[ROVERNET - UK] Magstars and Magnum 500's

Ted Holman ted_holman at vintagesuzuki.com
Thu Apr 20 15:14:51 BST 2006


Steve
The trim rings appear to fit the wheels almost to well to be generic. They 
have a cut out for the valve stem that is shaped in a different manner, 
almost a purposeful cut to accommodate the lip and position of the stem. It 
might be a trim ring that was produced in that time period that is no longer 
being made, but I got the impression that they were made for the 
application. The wheels shown on the cover look like several sets I have on 
cars which have the standard bolt pattern. The wheels you are referring to 
were different from latter all steel, chrome wheels?
Ted
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "S Manwell" <smanwell at sprintmail.com>
To: <rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 5:08 AM
Subject: [ROVERNET - UK] Magstars and Magnum 500's


> Ted,
>
> The 2000TC on the cover of this brochure is wearing Magnum 500's (the 
> later Rostyles look similar, but have a different offset and a more convex 
> center):
>
> http://clubs.hemmings.com/clubsites/rovercar/nadatc/nada.htm
>
> or   http://beerinc.com/rstca/models.html   then click on "NADA 2000 TC"
>
> The same brochure features both Magstars and Magnum 500's in the inside 
> page.  Interestingly, the Magstar photo shows a chrome rim, though 
> ultimately Rover only offered the black painted rim on Magstars.
> The trim rings you refer to were not a Rover accessory, but I imagine they 
> would dress up the black rim nicely.
>
> --Steve
>
>
> Ted Holman wrote:
>
>> Good morning
>>
>> Where can a person see an image of the chrome Magnum500 wheel you 
>> referred to?
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "S Manwell" <smanwell at sprintmail.com>
>> To: <rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com>
>> Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 4:17 AM
>> Subject: Re: [ROVERNET - UK] Rover P6 wheels on EBAY
>>
>>
>>> Rudiger,
>>>
>>> These are Magstar wheels.  They were accessories for North American 
>>> market P6 Rovers in roughly 1966 through 1968.  They were made for Rover 
>>> North America by Kelsey Hayes before Rostyle wheels were available from 
>>> the UK. Kelsey Hayes has been making wheels for many different auto 
>>> manufacturers since at least the 1920's.  The other well known 
>>> application for Magstars was the Shelby-modified Ford Mustangs 
>>> (different rim size and bolt pattern though).
>>>
>>> Magstar wheel center caps are available from Shelby Mustang sources, but 
>>> for some reason they have a cobra head where the viking ship should be.
>>>
>>> To answer the bolt pattern question that always comes up next, the Rover 
>>> Magstars have the same bolt pattern and stud size as the standard P6 
>>> wheel, but they require unique lug nuts.  The chrome Magnum500 wheel, on 
>>> the other hand, requires a different hub with different bolt circle and 
>>> different size lug nuts.  The Magnum 500 was offered at the same time as 
>>> an option for NADA Rover 2000's and also made by Kelsey Hayes for Rover. 
>>> The similar-looking chrome Rostyle wheel replaced this wheel as an 
>>> option sometime in 1968 and, thankfully, it fits the standard P6 hub.
>>>
>>> Taking a further step into the obscure, the Magnum500 was also an option 
>>> on many other American cars from each of the major makes including GM. 
>>> I speculate that GM would not allow Kelsey Hayes to supply Magnum 500's 
>>> to Rover with the P6 bolt circle, because many (most?, all?) GM cars 
>>> used the same pattern.  I don't believe any GM cars used the Magstar 
>>> wheel, so that may explain why it does use the P6 bolt pattern.
>>>
>>> Obscuriously,
>>>
>>> Steve Manwell
>>>
>>> RoverP6 at gmx.de wrote:
>>>
>>>> # 4632995769
>>>>
>>>> "Kelsey Hayes" wheels?
>>>>
>>>> Rudiger
>>>> www.RoverP6.info
>>>>
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