Wheels

OEM

Steel

Size 6J15

RR (Roues Resin)

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• Sold to Citroen by Michelin F1 Supremo Pierre Dupasquier
• Glass fiber and resin (not carbon fiber)
• Resin and production process developed by DSM
• Wheel retaining nuts are not the same as standard.
• Produced by Michelin
  • Produced a second run of them in the 1980s upon request from SMCdF
  • Plant producing them was closed in 1992.
  • Where did the molds go?

• Hemmings April 2007 article:
  • http://www.hemmings.com/hmn/stories/2007/04/01/hmn_feature23.html

• Version 1
  • 4.66 kg
  • Rim size 6J15
  • No center hole
  • Competition and prototype use
    • According to Norbye, used in Morocco rally
    • Did not fit on early SMs without machining the hubs
    • Later cars' hubs were able to take them without any modification
  • Rounded rim does not allow wheel weights to be fitted other than by sticky patch
  • Approved by Opron
  • Supposedly only about 30 sets were made

• Version 2
  • hub center cap
  • Rounded rim as Version 1
  • Design approved July 6, 1971 with code FH 5.35 RR (per Norbye)
  • Produced from when to when
  • Optional on cars as of Dec 15, 1971
    • not sold in US

• Version 3
  • European style alloy wheel rim shape for wheel weights
  • Photo above shows this version
  • Produced from when to when
  • not sold in US

Rally car wheels

AFTERMARKET

• • John Titus has devised a wheel spacer that permits mounting of a commonly available 5 x 160mm aftermarket wheel designed for a European Ford Vehicle (15 x 6.5 inch or 16 x 6.5 inch rim). The spacers were to be made available commercially, however, plans were abandoned due to draconian US product liability laws.

Titus Wheel Spacer

SM with 16 x 5.5 aftermarket wheels and Titus wheel spacers

• dimensions, pictures, notes

See also: Tires