[Rovernet] Rare bits wanted

[Vern Klukas]

Hi Lou

Your car undoubtedly didn’t come with Rostyles originally. They quite possibly were installed by a dealer after the Rostyles became available, or perhaps just later on in the car’s life. Are you certain they aren’t actually Magnums? Have you tried putting a steel wheel on?

The September 1966 service newsletter is the first mention of Magnum wheels, warning that tires chains cannot be fitted to NADA cars so equipped. The same month Rover issued special newsletter introducing the TC & Automatic. Magnum wheels are not mentioned, but then wheels period aren’t mentioned.

I have a late 67 North American sales brochure that lists “Mag-styled" wheels as an option, as well as the Magstar wheel. Elsewhere they refer to the wheel as Ro-style. But this is late for your car, which must be an A suffix to be Dunlop braked. 

In the June 1968 newsletter, Rover lists the parts needed to convert a steel wheeled car to Rostyles, along with the note that only Girling braked cars can be converted (leading back to my wondering if you don’t have Magnum wheels)

I have some more material somewhere on the Magnum/Rostyle deal, just have to find it.

Yours
Vern



On Mar 16, 2014, at 4:58 PM, LouatLCF 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 
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> -----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
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> 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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