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> 2. Re: Rare bits wanted (Vern Klukas)<br>
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> 4. Re: Rare bits wanted (Kent Kinard)<br>
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> Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 12:38:53 -0400 (EDT)<br>
> From: <a href="mailto:louatlcf@aol.com">louatlcf@aol.com</a><br>
> To: <a href="mailto:rovernet@rovernet.org">rovernet@rovernet.org</a><br>
> Subject: Re: [Rovernet] Rare bits wanted<br>
> Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:8D111A8D800DC0C-B38-33BE9@webmail-m222.sysops.aol.com">8D111A8D800DC0C-B38-33BE9@webmail-m222.sysops.aol.com</a>><br>
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> Hi:<br>
><br>
> Being at least the third owner of my 1966 Rover 2000TC (suffix A) I don't<br>
> know if the car came with Rostyles or not, however, I know the hubs can<br>
> have two different size studs. My car has the larger stud size and is the<br>
> last model using the Dunlop calipers and the only model that has the 7 inch<br>
> Servo used on Girling equipped cars I read this was done only for a few of<br>
> the early cars like mine. The five bolt pattern I measured has a 4.75 inch<br>
> bolt circle diameter of 4.75 inch. The spare in the boot is mounted on a<br>
> Rostyle wheel as well. I know what a Magstar looks like but not the Magnum<br>
> is the Magnum similar to the Rostyle? If they look the same what is the<br>
> difference? Please educate me.<br>
><br>
><br>
> Lou<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> -----Original Message-----<br>
> From: Alan Francis <<a href="mailto:partviking1@gmail.com">partviking1@gmail.com</a>><br>
> To: Rovernet <<a href="mailto:rovernet@rovernet.org">rovernet@rovernet.org</a>><br>
> Sent: Tue, Mar 18, 2014 11:52 pm<br>
> Subject: Re: [Rovernet] Rare bits wanted<br>
><br>
><br>
> >From personal experience I can testify that Rostyles will not fit a car<br>
> with Dunlop brakes as there is insufficient room to allow the wheel to seat<br>
> on the hub before hitting the outside caliper pod.<br>
><br>
> Alan Francis (partviking)<br>
><br>
> On Tuesday, March 18, 2014, Vern Klukas <<a href="mailto:vern@inkspotco.com">vern@inkspotco.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> > Hi Lou<br>
> ><br>
> > Your car undoubtedly didn't come with Rostyles originally. They quite<br>
> > possibly were installed by a dealer after the Rostyles became available,<br>
> or<br>
> > perhaps just later on in the car's life. Are you certain they aren't<br>
> > actually Magnums? Have you tried putting a steel wheel on?<br>
> ><br>
> > The September 1966 service newsletter is the first mention of Magnum<br>
> > wheels, warning that tires chains cannot be fitted to NADA cars so<br>
> > equipped. The same month Rover issued special newsletter introducing the<br>
> TC<br>
> > & Automatic. Magnum wheels are not mentioned, but then wheels period<br>
> aren't<br>
> > mentioned.<br>
> ><br>
> > I have a late 67 North American sales brochure that lists "Mag-styled"<br>
> > wheels as an option, as well as the Magstar wheel. Elsewhere they refer<br>
> to<br>
> > the wheel as Ro-style. But this is late for your car, which must be an A<br>
> > suffix to be Dunlop braked.<br>
> ><br>
> > In the June 1968 newsletter, Rover lists the parts needed to convert a<br>
> > steel wheeled car to Rostyles, along with the note that only Girling<br>
> braked<br>
> > cars can be converted (leading back to my wondering if you don't have<br>
> > Magnum wheels)<br>
> ><br>
> > I have some more material somewhere on the Magnum/Rostyle deal, just have<br>
> > to find it.<br>
> ><br>
> > Yours<br>
> > Vern<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > On Mar 16, 2014, at 4:58 PM, <a href="mailto:LouatLCF@aol.com">LouatLCF@aol.com</a> wrote:<br>
> ><br>
> > ><br>
> > > Hi<br>
> > ><br>
> > ><br>
