Ted Halibrand was so immediately successful, that though he had invented and produced the rims in 1946, the Halibrand rims won the Indy 500 in '46, and every year after that through 1963.
They weren't pure magnesium, they were about 90% magnesium, and 10 % other metals to make an alloy with better fatigue strength, surface stability, and deflection characteristics.
Such a rim of choice, Shelby used them on the LeMans race cars.
Studebaker (heavy into land speed racing) used them on some 64-65 Lark Daytona and Avanti
Magnesium will corrode unless coated with something like Dow 7
Never use soapy water when mounting tires to magnesium rims, use straight water and wax.
Magnesium burns and can't be extinguished unless completely removed from oxygen, and water makes it burn as if you poured gas on a fire.
Ted named his rims "Sprint" and when Ansen made the first slotted aluminum wheel in 1963, they stole the name. No one ever went to court about that though... and Ansen found out that kharma was instantly rebounding when most rim companies jumped on the success of slotted rims, because Ansen didn't patent them. American Racing, Cragar, Mickey Thompson, US Indy, and Superior all had slotted rims on the market right away
They weren't pure magnesium, they were about 90% magnesium, and 10 % other metals to make an alloy with better fatigue strength, surface stability, and deflection characteristics.
Such a rim of choice, Shelby used them on the LeMans race cars.
Studebaker (heavy into land speed racing) used them on some 64-65 Lark Daytona and Avanti
Magnesium will corrode unless coated with something like Dow 7
Never use soapy water when mounting tires to magnesium rims, use straight water and wax.
Magnesium burns and can't be extinguished unless completely removed from oxygen, and water makes it burn as if you poured gas on a fire.
Ted named his rims "Sprint" and when Ansen made the first slotted aluminum wheel in 1963, they stole the name. No one ever went to court about that though... and Ansen found out that kharma was instantly rebounding when most rim companies jumped on the success of slotted rims, because Ansen didn't patent them. American Racing, Cragar, Mickey Thompson, US Indy, and Superior all had slotted rims on the market right away
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