[Healeys] 54-spoke wheel

[Chris Dimmock]

Joe, if you put a serious heat source on your special 54 spoke wires, and they
burst into flames..... They might be magnesium.
Have you tried that????
Or are you just guessing they are aluminum??
Science or gut feel??
;-)
Chris

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On 29 Jan 2014, at 12:04 am, sebring at hotkey.net.au wrote:

>> Somewhere there's a 1960 listing of Healey competition wire wheels
>> availableto special order.  They were 54-spoke, steel hub and spokes, but
>> MAGNESIUMrims. For the whopping price of $ 25 per wheel.
>>
>> Best
>> Peter
>> _______________________________________________
> Peter, I believe my ex-works Sebring 3000 from 1965 was raced with 54 spoke
> Dunlop aluminium rims.......
> ....I have not heard of magnesium rims, but then we are always learning
> Over the years I have seen various optional wheel widths offered by Donald
> Healey Motor CO and others but no mention of either magnesium or aluminium