> > > I have a 1966 Rover 2000TC equipped with Dunlop brakes and a single 7<br>
> > inch servo one of the first imported and I have Rostyle wheels. See<br>
> > attached Pics. I didn't think there were an earlier version, if so must<br>
> be<br>
> > rarer than my car.<br>
> > ><br>
> > ><br>
> > > Lou<br>
> > ><br>
> > ><br>
> > > -----Original Message-----<br>
> > > From: scott kohl <<a href="mailto:sdkgt6@yahoo.com">sdkgt6@yahoo.com</a>><br>
> > > To: Rovernet <<a href="mailto:rovernet@rovernet.org">rovernet@rovernet.org</a>><br>
> > > Sent: Sun, Mar 16, 2014 12:25 pm<br>
> > > Subject: Re: [Rovernet] Rare bits wanted<br>
> > ><br>
> > ><br>
> > > The story I have, that I have seen recounted on sites from both sides<br>
> of<br>
> > the<br>
> > > Atlantic, is that when the TC came out in late '65, Rover wanted to<br>
> > offer a<br>
> > > sporty wheel option for the US cars, but Rostyle did not have a wheel<br>
> > with the 5<br>
> > > on 5 pattern, so they made a deal with Magnum in the US to use their<br>
> > wheels.<br>
> > > The pattern closest to 5 on 5 was the GM 5 on 4.75, so when a US TC was<br>
> > ordered<br>
> > > with Magnums, the front and rear hubs were machined just for each car.<br>
> > This<br>
> > > changed sometime during 1967 when 5 on 5 Rostyles came on line, it<br>
> > appears no<br>
> > > one knows exactly when. Your '67 will have 5 on 5 hubs. I have read<br>
> > posts on<br>
> > > the Classic Rover Forum from a gentleman in CA who hads an early TC<br>
> with<br>
> > the<br>
> > > Magnums. He also has a set of Magstars, and has stated that he has to<br>
> > swap the<br>
> > > hubs to make the wheel change, and he was going to have to make a<br>
> > decision about<br>
> > > which to use permanently because he was tired of doing so much work.<br>
> > That is<br>
> > > what makes these hubs so<br>
> > > damn hard to find, they were on less that a years' worth of cars, and<br>
> > only cars<br>
> > > ordered with Magnums. There is a thread on the Rover site comparing<br>
> > pictures of<br>
> > > Magnums and Rostyles in Rover's own sales brochures, and you can see<br>
> the<br>
> > gap<br>
> > > between the wheelnut and center is different. At least one of the<br>
> > Magnum fitted<br>
> > > cars was re-imported to the UK, the chap who brought it in attested to<br>
> > the<br>
> > > difference. He said his finger didn't fit inside the nut on the<br>
> Magnum,<br>
> > it did<br>
> > > easily with the Rostyle. If you're curious I can look up and cite the<br>
> > web<br>
> > > addresses to the pages discussing this issue.<br>
> > ><br>
> > > Scott<br>
> > ><br>
> > ><br>
> > > Ah... Scott... they're all the same hubs. On my '67 2000TC, that came<br>
> > with<br>
> > > Magstar wheels, I've run Rostyles and SD1 wheels. Having owned this<br>
> > car, and<br>
> > > several others, for just short of 44 years I've never seen a different<br>
> > spec hub<br>
> > > or wheel. Have another look.<br>
> > > --------------------------------------------<br>
> > > On Sun, 3/16/14, <a href="mailto:gjkzscruggs@verizon.net">gjkzscruggs@verizon.net</a> <<a href="mailto:gjkzscruggs@verizon.net">gjkzscruggs@verizon.net</a>><br>
> > wrote:<br>
> > ><br>
> > > Subject: Re: [Rovernet] Rare bits wanted<br>
> > > To: <a href="mailto:rovernet@rovernet.org">rovernet@rovernet.org</a><br>
> > > Date: Sunday, March 16, 2014, 10:26 AM<br>
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> Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 10:02:44 -0700<br>
> From: Vern Klukas <<a href="mailto:vern@inkspotco.com">vern@inkspotco.com</a>><br>
> To: Rovernet <<a href="mailto:rovernet@rovernet.org">rovernet@rovernet.org</a>><br>
> Subject: Re: [Rovernet] Rare bits wanted<br>
> Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:BB8BADCE-2F11-46B6-97FB-F36510BCE6BC@inkspotco.com">BB8BADCE-2F11-46B6-97FB-F36510BCE6BC@inkspotco.com</a>><br>
