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Re: 5" RO Style?

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Subject: Re: 5" RO Style?
From: "Roger Garnett" <rwg1@cornell.edu>
Date: Tue, 5 Aug 1997 09:16:19 -500
On  5 Aug 97 at 1:10, Two00mph@aol.com wrote:

> The ROstyle wheel  was named for the company that produced them... Rubery
> Owen (sp?), and were fitted from Oct 69 to Dec 71. 
> The square hole wheel is called the Mk II Rostyle in Lindsay Porter's book,
> indicating they were fitted from Jan 72 on

Interesting, I've seen RO stamped as part of the size code on some of the 
wheels, but hadn't heard the company name.

I think the years may be reversed tho, as the wheels with the somewhat slotted 
holes were fitted on most late midgets, up through '79, while the "square hole" 
style are not very common.

> I would suspect that your orphan wheel has the
> same center as the MG with a wider rim.  This is because:
> (a) the wheel came from a car other than an MG, 

Probably then- it came from a shop which has taken apart various cars. Still, 
I'd like to know what they're off of.

> I have some aluminum 13 x 5 1/2 rims for sale if interested (very reasonable)

Sorry, can't run more than 5" due to rules.

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