Hi Folks
Thanks for the feedback - For those of you who E-Mailed me to say 'when you
find out the make let me know!', as well as the 'American Racing' idea,
William Hatfield has come up with the name 'Rader', who went bust many years
ago - the name was only ever found on the plastic centre (sorry, center) caps
and there were no ID marks on the wheels themselves. These were apparently a
dealer fit option when new. The steel rims were chrome (my chrome went a long
time ago, and I have a quote to split the rims and restore them to chrome - I
think it will remain a quote). Coincidentally one of the few other roadgoing
roadsters in the UK runs the same rims.
Anyone else know the name Rader?
Thanks William and everybody - Rob
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In a message dated 7/12/00 9:46:08 PM GMT Daylight Time, glasgow@serv.net
writes:
<< Those look like the early American Racing wheels that some dealers sold as
optional wheels. They had
a steel rim and an aluminum center riveted to the rim. There were two
reported problems with them:
(1) they tended to leak, and (2) they sometimes cracked around the rivets.
They were on my car when
I first got it, but I replaced them with 1-piece wheels because of the
reported problems. I saw a
set at Shasta last weekend.
RoadsteRob@aol.com wrote:
> Hi
>
> Can anyone identify these wheels on my 1600?. They're split two piece items
> with an alloy mesh and a steel rim. I've had the car over 3 years now and
it
> was only when I was sandblasting the old paint off that I got curious.
>
> http://www.datsun.org/fairlady/Robs1600.jpg
>
> PS Website activity fairly low at the moment although I've got stacks on
the
> boil - the #1 priority is to fettle the 1600 before she's sold - trouble
is,
> all this fettling makes me wish I wasn't selling her! BTW Stan's
replacement
> door panels look a treat (Thanks Stan)
>
> Rob
> <A HREF="http://www.datsun.org/fairlady/";>The Classic Fairlady Roadster
> Register</A>
> 69 2000
> 68 1600 (will she stay or will she go?)
> 65 1600
> 78 260Z Roadster (or will this one have to go?)
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