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> Bingo! My friend, you have Magnum wheels. They look all but identical to<br>
> the Rostyles. One last question: is your tachometer & clock in a single<br>
> housing to the right of the speedo, or is the clock and tach in separate<br>
> housings, with the tach housing looking a bit pedestrian? If they are<br>
> separate you do indeed have a very early car.<br>
><br>
> Yours<br>
> Vern<br>
><br>
><br>
> On Mar 19, 2014, at 9:38 AM, <a href="mailto:louatlcf@aol.com">louatlcf@aol.com</a> wrote:<br>
><br>
> ><br>
> > Hi:<br>
> ><br>
> > Being at least the third owner of my 1966 Rover 2000TC (suffix A) I<br>
> don't know if the car came with Rostyles or not, however, I know the hubs<br>
> can have two different size studs. My car has the larger stud size and is<br>
> the last model using the Dunlop calipers and the only model that has the 7<br>
> inch Servo used on Girling equipped cars I read this was done only for a<br>
> few of the early cars like mine. The five bolt pattern I measured has a<br>
> 4.75 inch bolt circle diameter of 4.75 inch. The spare in the boot is<br>
> mounted on a Rostyle wheel as well. I know what a Magstar looks like but<br>
> not the Magnum is the Magnum similar to the Rostyle? If they look the same<br>
> what is the difference? Please educate me.<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > Lou<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > -----Original Message-----<br>
> > From: Alan Francis <<a href="mailto:partviking1@gmail.com">partviking1@gmail.com</a>><br>
> > To: Rovernet <<a href="mailto:rovernet@rovernet.org">rovernet@rovernet.org</a>><br>
> > Sent: Tue, Mar 18, 2014 11:52 pm<br>
> > Subject: Re: [Rovernet] Rare bits wanted<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > From personal experience I can testify that Rostyles will not fit a car<br>
> > with Dunlop brakes as there is insufficient room to allow the wheel to<br>
> seat<br>
> > on the hub before hitting the outside caliper pod.<br>
> ><br>
> > Alan Francis (partviking)<br>
> ><br>
> > On Tuesday, March 18, 2014, Vern Klukas <<a href="mailto:vern@inkspotco.com">vern@inkspotco.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> ><br>
> >> Hi Lou<br>
> >><br>
> >> Your car undoubtedly didn't come with Rostyles originally. They quite<br>
> >> possibly were installed by a dealer after the Rostyles became<br>
> available, or<br>
> >> perhaps just later on in the car's life. Are you certain they aren't<br>
> >> actually Magnums? Have you tried putting a steel wheel on?<br>
> >><br>
> >> The September 1966 service newsletter is the first mention of Magnum<br>
> >> wheels, warning that tires chains cannot be fitted to NADA cars so<br>
> >> equipped. The same month Rover issued special newsletter introducing<br>
> the TC<br>
> >> & Automatic. Magnum wheels are not mentioned, but then wheels period<br>
> aren't<br>
> >> mentioned.<br>
> >><br>
> >> I have a late 67 North American sales brochure that lists "Mag-styled"<br>
> >> wheels as an option, as well as the Magstar wheel. Elsewhere they refer<br>
> to<br>
> >> the wheel as Ro-style. But this is late for your car, which must be an A<br>
> >> suffix to be Dunlop braked.<br>
> >><br>
> >> In the June 1968 newsletter, Rover lists the parts needed to convert a<br>
> >> steel wheeled car to Rostyles, along with the note that only Girling<br>
> braked<br>
> >> cars can be converted (leading back to my wondering if you don't have<br>
> >> Magnum wheels)<br>
> >><br>
> >> I have some more material somewhere on the Magnum/Rostyle deal, just<br>
> have<br>
> >> to find it.<br>
> >><br>
> >> Yours<br>
> >> Vern<br>
> >><br>
> >><br>
> >><br>
> >> On Mar 16, 2014, at 4:58 PM, <a href="mailto:LouatLCF@aol.com">LouatLCF@aol.com</a> wrote:<br>
> >><br>
> >>><br>
> >>> Hi<br>
> >>><br>
> >>><br>
> >>> I have a 1966 Rover 2000TC equipped with Dunlop brakes and a single 7<br>
