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    Lotus steel wheel help

    hi stripped a old dutton Sierra had these steel wheels on
    which looked like lotus steels
    but had bigger slots around centre
    took a tyre off and has stamped on
    Drc 5 1/2j x 13 and followed by a Dunlop sign
    any ideas if they are genuine and how much they worth
    need blasting but look straight
    will try and upload pics thanks

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    Re: Lotus steel wheel help

    By slots around the centre, do you mean the four between the centre and the rim ?. Drum brake models eg Anglia, Cortina 1200 etc. had this type of centre. Did the Dutton have discs ?, usually they won't clear the calipers without wheel spacers.

    Dunlop certainly made aftermarket wheels in period, some may have had those centres I guess, the Anglia ones I remember also had an offset centre as you couldn't fit Lotus Steels to an Anglia leg without a 1/2" spacer.

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    Re: Lotus steel wheel help

    did early mk1 mexico's have a similar steel rim ??

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    Re: Lotus steel wheel help

    Quote Originally Posted by wildo105e View Post
    did early mk1 mexico's have a similar steel rim ??
    That's why I was asking where the slots were ;-)

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    Re: Lotus steel wheel help

    http://passionford.com/forum/alloy-w...very-rare.html

    i just did a quick google, this may help. If you can get a picture i am sure someone will have seen them before

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    Re: Lotus steel wheel help

    Hi thanks for help I've tried uploading pic
    Wheel is different to those early Mex steels
    Only very slight slots and only 4 of them

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