[TR] Rostyle

[pethier at comcast.net]

Thanks.

My brain is starting to come around.

There were two kinds of styled steel wheels on the MG Midgets:

One was the Rostyle which were like the ones for the MGB, and do resemble the Rostyle wheel covers on Triumphs.  http://www.flickr.com/photos/pethier/296019043/

The other was different style which apparently had no cousin in the MGB.  They were used in the round-arch days, I think.  THESE were the ones said to resemble the Paddy Hopkirk wheels.  Maybe they themselves had something to do with Paddy Hopkirk himself.  I had these with my 1966 Midget, but I'm sure they came from a later car.

Sorry for any confusion my previous memory (or indeed, my current memory) causes.

Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA
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----- Original Message -----
> From: "Allen Hess" <allenhess at mgcarclub.com>
> To: triumphs at autox.team.net
> Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2011 1:48:06 PM
> Subject: Re: [TR] Rostyle
> On Nov 16, 2011, at 2:00 PM, triumphs-request at autox.team.net wrote:
> 
> > Also, I have heard that Rostyle wheels were made to resemble "Paddy
> > Hopkirk" alloy wheels, but I've never seeh a picture of "Paddy
> > Hopkirk" alloy wheels. Anyone have more info and/or a link to a
> > picture?
> >
> > Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA
> 
> Found this, scroll halfway down . . . don't think they resemble
> Rostyle though.
> 
> http://retrorides.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=pfsw&action=print&thread=94519
> 
> Allen Hess