> >> inch servo one of the first imported and I have Rostyle wheels. See<br>
> >> attached Pics. I didn't think there were an earlier version, if so must<br>
> be<br>
> >> rarer than my car.<br>
> >>><br>
> >>><br>
> >>> Lou<br>
> >>><br>
> >>><br>
> >>> -----Original Message-----<br>
> >>> From: scott kohl <<a href="mailto:sdkgt6@yahoo.com">sdkgt6@yahoo.com</a>><br>
> >>> To: Rovernet <<a href="mailto:rovernet@rovernet.org">rovernet@rovernet.org</a>><br>
> >>> Sent: Sun, Mar 16, 2014 12:25 pm<br>
> >>> Subject: Re: [Rovernet] Rare bits wanted<br>
> >>><br>
> >>><br>
> >>> The story I have, that I have seen recounted on sites from both sides<br>
> of<br>
> >> the<br>
> >>> Atlantic, is that when the TC came out in late '65, Rover wanted to<br>
> >> offer a<br>
> >>> sporty wheel option for the US cars, but Rostyle did not have a wheel<br>
> >> with the 5<br>
> >>> on 5 pattern, so they made a deal with Magnum in the US to use their<br>
> >> wheels.<br>
> >>> The pattern closest to 5 on 5 was the GM 5 on 4.75, so when a US TC was<br>
> >> ordered<br>
> >>> with Magnums, the front and rear hubs were machined just for each car.<br>
> >> This<br>
> >>> changed sometime during 1967 when 5 on 5 Rostyles came on line, it<br>
> >> appears no<br>
> >>> one knows exactly when. Your '67 will have 5 on 5 hubs. I have read<br>
> >> posts on<br>
> >>> the Classic Rover Forum from a gentleman in CA who hads an early TC<br>
> with<br>
> >> the<br>
> >>> Magnums. He also has a set of Magstars, and has stated that he has to<br>
> >> swap the<br>
> >>> hubs to make the wheel change, and he was going to have to make a<br>
> >> decision about<br>
> >>> which to use permanently because he was tired of doing so much work.<br>
> >> That is<br>
> >>> what makes these hubs so<br>
> >>> damn hard to find, they were on less that a years' worth of cars, and<br>
> >> only cars<br>
> >>> ordered with Magnums. There is a thread on the Rover site comparing<br>
> >> pictures of<br>
> >>> Magnums and Rostyles in Rover's own sales brochures, and you can see<br>
> the<br>
> >> gap<br>
> >>> between the wheelnut and center is different. At least one of the<br>
> >> Magnum fitted<br>
> >>> cars was re-imported to the UK, the chap who brought it in attested to<br>
> >> the<br>
> >>> difference. He said his finger didn't fit inside the nut on the<br>
> Magnum,<br>
> >> it did<br>
> >>> easily with the Rostyle. If you're curious I can look up and cite the<br>
> >> web<br>
> >>> addresses to the pages discussing this issue.<br>
> >>><br>
> >>> Scott<br>
> >>><br>
> >>><br>
> >>> Ah... Scott... they're all the same hubs. On my '67 2000TC, that came<br>
> >> with<br>
> >>> Magstar wheels, I've run Rostyles and SD1 wheels. Having owned this<br>
> >> car, and<br>
> >>> several others, for just short of 44 years I've never seen a different<br>
> >> spec hub<br>
> >>> or wheel. Have another look.<br>
> >>> --------------------------------------------<br>
> >>> On Sun, 3/16/14, <a href="mailto:gjkzscruggs@verizon.net">gjkzscruggs@verizon.net</a> <<a href="mailto:gjkzscruggs@verizon.net">gjkzscruggs@verizon.net</a>><br>
> >> wrote:<br>
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> >>> Subject: Re: [Rovernet] Rare bits wanted<br>
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> Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 13:15:23 -0400 (EDT)<br>
> From: <a href="mailto:louatlcf@aol.com">louatlcf@aol.com</a><br>
> To: <a href="mailto:rovernet@rovernet.org">rovernet@rovernet.org</a><br>
> Subject: Re: [Rovernet] Rare bits wanted<br>
> Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:8D111ADF2E4C8E0-B10-3569B@webmail-vd016.sysops.aol.com">8D111ADF2E4C8E0-B10-3569B@webmail-vd016.sysops.aol.com</a>><br>
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> Hi:<br>
><br>
> It seems I learn something new about my Rover every day, the clock and<br>
> Tach are in separate housings! I believe this was the 189 th Rover 2000TC<br>
