[Rovernet] Rare bits wanted

[louatlcf at aol.com]

Hi


I have a 1966 Rover 2000TC equipped with Dunlop brakes and a single 7 inch servo one of the first imported and I have Rostyle wheels. See attached Pics. I didn't think there were an earlier version, if so must be rarer than my car.


Lou 


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From: scott kohl <sdkgt6 at yahoo.com>
To: Rovernet <rovernet at rovernet.org>
Sent: Sun, Mar 16, 2014 12:25 pm
Subject: Re: [Rovernet] Rare bits wanted


The story I have, that I have seen recounted on sites from both sides of the 
Atlantic, is that when the TC came out in late '65, Rover wanted to offer a 
sporty wheel option for the US cars, but Rostyle did not have a wheel with the 5 
on 5 pattern, so they made a deal with Magnum in the US to use their wheels.  
The pattern closest to 5 on 5 was the GM 5 on 4.75, so when a US TC was ordered 
with Magnums, the front and rear hubs were machined just for each car.  This 
changed sometime during 1967 when 5 on 5 Rostyles came on line, it appears no 
one knows exactly when.  Your '67 will have 5 on 5 hubs.  I have read posts on 
the Classic Rover Forum from a gentleman in CA who hads an early TC with the 
Magnums.  He also has a set of Magstars, and has stated that he has to swap the 
hubs to make the wheel change, and he was going to have to make a decision about 
which to use permanently because he was tired of doing so much work.  That is 
what makes these hubs so
 damn hard to find, they were on less that a years' worth of cars, and only cars 
ordered with Magnums.  There is a thread on the Rover site comparing pictures of 
Magnums and Rostyles in Rover's own sales brochures, and you can see the gap 
between the wheelnut and center is different.  At least one of the Magnum fitted 
cars was re-imported to the UK, the chap who brought it in attested to the 
difference.  He said his finger didn't fit inside the nut on the Magnum, it did 
easily with the Rostyle.  If you're curious I can look up and cite the web 
addresses to the pages discussing this issue.

Scott


Ah... Scott... they're all the same hubs.  On my '67 2000TC, that came with 
Magstar wheels, I've run Rostyles and SD1 wheels.  Having owned this car, and 
several others, for just short of 44 years I've never seen a different spec hub 
or wheel.  Have another look.
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