Seems everything is retro these days. Wolfrace have got in on the action by re-releasing their popular Slot Mag wheel from the 70s. When I heard that the Slot Mag had been the winner in a poll run on the wheel maker's website I assumed that “Wolfies” would be dusting off the old tooling and running up some 7x13s in Ford 4 stud to fit Capri or Cortina and so forth. I hear that they are going to be from all new tooling with sizes up to 18” and probably in a series of offsets to suit modern cars. Which frankly is odd and wrong. The thought of a Citroen Saxo or Audi A3 rolling round on 18” slot mags is some form of distorted nightmare, surely...
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| an approved use of original type slot mags |
Of course Wolfrace are late to the slot mag party (and if truth be told they were back in the day) as ET Wheels, American Racing and others have been producing slot mags for a while now in traditional (US) fitments as well as “plus sizes” for modern muscle or the pro-touring crowd.
Equally of course the new slots are not a reissue of the old ones, like the Daleks on Dr Who they have had a style makeover and from feedback I have seen so far the jury is still out.
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| a slot mag Jim, but not as we know it |
I like it. It seems a reimagining of the Centerline Hammer more than a Wolfie, but there were reverse offset look ones back in the day. And they sucked a bit then too... From the website it seems 7x15 is the only size they are doing unless more sizes are coming soon.
Find out (a little) more on
the Wolfrace slotmag page.
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