Allycat Wheels, Wheel Nuts and Washers

[Eric Smith]

Hi guys - can anyone offer any thoughts or information.

My car has a set of 4 Allycat slot alloy wheels - they look like the old 1970’s Wolfrace wheels but I am not sure if the Wheel Nuts and Washers are correct for the wheels which makes them dangerous.

I have looked at the internet for days and not come across anyone who seems to be able to help, so I have come back to you guys, because if anyone will know it’s you guys!

If I cannot find the right washers and nuts, I will have to make a plan B but for now can anyone offer any thoughts on who to talk to about getting the correct fasteners.

Thanks for your help previously and today.

Eric

[johny]

Ive got Alleycats on mine but minilite replicas so dont know if the nuts are the same as yours. Theyve got a shoulder on them so they fit into the wheel and then have a detachable collar with bevelled edge that sits between shoulder and countersunk edge of the wheel holes...

[steveweblin]

I would contact John Brown wheels who helped source some wheel nuts for my Minilites replica wheels. https://johnbrownwheels.com/

[Eric Smith]

Hi Guys 

Thanks for getting in touch - I will get in contact with John Brown Wheels and see what they can do - was it John Brown Wheels who were behind the original Wolfrace Wheels? 

Alloy wheels have come a long way since the days of Wolfrace and Minilight - if you are of a certain age do you remember the joke adverts for Carlos Fandango wheels and go faster stripes - happy days!

Cheers guys

Eric
 

 

[GFL]

On 30/10/2024 at 20:23, Eric Smith said:

Hi Guys 

Thanks for getting in touch - I will get in contact with John Brown Wheels and see what they can do - was it John Brown Wheels who were behind the original Wolfrace Wheels? 

Alloy wheels have come a long way since the days of Wolfrace and Minilight - if you are of a certain age do you remember the joke adverts for Carlos Fandango wheels and go faster stripes - happy days!

Cheers guys

Eric
 

 

 

[Eric Smith]

For me the Carlos Fandango Wheels cigar adverts evokes a time when many of us wanted a car which we could never afford so we spent our hard earned pay by doing anything to give our cars a customised look on a none existent budget and for many (me included) - we fitted: spot lights, go faster stripes, American and British car product stickers, badges, plastic trim, wheel spacers and plastic wheel trims.

On the inside: switches which worked, switches which did nothing, extra gauges, strange gear nobs, cut down bits of living room carpets to give your car some class (actually to hide the holes in the cars carpet), cassette players, speakers and car seat covers - happy days!

I remember the time well, my income and outgoings were always almost the same so my cars were never what I wanted but I did what I could, - I remember if you had a job which paid better than mine ever did then the engine was given twin carburettors, a “better exhaust” and wide wheels - if you had money there was no limit?

All of the above gave you and your car the grand opportunity to be admired or laughed at and the opportunity for some older persons probably a Policeman to say “who do you think you are - Stirling Moss”?

Eric

[johny]

I never understood how the girls, who didnt know anything about cars, could always tell the difference between me with my tarted up job and the guys with the real thing😩

[Eric Smith]

Johny - there were a few pointers you may have missed at the time -

1. Clothes - Your Mom got your clothes from the Coop not Burtons.

2. You did not own a Jaggggggggggg.

3. Your skin may have gone white when they asked for a packet of crisps with the G+T on ice.

4. You took them for Fish and chips when they thought they were going out for an intimate dinner for two.

5. Your efforts to tart up your car was not as good as you thought.

6. You did not spend the entire evening explaining technical things like how you had fitted a new cam shaft, Webber carburettors etc

Lastly the ladies have extra senses to us

Eric

 

[johny]

You have just perfectly described my youth Eric!

[Eric Smith]

Johny - I have to be honest, in my late teen and early twenties my love life was so bad I had lots and lots and lots of time, to observe the mating rituals of human beings consequently, I think I became a bit of an expert on the subject.

My weekly pay packets only went so far - I found I could keep the car and the Midland Bank happy and keep a tiny amount of credit in my account by keeping clear of either alcoholic beverages or women - I can say with a lot of experience - pubs can be interesting places - lots of history!

The other thing from back then which I enjoyed observing was the “up yours” bragging, where two blokes would try to outdo each other by discussing all of the upgrades they had done to their cars or motorcycles - they always seemed to find the only two seats at the bar or blocked the access to the conveniences.

Happy days

Eric

 

[martyn wright]

Hi!  I would read the page in the New Courier that Bernard Littlewood TSSC Engineer wrote about a certain Wheel Nut Company ref Minilite Wheel Nuts? Before you take any action!