Random Thoughts - Part Deux [NO POLITICS]

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by Stephen W.

Now, who can tell what these are?

Ineffective.

[p1l0t]

Originally Posted by korhun

I've found a cheap exhaust system that makes you sound like... mmm... different

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[NoHaveMSG]

Originally Posted by korhun

I've found a cheap exhaust system that makes you sound like... mmm...

I’m going to grab one of my bicycle tubes and do that to our shop truck

[Ultramaroon]

Um...

[Spuds]

Originally Posted by korhun

I've found a cheap exhaust system that makes you sound like... mmm... different

Lol.

Reminds me of when my college friend put a tractor cap on his Jetta's exhaust pipe...

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Was more like the 70s


And there were like two places that made them.

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

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

Ineffective.

Maybe so, but I'll betcha one could easily see the pad thickness -


humfrz

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

Um...

Hey, I suggest you go argue with the old man. I asked him after his nap if he wanted to respond. He said "I don't know what the hell you're ah talken about".




humfrz

[Tcoat]

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.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

Um...

Which part?
Dudes nickname?
The pastime mentioned?
$39 wheels?
All of it?

Oh wait I see.
So you point that out but ignore the points where they clearly call them "mags"?

[p1l0t]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

"....

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."

I knew a girl like that once...

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[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Oh wait I see.
So you point that out but ignore the points where they clearly call them "mags"?

I remember calling them mag wheels as well as mags. It was more a point for humfrz and his rims.


[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oShTJ90fC34[/ame]

[ls1ac]

In the realm of useless information; in the early 60s a mag wheel plant in south Chicago got on fire. Fire dept. came and sprayed water on it, bad idea. then they thought foam would work, bad idea. Too much water to make the foam. Just sat around and watched it burn, well not looking at it because white hot and blinding bright.


So you might ask how do you put out a magnesium fire?


It turned out that UL had some experience and told the insurance carriers to require the company to hang burlap under the ceiling then plastic sheet covered with several inches of graphite. Flames were hot enough to burn the burlap, melt the plastic, and dump the graphite on the flames smothering the magnesium fire.


How about that for useless information.


Second piece of Useless , In 1968 a set of knockoff mag wheel for a racing MGBGT cost as much as the car. Always has been: How fast do you want to spend?

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

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.

Aircraft wheels... and the most dangerous thing about brake fires.