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Re: Z car wheels

To: williem@mindspring.com
Subject: Re: Z car wheels
From: gofastmg@juno.com (Rick Morrison)
Date: Thu, 05 Jun 1997 22:46:40 EDT
On Thu, 05 Jun 1997 22:38:50 -0400 "William C. Mills"
<williem@mindspring.com> writes:
>I remember that there was a couple of threads last year about wheels 
>from
>different cars which would fit a 'B.  There was comment that Z car 
>wheels
>had the same bolt pattern and offset as a B rostyle wheel.  I saw a 
>'79
>roadster last weekend while traveling that had very nice looking alloy
>wheels.  The owner said that he got them at Tanglewood British Car 
>Meet last
>year and they were from an early Datsun Z car but he couldn't remember 
>what
>model they were from.  Does any one remember which Z car wheels (240, 
>260,
>280??) fit the MGB?  A visit to my local junkyard today turned up a 
>set on a
>'78 280Z that looked like the ones this fellow was sporting.  Did 
>anyone
>save the thread on the wheels (seems like Saabs and Datsuns were 
>discussed).
>
>Bill Mills
>'74 'BGT
>Raleigh
>
>
Bill,
The 280Z wheels are the same bolt pattern and offset as the "B".  
But check the center  hole. Some wheels had a smaller center hole than
the B hubs centers.


Rick Morrison
72 MGBGT
74 Midget

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