[Rovernet] Rare bits wanted

[Kent Kinard]

Hi Netters
I have front and rear Magnum 500 hubs loose in a box.  Got them from 
Eric (God rest his soul) for free plus freight.  Seems like I promised 
them to someone several years ago, but can't remember who.  I have no 
use for them as I have a large assortment of 5 on 5 wheels (Rostyles, 
SD1, Panasports, knock off wires).  I would prefer that they go to 
someone with a set of Magnum 500 wheels. The guy that is the Magnum 500 
rebuilder in Denver swears Rover never used a Magnum 500 and I'd love to 
send him a Rover Magnum 500 to prove the point.  Magnum 500 may be a 
pre-TC option.  I also have a Dunlop brake '66 TC (very early) parts car 
that came with Magstars.  If a customer chose Maglstars, the car came 
with 5 on 5 hubs.  I only ever had three Magnum 500 wheels and two of 
them were rusty.  Magnum 500s are welded construction while Rostyles are 
riveted construction.  I believe that there is a slight difference in 
offset also with the centers of the Magnum 500 appearing slightly 
deeper.  You can still buy the GM 4.75 x 5 Magnum 500 wheels or have 
custom steel wheels built on Rostyle centers.

Didn't we have this conversation a few years ago?

Roverly,
Kent K.

Hiilouatlcf at aol.com wrote:
> 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
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> 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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> On Sun, 3/16/14, gjkzscruggs at verizon.net <gjkzscruggs at verizon.net> wrote:
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>   Date: Sunday, March 16, 2014, 10:26 AM
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