My TASMAN collection

[jack_fc]

.......and my apologies to JOD34N and the moderators if this looks like a thread hijacking, wasnt my intention. Seeing all those Tasmans put me in a trance!!

Jim, I somehow doubt that Dean will be upset.... 

More likely he'll be overjoyed to find that he's not the only 'TasmaNutter' on here! 

[Glenn 'Stinky' Stankevicius]

.......and my apologies to JOD34N and the moderators if this looks like a thread hijacking, wasnt my intention. Seeing all those Tasmans put me in a trance!!

Pfft, car porn as far as I am concerned, keep posting.

[Hoodlum Jim]

Pfft, car porn as far as I am concerned, keep posting.

Ok, thanks guys!

[zulu]

mmm the centres look good without paint

[Hoodlum Jim]

Heres a bit of a history lesson that will probably surprise a few of you! Over the years, alot of wheels have been incorrectly called Tasmans, and thats probably because these wheels were considered junk and werent worth 2 bucks and no one really cared. Once i really started researching old Australian Mag Wheels, i was quite surprised at how many different brands and styles were actually available.

The wheel below is NOT a Tasman, they are actually ROH Rockets.




This wheel below IS a Tasman.



If you have any ROH Rockets, look at the stampings on the inside of the rim and you will most likely find 'ROK' stamped, this stands for Rubery Owens and Kelmsey, the company contracted to make these rims for ROH.

[FC427]

And "SPUR" also made a Tasman look a like ......FC427.....

[DN2168]

I feel inferior  

That wheel has come up a treat Jim, I was going to use a set on "Ratted out", but they might get polished up for the old girl now I think.

Dean.

[Hoodlum Jim]

And "SPUR" also made a Tasman look a like ......FC427.....

There was a set on ebay a few months back, but the rear ones were pretty wide and had a huge dish, so wouldve limited what cars they would fit. Heres the add for them, they were pretty unique!

[Hoodlum Jim]

I feel inferior  

That wheel has come up a treat Jim, I was going to use a set on "Ratted out", but they might get polished up for the old girl now I think.

Dean.

Mate, they are pretty straight forward to bring up nice, i just bought some basic polishing gear off ebay to do the spokes (polishing wheels for my buff and the appropriate compounds). The Tasman spokes come up real well pretty quickly, but the Rocket spokes take a bit more effort but still come up well. And if you cant get hold of the centre caps, 3 bar spinners fit well and look cool!

You have a the grey FC in the thread about you buying it back years later? They would look great on your car, nice and low and with a thin red wall on the tyres instead of the usual whitewalls! 60's COOL!!