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Old 10-06-2003, 05:52 PM
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If you look closely at the pic of the single silver (Minilite) wheel posted above by Jeff H you will see a couple of "bosses" cast into the wheel shell about 180* across from each other, yours do not have these "bosses" so i`m thinking what you have is a set of "Panasport" wheels.
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Old 10-07-2003, 01:27 AM
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That's what I was thinking at first as well. But if you look at the Minilite "Sport" wheels, they look very similar with the type of spoke and the center area being recessed slightly. The wheel I linked the picture to is called the "T/A".
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Old 10-07-2003, 02:04 AM
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...are those "bosses" where the valve stem would be?
...It looks like the "minilite wheels" have the valve stem pointing out
...where the valve stems on these wheels point to the center of the wheel...
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...are those "bosses" where the valve stem would be?
...It looks like the "minilite wheels" have the valve stem pointing out
...where the valve stems on these wheels point to the center of the wheel...

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I may be off on this one, but...I've seen a set of the new aluminium T/A wheels on a friends 69 Z28 and I noticed those bosses myself. Magnesium Aircraft wheels from the 50's and 60's that I used to work with often had thermal plugs in the rims that looked like those bosses. They were designed to melt and depresurise the tyre before an explosion if there was a brake/wheel fire.
It could be the original magnesium rims had these plugs, and the new rims are molded to simulate them......if indeed, thats what they are.
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Old 11-17-2003, 11:52 AM
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The two solid raised blank bosses on our 15"x 8" T/A Minilite are alternative locations for the valve stem. Since our new aluminum T/A wheel has been modeled after our vintage magnesium competition wheel we duplicated this style. The Trans-Am wheels valve stem is further in between to spokes to prevent it from being knocked off in competition. All other Minilites have the valve stem out on the rim edge, on the raised boss area.

David Livian in Australia played a big role in helping me produce this aluminum T/A Minilite. I needed a 200 wheel order before the Minilite UK factory would tool-up for this wheel. David kicked in a 100 wheel order which helped me launch this project faster.
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Old 11-17-2003, 01:19 PM
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And I will say they are some sweet wheels. I can't wait to get them on my car, but that will still be 9-12 months away since it's still in the middle of the restoration.
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Old 11-16-2003, 01:29 PM
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John,
The 8 spoke wheels in your photos are not Minilites. They are a copy made by Western Wheels that look somewhat like our Sport style wheel.

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Old 11-16-2003, 03:12 PM
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Thanks, That is what a friend told me ....I just have not found a website or other photos on the internet... [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggthumpup.gif[/img]
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Old 11-16-2003, 03:55 PM
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Hey Steve, have you had any luck trying to document that Camaro you told me about?
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