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5-2-2014
Ahh my dad had a 3500 Vanden Plas, absolute beast. Sadly it was nicked quite a few years ago. Ever since I've had an itch for one. I'm hankering after a twin plenum Vitesse especially after going to Longbridge. I spent about 20 minutes talking to a guy about his.
That is funny about the rot colour, how apt on a mini! The same reason I knew mine was blue then! The rear parcel shelf hadn't been painted green. Going through the charts I was pretty sure I knew the colour. I cheekily had a friend over at heritage check for me though.
Here's a sneaky peak of what I managed to get. I much prefer the silverstones, but have always been curious as to the differences.
The offset is all wrong to begin with, might have to have a play with spacers...
5-20-2014
Hi there Olly.
Ahh the GKN's, they really are the best wheels for clubmans. I've never seen a set on an estate though, I would love to see that.
Good luck searching, it certainly took long enough for me to find a set, although I've managed to build a modest collection. :)
You'd be very lucky to find a set let alone a cheap set, unless you strike gold and find some badly advertised like I did!
If you do please don't paint them black! You lose all the detail of the wheel, gun metal maybe. ;)
Jonathan Lewis did a Challenge GT replica with the wheels black and I'm not a fan. It's all personal preference though.
Photo nicked from mab01uk's photobucket, I hope he doesn't mind!
Here's my collection.
Each wheel has a respective set :) I couldn't be arsed to drag all of them out!
If anyone was interested in the difference between the Silverstone and the Unipart GAW122 ( the uniparts are on unprofiled firestone 145, compared to the 165 yokos on the Silverstones)
Aahhh I'm still heartbroken, DWE is tucked away in the garage at home until I can find the time and motivation to pull it apart.
Sadly it might be a while due to work commitments.
I did come home a few weekends ago to find this though!
Certainly didn't help the poor stricken GT.
They're my least favourite wheel, especially on a 70's car.
Had a lovely comment from my dad when it got put into the garage.
"It actually looked quite good before, now the whole thing just looks ****."
I have to agree artificial light is not kind! it's gonna need a lot of work to get it to where I want it!
Ahh I found a link on the forum to this site
You can try to recreate your car! Shame they don't offer GKN's!
Hi Keith,
Sorry I forgot to reply to this!
I also love minilites, I think the GKN's suit the clubman better though.
When I was deciding the spec on my first project (early 10" clubman in my little pic) I was adamant that it was to have 10" minilites.
I got these in january 2010! The nuts where a perfect fit for the Unipart GAW122's I just picked up!
They're still in the box unused!
While I'm on the subject of that car I wanted the option of putting it back to standard so managed to pick these up as well.
Apart from real Denovos ( I use regular steels and jam in the trims) I now have every wheel type offered through the factory or special tuning for the Mini 1275 GT. Well I think I do, am I missing any!?
What can I say I have a little thing for wheels...