I have 5 72-spoke painted wire wheels which are in great shape. I
would guess they have about 15K miles on them.
Al Malin
Tricarb
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On Sep 18, 2009, at 3:44 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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