Alan, et al,
Yes, they do stick outside of the wings. I do not have stiffer springs
which is why I put in a bid for yours. The dampers are factory
rebuilds, painted gold/bronze, that I purchased in the boxes decades ago
when Al Moss still owned Moss Motors. I'm also running a 7/8" sway bar
with polyurethane bushes which keeps the front absolutely flat. (No,
it's not raced hard enough for the bushes to rip out the mounts.) And,
I will admit I've been lucky enough to avoid all large potholes. Also,
I have pushed split fuel line onto the lower rear edges of all the wings
to protect that very vulnerable area of paint.
HTH
Bill
Alan Seigrist wrote:
> Bill -
>
> I used to have 205 65s on my BJ8 and the wheels stuck out enough that
> one time I hit a pretty hard bump and the tire hit the edge of the
> fender and caused it to crack the bondo that was in there (this was
> 1986 when lots of bondo was the norm for repairing these cars, no
> jokes please!). I would imagine this would be an issue on the early
> BN1 (I have one) unless you put stiffer springs and shocks on it.
>
> Alan
>
> '52 A90
> '53 BN1
> '64 BJ8
>
> On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 9:39 AM, Mr. Bill <bn1@pacbell.net
> <mailto:bn1@pacbell.net>> wrote:
>
> While slightly off the subject, maybe we can finally put one
> debate to rest.
>
> I like a very full wheel well and run Dunlop 205/65R15's on Dayton
> SS/chrome 6" tubeless 72's. Because I have an early BN1 with the
> smallest front wheel wells, I've been told over and over: No can do,
> they'll rub! And that also came from some reported "experts".
>
> Well, John Nikas drove my car to the fastest production 100 in the
> Gymkhana at Conclave 2008 and there was nary a rub inside or out!
> Case
> closed?
>
> Bill Barnett
> '53 BN1 with FAT footprints :-)
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