Metro steels wanted!

[slater]

need some early metro steels, 12" like the ones on my car.

Anyone around this way got any?

[se325919]

Not quite sure what ones you mean.
If you mean standard steel wheels as fitted to Mk1 (A-series) miniMetro, a mate of mine has a shed full of them. They are the ones with metric tyres. He used to buy and strip metros so he has a fair number of them with brand new tyres on that came as spares from the boots of cars that have never even been used.
Contact me if you want any, but we are in Yorkshire.

[Harold Ramp Bumface Fandango]

I`ve got a good `metric` Dunlop on rim if it`s any use. Early Metros did have 12" wheels (which are much better than metric rims) and therefore some Mini wheels will fit as certain models had 12" wheels, usually special edition ones I think. Maybe a Mini owner`s forum could help if you`re stuck?

[slater]

They have to be 12" (non metric) ones I'm afrade. I might be able to use mini ones. I'm only going to cut them up for the rims so it probably wont matter.

Like these
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[Harold Ramp Bumface Fandango]

When you say cut them up for the rims do you mean cut the centres out and just use the `outer` part, sorry? If so could you not find some Mk1 Fiesta or smilar rims as some of them ran on 12" steels.
I did have at least one 12" BL rim knocking about somewhere and will try and see if I can find it somewhere but can`t promise sorry.

[slater]

Aye i might be able to use other 12"rims but in my experiance the diameter of the centre itself sometimes veries between differant styles of steel. Il have the measure up the ones i have.

[JonnySierra]

Hate to say it, but Dave Black might be the man to speak to...

James pulled an A+ out of an early Metro recently, I'll have a word and see where the rest of it is!

[awoo]

pretty certain got some of these down the side of the shed. I'm in kent

[Blown_Imp]

I know what your doing

[se325919]

My mate has 1 set left of 12" ones.
He says they only came on very early metros up to about B reg, then they went on the metric ones. You can call him on 07950900260. They will be cheap.

[slater]

Cheers for the offers guys but i think yorkshire and even kent is a little far away to be going for a set of stock steels.

Jon - I'm thinking that too but i like to stay in the situation where he ows me rather then i ow him ;D

I'm glad someone knows what I'm doing cous i sure don't!

[Thrasher]

blownimp said:

I know what your doing

Hmm, what IS he doing...