Kelvin matthews Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 HiI am new to the forum & have acquired my late fathers 76 Spitfire which I am in the process of getting back on the road.The question I am asking is do alloy wheels from a Morris minor fit a spitty ?Thanks for your timeKelvin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 Welcome to the forum.Well done on taking on the spitfire, I suspect we will be hearing more from you in the future, and also some pictures etc of progress.Anyway, I digress. I am afraid you are out of luck. The spitfire PCD (wheel stud spacing) is a little unusual. Used on Rover (not austin) metro, MGF, Montego/maestro TR7 and dolomite.however when the off set is taken into account, MGF, maestro/montego and specific wheels for the cars are the only real choice. Plenty of cheap minilite types available new, or revolution 4 spokes (very nice). Or keep an eye on ebay etc, used ones do turn up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghr630 Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 Some Lotus's (Lotii?) have the same PCD also. One set of my Revolutions were bought from the Lotus site on the 'bay intended for Elans unused and dead cheap. Also you forgot the Marina !! My other set of Revos came from a Marina based kit car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 Well done, I completely forgot about those two. Particularly ashamed of forgetting the Lotus :B :B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelvin matthews Posted September 18, 2011 Author Share Posted September 18, 2011 HiI have come across a set of alleycat alloys which have 7 inch rims.Can I fit them to my Spitfire & will I need spacers ?Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 Depends on the offset!7" VERY wide though, suspect you are looking at 205 wide tyres as a minimum. But mine had 205 at the rear with the 15" rims and fitted OK. Fronts will be difficult I expect :-/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelvin matthews Posted September 18, 2011 Author Share Posted September 18, 2011 The Pcd is 3.75 & they came off a dolomite if that's any good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 The PCD is fine, but a 7" rim will mean big wide noisy rumbling tyres, and that's IF they go under the arches at the front, and turn without hitting the firewall, which they probably would. Yes they should be OK at the back, Clive's on the money as usual. Mine were and they were 8".My personal opinion though, would be for you to keep on looking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelvin matthews Posted September 18, 2011 Author Share Posted September 18, 2011 Thanks for the response guys will keep lookingRegards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelvin matthews Posted September 20, 2011 Author Share Posted September 20, 2011 Hi reading earlier posts MGF wheels are mentioned as replacement wheels for the Spitfire.The MGF wheels start at 15 inch.will these fit the Spit ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 Yes (with appropriate wheelnuts, which really means changing the studs) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gt6s Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 cliftyhanger wrote: which really means changing the studsWhich is no bad thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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