> imported per the vehicle chassis number. Tell me more about the Magnun<br>
> wheels versus the Rostyles are the bolt patterns different?<br>
><br>
><br>
> Lou<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> -----Original Message-----<br>
> From: Vern Klukas <<a href="mailto:vern@inkspotco.com">vern@inkspotco.com</a>><br>
> To: Rovernet <<a href="mailto:rovernet@rovernet.org">rovernet@rovernet.org</a>><br>
> Sent: Wed, Mar 19, 2014 10:02 am<br>
> Subject: Re: [Rovernet] Rare bits wanted<br>
><br>
><br>
> Bingo! My friend, you have Magnum wheels. They look all but identical to<br>
> the<br>
> Rostyles. One last question: is your tachometer & clock in a single<br>
> housing to<br>
> the right of the speedo, or is the clock and tach in separate housings,<br>
> with the<br>
> tach housing looking a bit pedestrian? If they are separate you do indeed<br>
> have a<br>
> very early car.<br>
><br>
> Yours<br>
> Vern<br>
><br>
><br>
> On Mar 19, 2014, at 9:38 AM, <a href="mailto:louatlcf@aol.com">louatlcf@aol.com</a> wrote:<br>
><br>
> ><br>
> > Hi:<br>
> ><br>
> > Being at least the third owner of my 1966 Rover 2000TC (suffix A) I<br>
> don't<br>
> know if the car came with Rostyles or not, however, I know the hubs can<br>
> have two<br>
> different size studs. My car has the larger stud size and is the last model<br>
> using the Dunlop calipers and the only model that has the 7 inch Servo<br>
> used on<br>
> Girling equipped cars I read this was done only for a few of the early<br>
> cars like<br>
> mine. The five bolt pattern I measured has a 4.75 inch bolt circle<br>
> diameter of<br>
> 4.75 inch. The spare in the boot is mounted on a Rostyle wheel as well. I<br>
> know<br>
> what a Magstar looks like but not the Magnum is the Magnum similar to the<br>
> Rostyle? If they look the same what is the difference? Please educate me.<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > Lou<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > -----Original Message-----<br>
> > From: Alan Francis <<a href="mailto:partviking1@gmail.com">partviking1@gmail.com</a>><br>
> > To: Rovernet <<a href="mailto:rovernet@rovernet.org">rovernet@rovernet.org</a>><br>
> > Sent: Tue, Mar 18, 2014 11:52 pm<br>
> > Subject: Re: [Rovernet] Rare bits wanted<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > From personal experience I can testify that Rostyles will not fit a car<br>
> > with Dunlop brakes as there is insufficient room to allow the wheel to<br>
> seat<br>
> > on the hub before hitting the outside caliper pod.<br>
> ><br>
> > Alan Francis (partviking)<br>
> ><br>
> > On Tuesday, March 18, 2014, Vern Klukas <<a href="mailto:vern@inkspotco.com">vern@inkspotco.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> ><br>
> >> Hi Lou<br>
> >><br>
> >> Your car undoubtedly didn't come with Rostyles originally. They quite<br>
> >> possibly were installed by a dealer after the Rostyles became<br>
> available, or<br>
> >> perhaps just later on in the car's life. Are you certain they aren't<br>
> >> actually Magnums? Have you tried putting a steel wheel on?<br>
> >><br>
> >> The September 1966 service newsletter is the first mention of Magnum<br>
> >> wheels, warning that tires chains cannot be fitted to NADA cars so<br>
> >> equipped. The same month Rover issued special newsletter introducing<br>
> the TC<br>
> >> & Automatic. Magnum wheels are not mentioned, but then wheels period<br>
> aren't<br>
> >> mentioned.<br>
> >><br>
> >> I have a late 67 North American sales brochure that lists "Mag-styled"<br>
> >> wheels as an option, as well as the Magstar wheel. Elsewhere they refer<br>
> to<br>
> >> the wheel as Ro-style. But this is late for your car, which must be an A<br>
> >> suffix to be Dunlop braked.<br>
> >><br>
> >> In the June 1968 newsletter, Rover lists the parts needed to convert a<br>
> >> steel wheeled car to Rostyles, along with the note that only Girling<br>
