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Looking for pics of MGB with slotted mags #1
jtmon Tim Monella Westover,Al, USA Sign in to contact	Topic Creator (OP) Jan 30, 2010 10:51 PM Joined 17 years ago 107 Posts

I found a set of US Indy Mags today at the local pull your own parts place and I have been trying to find pictures of MGB's on the web that have them. I have not had much luck.
I just want to see how they look before I start another project of polishing them up and buying another set of tires.

Thanks,

Tim

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Re: Looking for pics of MGB with slotted mags #2
mac townsend Fairfield, CA, USA Sign in to contact 1973 MG MGB MkIII	Jan 30, 2010 11:08 PM Joined 20 years ago 24,294 Posts

Saw a Datsun 2000 with them the other day. And I had a set, with not enough back space to fit a steel wheel rear end, that I ended up giving to a TR3 guy who needed wheels of any kind

They look very period, more 60s and early 70s than most "mags"...

The "Minilite" look that seems to be everywhere was not something one saw often back in the day. Minilites were hundreds and hundreds of dollars each (I'm thinking $3-500 each in 1970 dollars, but my recollection may be off), and were magnesium racing wheels not suitable for the street. The slot mags were the early "mag wheels"

The ones I had, off a Datsun 610, weighed several pounds less than a Rostyle.

You need a backspace greater than the 2.6 these 610 wheels had. My Shelby Libres (again, at the time, 60-early 70s, mostly true "mag" racing wheels used by Brock, Huffaker, etc) had just under 3" back space on a 5.5" rim.

1973 Pale Primrose Roadster. A nice 10-footer!
SUs, Datsun 5-speed

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Re: Looking for pics of MGB with slotted mags #3
pooch2 aussie 1968 MK 1 By the Beach, south coast NSW, Australia Sign in to contact	Jan 31, 2010 02:10 AM Joined 17 years ago 4,340 Posts

Like mine had?

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Re: Looking for pics of MGB with slotted mags #4
bannanabomb matthew archer Welwyn, On my sofa, UK Sign in to contact 1980 MG MGB GT "Banana Bomb"	Jan 31, 2010 04:40 AM Joined 17 years ago 636 Posts

i love the look on mine, period correct and all that jazz.

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Re: Looking for pics of MGB with slotted mags #5
mgv8glen Glenn Towery Dover, DE, USA Sign in to contact 1974 MG MGB GT "Pumpkin"	Jan 31, 2010 05:21 AM Top Contributor Joined 18 years ago 7,558 Posts

What I have done for the backspace problem, for 30 years, take a W/W rear & bolt steel wheel hubs on the wire wheel rear, now the rear is 2 inchs narrower & the darsun wheel sits were it should. I run 185/70/14 tires, if I try to run 195s thay rub the ft. fenders. I have put the 240,260,280 Z wheels on a lot of Bs that use to have W/Ws.

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Re: Looking for pics of MGB with slotted mags #6
def300s David Ferrell Rogers, AR, USA Sign in to contact	Jan 31, 2010 09:13 AM Joined 19 years ago 157 Posts

Here's a photo of my project car. Going back to dark BRG.

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Re: Looking for pics of MGB with slotted mags #7
200mph Mike J Winston-Salem, NC, USA Sign in to contact 1965 Ford Ranchero 1967 Austin-Healey Sprite 1969 Austin-Healey Sprite 1970 Datsun 240Z & more	Jan 31, 2010 09:41 AM Top Contributor Joined 20 years ago 8,188 Posts

In reply to a post by mac townsend They look very period, more 60s and early 70s than most "mags"...

The "Minilite" look that seems to be everywhere was not something one saw often back in the day.

Agreed. Inexpensive slot mags from a variety of suppliers, plus American Racing Libres, Silverstone and LeMans wheels were the norm.

So many New England Datsun dealers insisted on selling new 240Z's with slot mags (for added dealer profit), we had to grandfather them in for "stock" class autocrossing.

They were also very popular on Pintos, Vegas, and early Mustangs. I must have sold off a dozen sets over the years, and now might look for a set for my Falcon Ranchero.

MG racer Hank Thorp was the minilite importer, and he mostly catered to SCCA racers. The magnesium wheels were cost-prohibitive, and the aluminum ones were not widely distributed.

Minilites (Superlites, Minotaurs, et al) are so popular now because they were fitted to thge "works" competition cars, and because they are British (in heritage if not in current production).

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Re: Looking for pics of MGB with slotted mags #8
balloonfoot Lloyd Faust Novato, CA, USA Sign in to contact	Jan 31, 2010 11:14 AM Top Contributor Joined 17 years ago 14,070 Posts

here's period correct !!

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