In case ya'll didn't catch it in the 05 forum, here's a bit of interesting info:

AMERICAN RACING WHEELS RELEASES THE HISTORIC SLOT MAG
AR Retro-Engineers and Re-Introduces the Legendary Sixties Ansen Slot Mag


Los Angeles—Los Angeles-based American Racing Equipment, Inc., one of the world’s largest and most historic automotive aftermarket wheel manufacturers, has refined and re-introduced the original Ansen slot mag , one of the most recognized custom wheel designs emerging from the true rod and custom era of the late sixties and early seventies.

Originally offered in the mid-sixties by various manufacturers, the Ansen-style Sprint slot mag was featured on many of the most famous racing, custom and muscle cars of the period, including the 1976 Ford Gran Torino of Starsky and Hutch. Remaining true to its unique and historic roots, American Racing’s new Ansen-style slot mag will be manufactured of aluminum alloy, but will be polished to a brilliant finish for restoration and custom applications. The new Slot Mag has been retroengineered to fit a variety of lug patterns and more modern tire and brake packages, including 15x7 inch 4-lug patterns for earlier Mustangs. To complete the product package, American’s designers added sizes to fit today’s custom trends—the Ansen Sprint slot mag will be offered in 15x7, 15x8, 17x7 and 17x8 inch sizes, with correct backspacing requirements for most period restoration cars and trucks. It is the first time that a slot-mag style has been shown in 17 inch sizes, outside of a few early “skinnies” used for drag racing in the sixties.
The release of the new Ansen Sprint Slot Mag was announced at the 2004 SEMA Show.

Availability

Available in January, 2005, the Ansen Sprint-style slot mag will be available from American Racing’s 25,000 retailers across the U.S. and in more than 25 countries worldwide.

For more information on American Racing Equipment, log onto
www.americanracing.com

They don't have a photo of the wheels on their site yet, so I went out and found a photo of the ol starsky and hutch car, and photoshopped them onto a 68, to see what they'd look like, I think they'd look pretty sweet!!

 

Never liked the slots myself.

 

i don't know, they might look pretty good in a 17x9/17x11 size, might actually make me want to put slot mags back on my car. i had an original set of fenton's on my car way back, 14x7/14x9 if they had been 15x7/15x8 i might have kept them

 

Thanks Bart!

I kind of like the 'slot-mags'. Be interested to see the 17x7 & 17x8 on a ride.

 

I used slotted mags on my 64-1/2 coupe (got them used from couple of different salvage yards) and they looked pretty good. New wheels shouldn't be very expensive compared to some of the fancier designs.

 

Woohoo! I have a set of old slots laying around that I have no use for but just never got rid of. It's time for ole Mber to cash in on the SlottedMag craze. Move over Eleanor!

 

Really? I must have missed those while perusing through the shop.


I might be interested if you're serious about selling them.

 

Are they 13s??? :geek:

 

See the market has responded already! The rears are 15x10 and the fronts are 15x7 IIRC.

 

yech. Nothing says "fur-covered 1970s" like slotted mags.... :notnice:
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15x10?


I'll have to ponder this. I was hoping they were all the same size. :scratch:

 

Same size???? Man, get into the 70s would you? It's all about the stance, slapper traction bars, 6x9s in the deck, carpeted dash and 671 blowers.

 

Mark is already running with his virtual build.

 

Guess I'll just stick with my black steelies and spinner hubcaps.