> braked<br>
> >> cars can be converted (leading back to my wondering if you don't have<br>
> >> Magnum wheels)<br>
> >><br>
> >> I have some more material somewhere on the Magnum/Rostyle deal, just<br>
> have<br>
> >> to find it.<br>
> >><br>
> >> Yours<br>
> >> Vern<br>
> >><br>
> >><br>
> >><br>
> >> On Mar 16, 2014, at 4:58 PM, <a href="mailto:LouatLCF@aol.com">LouatLCF@aol.com</a> wrote:<br>
> >><br>
> >>><br>
> >>> Hi<br>
> >>><br>
> >>><br>
> >>> I have a 1966 Rover 2000TC equipped with Dunlop brakes and a single 7<br>
> >> inch servo one of the first imported and I have Rostyle wheels. See<br>
> >> attached Pics. I didn't think there were an earlier version, if so must<br>
> be<br>
> >> rarer than my car.<br>
> >>><br>
> >>><br>
> >>> Lou<br>
> >>><br>
> >>><br>
> >>> -----Original Message-----<br>
> >>> From: scott kohl <<a href="mailto:sdkgt6@yahoo.com">sdkgt6@yahoo.com</a>><br>
> >>> To: Rovernet <<a href="mailto:rovernet@rovernet.org">rovernet@rovernet.org</a>><br>
> >>> Sent: Sun, Mar 16, 2014 12:25 pm<br>
> >>> Subject: Re: [Rovernet] Rare bits wanted<br>
> >>><br>
> >>><br>
> >>> The story I have, that I have seen recounted on sites from both sides<br>
> of<br>
> >> the<br>
> >>> Atlantic, is that when the TC came out in late '65, Rover wanted to<br>
> >> offer a<br>
> >>> sporty wheel option for the US cars, but Rostyle did not have a wheel<br>
> >> with the 5<br>
> >>> on 5 pattern, so they made a deal with Magnum in the US to use their<br>
> >> wheels.<br>
> >>> The pattern closest to 5 on 5 was the GM 5 on 4.75, so when a US TC was<br>
> >> ordered<br>
> >>> with Magnums, the front and rear hubs were machined just for each car.<br>
> >> This<br>
> >>> changed sometime during 1967 when 5 on 5 Rostyles came on line, it<br>
> >> appears no<br>
> >>> one knows exactly when. Your '67 will have 5 on 5 hubs. I have read<br>
> >> posts on<br>
> >>> the Classic Rover Forum from a gentleman in CA who hads an early TC<br>
> with<br>
> >> the<br>
> >>> Magnums. He also has a set of Magstars, and has stated that he has to<br>
> >> swap the<br>
> >>> hubs to make the wheel change, and he was going to have to make a<br>
> >> decision about<br>
> >>> which to use permanently because he was tired of doing so much work.<br>
> >> That is<br>
> >>> what makes these hubs so<br>
> >>> damn hard to find, they were on less that a years' worth of cars, and<br>
> >> only cars<br>
> >>> ordered with Magnums. There is a thread on the Rover site comparing<br>
> >> pictures of<br>
> >>> Magnums and Rostyles in Rover's own sales brochures, and you can see<br>
> the<br>
> >> gap<br>
> >>> between the wheelnut and center is different. At least one of the<br>
> >> Magnum fitted<br>
> >>> cars was re-imported to the UK, the chap who brought it in attested to<br>
> >> the<br>
> >>> difference. He said his finger didn't fit inside the nut on the<br>
> Magnum,<br>
> >> it did<br>
> >>> easily with the Rostyle. If you're curious I can look up and cite the<br>
> >> web<br>
> >>> addresses to the pages discussing this issue.<br>
> >>><br>
> >>> Scott<br>
> >>><br>
> >>><br>
> >>> Ah... Scott... they're all the same hubs. On my '67 2000TC, that came<br>
> >> with<br>
> >>> Magstar wheels, I've run Rostyles and SD1 wheels. Having owned this<br>
> >> car, and<br>
> >>> several others, for just short of 44 years I've never seen a different<br>
> >> spec hub<br>
> >>> or wheel. Have another look.<br>
> >>> --------------------------------------------<br>
> >>> On Sun, 3/16/14, <a href="mailto:gjkzscruggs@verizon.net">gjkzscruggs@verizon.net</a> <<a href="mailto:gjkzscruggs@verizon.net">gjkzscruggs@verizon.net</a>><br>
> >> wrote:<br>
> >>><br>
> >>> Subject: Re: [Rovernet] Rare bits wanted<br>
> >>> To: <a href="mailto:rovernet@rovernet.org">rovernet@rovernet.org</a><br>
> >>> Date: Sunday, March 16, 2014, 10:26 AM<br>
