Hi all,
I'm just entering the home stretch in the renovation of my 67 BGT. It
feels great when it all starts to come together.
My question concerns the rear axle. I restored my car from a rolling
bodyshell, so I don't have the advantage of ever having driven it or of even
knowing much of its history. When I towed the car home, it had steel
wheels, but they rubbed very badly on the inside of the rear fender wells,
so much so that I discovered that I'd nearly had a double blowout on the way
home!
I figured that maybe the tires were just the wrong size. Anyway, I
switched the car over to wire wheels with hub assemblies procured from
another 67 BGT. I simply slipped the w/w hubs onto the existing axles
without replacing the axles themselves.
The thing is, the tires appear to be in the correct spot in the wheel
well, and there does not seem to be any rubbing or chafing. Is it possible
that I have gotten lucky and that my original steel wheel car was really a
wire wheel car to begin with and I have simply set it back the way it
belonged?
I hope this makes sense to somebody so I can set my mind at ease, or
start tearing stuff apart again.
thanks,
Jeff Zuckerman
Olympia, WA
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