]
>>>>From: Aidrian Bridgeman-Sutton <smokeandsteam at san.rr.com>
>>>>To: <rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com>
>>>>Date: 7/30/2006 8:56:50 PM
>>>>Subject: RE: [ROVERNET - UK] "Restoring" Rovers, Market 
>>>>Value, et cetera
>>>>
>>>>>>the (sigh)rostyles etc.<<
>>>>David
>>>>Rostyles weren't to the best of my understanding a listed 
>>>>option for the
>>>>North American P6.  At various times you could order 
>>>>Magstar and Magnum
>>>>wheels in place of the steel wheels, but I don't think 
>>>>the Rostyles were
>>>>ever an option in these parts except perhaps on the very 
>>>>late 2000TC?
>>>>Aidrian
>>>>
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