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> Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 14:26:39 -0500<br>
> From: Kent Kinard <<a href="mailto:kkinard@att.net">kkinard@att.net</a>><br>
> To: Rovernet <<a href="mailto:rovernet@rovernet.org">rovernet@rovernet.org</a>><br>
> Subject: Re: [Rovernet] Rare bits wanted<br>
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> Lou,<br>
> If the wheels and hubs are 4.75, they are not Rostyles, they are Magnum<br>
> 500. Easy way to tell the difference: Rostyles are riveted. Magnum<br>
> 500s are welded construction. If your centers are welded to the rims,<br>
> they are Magnum 500. Otherwise, it is difficult to tell the<br>
> difference. They look very much alike from the front side.<br>
> 4.75 inch bolt circle, welded construction, and larger studs mean Magnum<br>
> 500. Congratulations. You have the rare ones.<br>
><br>
> I have a 66 w. Dunlops, single Girling booster(although I do have a<br>
> Dunlop booster) and later style Tacholmeter installation, but I think it<br>
> came with Magstars. It is a rusty hulk, but now I'm going to have to<br>
> check the bolt circle. It's been in the back pasture for fifteen years<br>
> or more. I like the Dunlop brakes, but setting them up is a special skill.<br>
><br>
> Roverly,<br>
> Kent K.<br>
><br>
> <a href="mailto:louatlcf@aol.com">louatlcf@aol.com</a> wrote:<br>
> Hi: Being at least the third owner of my 1966 Rover 2000TC (suffix A)<br>
> I don't know if the car came with Rostyles or not, however, I know the<br>
> hubs can have two different size studs. My car has the larger stud size<br>
> and is the last model using the Dunlop calipers and the only model that<br>
> has the 7 inch Servo used on Girling equipped cars I read this was done<br>
> only for a few of the early cars like mine. The five bolt pattern I<br>
> measured has a 4.75 inch bolt circle diameter of 4.75 inch. The spare in<br>
> the boot is mounted on a Rostyle wheel as well. I know what a Magstar<br>
> looks like but not the Magnum is the Magnum similar to the Rostyle? If<br>
> they look the same what is the difference? Please educate me. Lou<br>
> -----Original Message----- From: Alan Francis <<a href="mailto:partviking1@gmail.com">partviking1@gmail.com</a>><br>
> To: Rovernet <<a href="mailto:rovernet@rovernet.org">rovernet@rovernet.org</a>> Sent: Tue, Mar 18, 2014 11:52 pm<br>
> Subject: Re: [Rovernet] Rare bits wanted >From personal experience I can<br>
> testify that Rostyles will not fit a car with Dunlop brakes as there is<br>
> insufficient room to allow the wheel to seat on the hub before hitting<br>
> the outside caliper pod. Alan Francis (partviking) On Tuesday, March 18,<br>
> 2014, Vern Klukas <<a href="mailto:vern@inkspotco.com">vern@inkspotco.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> >> Hi Lou<br>
> >><br>
> >> Your car undoubtedly didn't come with Rostyles originally. They quite<br>
> >> possibly were installed by a dealer after the Rostyles became<br>
> available, or<br>
> >> perhaps just later on in the car's life. Are you certain they aren't<br>
> >> actually Magnums? Have you tried putting a steel wheel on?<br>
> >><br>
> >> The September 1966 service newsletter is the first mention of Magnum<br>
> >> wheels, warning that tires chains cannot be fitted to NADA cars so<br>
> >> equipped. The same month Rover issued special newsletter introducing<br>
> the TC<br>
> >> & Automatic. Magnum wheels are not mentioned, but then wheels period<br>
> aren't<br>
> >> mentioned.<br>
> >><br>
> >> I have a late 67 North American sales brochure that lists "Mag-styled"<br>
> >> wheels as an option, as well as the Magstar wheel. Elsewhere they refer<br>
> to<br>
> >> the wheel as Ro-style. But this is late for your car, which must be an A<br>
> >> suffix to be Dunlop braked.<br>
> >><br>
> >> In the June 1968 newsletter, Rover lists the parts needed to convert a<br>
