These are the wheels that came off my Mini when I got it.



I don't think they are Minilite. They have 145 x 10 tyres.

What are they?

Note the attractive silver spray paint round the rims and onto the tyres. Seller probably thought I wouldn't notice

You'll probably see them on e-bay without tyres...

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Regards,

Mike
"He who dies with the most toys wins."

Looks like contessa to me

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1964 Nb Race Car - big bore short stroke & lots of revs - Sold
1969 Mk2 Cooper S - First Car

contessa ... pretty common

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PrOuDlY aSkInG qUeStIoNs FoR uR aMuEsMeNt

If you want to sell them let the local Nb Mini racers know - almost limited to using these

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1964 Nb Race Car - big bore short stroke & lots of revs - Sold
1969 Mk2 Cooper S - First Car

What yah reckon they are worth?

How wide will they be if 145s? 5"?

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Regards,

Mike
"He who dies with the most toys wins."

Never bought any except for with a car but a good set gets $300 here in sa. I put 165's on mine.
Beware, they are made of porous metal and can leak, paint in the back of the rim to prevent leaks

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Dean Hutton's first car was a Mini.

yea but freakin mask up the tyre and valve first.

As others have said here, they are ROH Contessa's. I can't quite tell from the photo angle what width these are, but there were 2 widths factory fitted to mini's and they were offered as an Option at some point.

The SS had 5" while the (998) LS had 4.5" and I think it is the latter that the race guys are after.

The ones that are cracked and porous are still sometimes of use to us racing guys due to what some of us do to them as a tweek. So, still be worthwhile if you have some stuffed ones to offer them to the race guys.

We also use the 4.5" ones as a general rule.

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1964 Nb Race Car - big bore short stroke & lots of revs - Sold
1969 Mk2 Cooper S - First Car

that is handy to know, if these are the same wheel i'd love to offload them (using the black 10x6 steelies instead)


note my pro paintjob

From the pic I'd say they are different, might just be a bad angle with the pic. The spokes are in line with the outer rim - if that makes sence - i.e. no offset outwards.

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1964 Nb Race Car - big bore short stroke & lots of revs - Sold
1969 Mk2 Cooper S - First Car

ah okay. they came like this;

just looked the same, and if they're common i figured chances were they were same type

They are the same as mine, 5" wide with about 1" offset

Gratuitous shiney mini shot

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Dean Hutton's first car was a Mini.

thanks tombo. i'll check 'em for cracks and whatnot and spray the back like you said.

I've seen lots of the narrow `LS offset' ones with cracks in the back of the spokes. But never on the wide `Mini offset' like these are. Even when my son hit a roundabout, bent a trailing arm and took about 3" out of the outer flange. The wheel still spun true, amazing.

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.