some 100-6 came with steel wheels ,now a no value added rarity. My 100-6 was
so equipped. I bought a rolling MKI body to swap my drivetrain, wire harness
and front suspension over to when my car was wrecked. I swapped the wires
from the MKI for the steel wheels of 100-6. because it was a daily driver
and I did not want to screw with the wheels. Today vintage racers are always
offering me real money for the disc wheel, disc brake set up on my car. I
continue to prefer the look of wires, but the reliability of disc wheels.
MGC disc wheel. disc brake set ups will fit on our cars.
cheers,
On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 1:44 PM, Ed Woods <fogbro1@comcast.net> wrote:
> List,
>
> It might be recalled that I measured 4.5" bolt centers on the steel rear
> wheels of my newly acquired BN6. They are supposed to be at 5" centers as I
> learned from this List. That mystery was solved when I removed the r/r
> wheel
> to discover a 5 bolt, 5" to 4.5" adapter.
> At that time I still beloved the car originally had steel wheels, not
> wires.
>
> Yesterday, I removed the r/f wheel. It too has a 5 bolt pattern on a 4.5"
> B.C.
> Beneath it I found another adapter, only this time it was designed to adapt
> the 4 stud, 4.5" B.C. Healey pattern to a 5 stud, 4.5" wheel. Protruding
> thru
> the center is a spline which extends to the grease cup. I'd seen the spline
> earlier, but it didn't register that someone had cut the original Healey
> splined hub so that it didn't protrude beyond the after market steel wheel.
>
> So now I've come to believe that this car was originally furnished with
> wire
> wheels and that someone had gone to great lengths to fit steel wheel to it,
> wheels with a 5 bolt pattern at a 4.5" bolt circle.
>
> Anyone got a good, used set of splined hubs for a BN6 for sale?
>
> Ed Woods
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