Pythias said:
I'll have a set of 5 1/2 wide 14s RETRO IV. for a Square Body Spridget. ... check your PMs
I had to inform Bill of this just now, and wanted to go ahead and put it out there for you all, the new 14x5.5 was designed to have greater offset to give more rear fender clearence to the MGB, which is the main reason we even made the 14x5.5 to begin with. The new offset does not work with the Midget, so we did not order the 14x5.5 in the 4x4" bolt pattern, because we know it would not work with the Spridgets. Making a 14x5.5 for the Midget with the right offset would mean designing a new wheel from stratch, and that a decision that would have to made by the big boss, and nothing that includes any future plans right now. I didn't know this until the last minute. When we all talked about this in the past it was green light, but when the offset was determined for the MGB, it simply did not work for the Spridget. When we design a new wheel, as for offset and size, it about $6-8K in design and prototype cost then a minumum of 100 units run in one color, one style one offset and size, for example that would a minimum of 400 wheels to get both the Retro 4 and Classic 8 in 14x5.5 in both color and $12-16K in design and prototype cost. Who knows it could be done in future, but it's a risky move for the owner financially.
We have the 13x5.5 in both the Retro 4 and Clasic 8 in both black and silver for the Spridgets ready to ship.