Minilite Wheels
Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 3:32 pm
Maybe somebody here can answer this,I'm curious about the developmental history of Minilite wheels.
The earliest example of the minilite style I could find were fitted to late 50's Cooper formula racecars:
Did John Cooper have anything to do with the classic 8-spoke design,or was it purely a Minilite concept?
Is this how Minilite started out, as a supplier to F1?
"THE original"
vintage magnesium minilite
modular minilite
As everyone here knows,the minilite design is one of the best wheels ever made...they have been copied & reproduced many different times in many different ways...here's a variety of minilite inspired designs:
Superlite
Alleycat
Revolution Minator
Rover sportspack
Panasport
Chaparral
Smoor
Ronal
Carroll Shelby
Vintage Wheel Works
GB
Compomotive ML
Watanabe
Watanabe "racing service"
Rota RB
König rewind
Western (the only pic I could find)
The earliest example of the minilite style I could find were fitted to late 50's Cooper formula racecars:
Did John Cooper have anything to do with the classic 8-spoke design,or was it purely a Minilite concept?
Is this how Minilite started out, as a supplier to F1?
"THE original"
vintage magnesium minilite
modular minilite
As everyone here knows,the minilite design is one of the best wheels ever made...they have been copied & reproduced many different times in many different ways...here's a variety of minilite inspired designs:
Superlite
Alleycat
Revolution Minator
Rover sportspack
Panasport
Chaparral
Smoor
Ronal
Carroll Shelby
Vintage Wheel Works
GB
Compomotive ML
Watanabe
Watanabe "racing service"
Rota RB
König rewind
Western (the only pic I could find)