> >> steel wheeled car to Rostyles, along with the note that only Girling<br>
> braked<br>
> >> cars can be converted (leading back to my wondering if you don't have<br>
> >> Magnum wheels)<br>
> >><br>
> >> I have some more material somewhere on the Magnum/Rostyle deal, just<br>
> have<br>
> >> to find it.<br>
> >><br>
> >> Yours<br>
> >> Vern<br>
> >><br>
> >><br>
> >><br>
> >> On Mar 16, 2014, at 4:58 PM, <a href="mailto:LouatLCF@aol.com">LouatLCF@aol.com</a> wrote:<br>
> >><br>
> >>> Hi<br>
> >>><br>
> >>><br>
> >>> I have a 1966 Rover 2000TC equipped with Dunlop brakes and a single 7<br>
> >> inch servo one of the first imported and I have Rostyle wheels. See<br>
> >> attached Pics. I didn't think there were an earlier version, if so must<br>
> be<br>
> >> rarer than my car.<br>
> >>><br>
> >>> Lou<br>
> >>><br>
> >>><br>
> >>> -----Original Message-----<br>
> >>> From: scott kohl <<a href="mailto:sdkgt6@yahoo.com">sdkgt6@yahoo.com</a>><br>
> >>> To: Rovernet <<a href="mailto:rovernet@rovernet.org">rovernet@rovernet.org</a>><br>
> >>> Sent: Sun, Mar 16, 2014 12:25 pm<br>
> >>> Subject: Re: [Rovernet] Rare bits wanted<br>
> >>><br>
> >>><br>
> >>> The story I have, that I have seen recounted on sites from both sides<br>
> of<br>
> >> the<br>
> >>> Atlantic, is that when the TC came out in late '65, Rover wanted to<br>
> >> offer a<br>
> >>> sporty wheel option for the US cars, but Rostyle did not have a wheel<br>
> >> with the 5<br>
> >>> on 5 pattern, so they made a deal with Magnum in the US to use their<br>
> >> wheels.<br>
> >>> The pattern closest to 5 on 5 was the GM 5 on 4.75, so when a US TC was<br>
> >> ordered<br>
> >>> with Magnums, the front and rear hubs were machined just for each car.<br>
> >> This<br>
> >>> changed sometime during 1967 when 5 on 5 Rostyles came on line, it<br>
> >> appears no<br>
> >>> one knows exactly when. Your '67 will have 5 on 5 hubs. I have read<br>
> >> posts on<br>
> >>> the Classic Rover Forum from a gentleman in CA who hads an early TC<br>
> with<br>
> >> the<br>
> >>> Magnums. He also has a set of Magstars, and has stated that he has to<br>
> >> swap the<br>
> >>> hubs to make the wheel change, and he was going to have to make a<br>
> >> decision about<br>
> >>> which to use permanently because he was tired of doing so much work.<br>
> >> That is<br>
> >>> what makes these hubs so<br>
> >>> damn hard to find, they were on less that a years' worth of cars, and<br>
> >> only cars<br>
> >>> ordered with Magnums. There is a thread on the Rover site comparing<br>
> >> pictures of<br>
> >>> Magnums and Rostyles in Rover's own sales brochures, and you can see<br>
> the<br>
> >> gap<br>
> >>> between the wheelnut and center is different. At least one of the<br>
> >> Magnum fitted<br>
> >>> cars was re-imported to the UK, the chap who brought it in attested to<br>
> >> the<br>
> >>> difference. He said his finger didn't fit inside the nut on the<br>
> Magnum,<br>
> >> it did<br>
> >>> easily with the Rostyle. If you're curious I can look up and cite the<br>
> >> web<br>
> >>> addresses to the pages discussing this issue.<br>
> >>><br>
> >>> Scott<br>
> >>><br>
> >>><br>
> >>> Ah... Scott... they're all the same hubs. On my '67 2000TC, that came<br>
> >> with<br>
> >>> Magstar wheels, I've run Rostyles and SD1 wheels. Having owned this<br>
> >> car, and<br>
> >>> several others, for just short of 44 years I've never seen a different<br>
> >> spec hub<br>
> >>> or wheel. Have another look.<br>
> >>> --------------------------------------------<br>
> >>> On Sun, 3/16/14, <a href="mailto:gjkzscruggs@verizon.net">gjkzscruggs@verizon.net</a> <<a href="mailto:gjkzscruggs@verizon.net">gjkzscruggs@verizon.net</a>><br>
> >> wrote:<br>
> >>> Subject: Re: [Rovernet] Rare bits wanted<br>
> >>> To: <a href="mailto:rovernet@rovernet.org">rovernet@rovernet.org</a><br>
> >>> Date: Sunday, March 16, 2014, 10:26 AM<br>
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