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Originally Posted by humfrz
Welp, according to the Interweb, more like:
"The original cast magnesium wheels were made beginning in the 1930s".
"Richter purchased Cragar Industries in 1955 and set a goal of producing a stylish wheel design that met hot rodders’ needs".
"The popularity of magnesium wheels peaked in 1950 -1960".
I have no first hand knowledge because this ol farm boy from Ohio had to settle with just painting the OEM steel rims different colors. Not like the wealthy Canadian hot rodders up north who could afford "Mag" wheels - 
humfrz |
Ahhh be see now we are back into the whole nomenclature thing. The real magnesium wheels were popular through the 60s but well into the 70s we called any non stock wheel a "mag". They were probably mostly chromed steel but they were still "mags".
Actual mag wheels were dangerous as hell because if they caught fire they were almost impossible to put out and water just made them burn hotter and harder.
