Hi all
my 56 4/4 series II has had a wire conversion in a previous life and
'it just dont look right' if anybody has or knows where their are the
correct wheels either 15" or the correct 16"rims in
the UK please mail me , I am also looking for an early series II
bumper and a set of early overiders for the rear,a small rev counter
in cream and a set of rear reflectors for the same car
regards
andy bleasdale
1992 +4 4 seater (from Brands Hatch Morgans) (What is the
mention worth Rick)
1956 4/4 Series II
In message <35CB4E70.3C0E05F8@ms.com>, "Ernest(Chip) Brown"
<ebrown@ms.com> writes
>The wheel issue is becoming serious for some of us. I have a 57 Plus four
>with
>16" wheels and have been looking for better than two years for spare
>wheels for
>same. Now I have two of the five wheels with the car that are cracked, and
>another which is suspect. All are cracking in the same exact spot: There are
>three rivets on each wheel that are designed to hold the hubcap on.
>Around each
>rivet is a flattened section of the wheel crown, designed I suppose so the
>tire
>changer could get a screwdriver underneath to pop off the cap, or maybe
>designed
>to give the hub cap a better "purchase" around the rivet.. About 3/4" wide,
>with
>the rivet in the middle.
>
>On each of the two wheels the crack starts at the edge of this flattened
>section, then propagates down to one of the ventilation holes. The third
>wheel
>has a crack at the flattened section, but it hasn't spread yet. One crack
>appeared at Pittsburgh GP after a hard Saturday run and made me scrub the
>car
>and come home.
>
>These old, brittle wheels on my car cannot be unique or all that unusual.
>Mine
>is a low mileage car (24,000) which doubtless had a harder life than I
>imagine.
>
>The usual vendors tell me that new wheels don't exist for these 16", ditto
>15",
>but used ones are around. Switching to new wires isn't really a good option
>for
>these old cars; they look so out of place.
>
>I've had a hell of time locating some 16" wheels, have done so, and will
>have
>these wheels magnafluxed and trued and will pray for rain. There is a
>company in
>Missouri (I understand, no details known) which manufactures a 130 mm
>bolt hole
>wheel with various offsets which in practice will work on the Morgan, but I
>can't imagine what these wheels look like. The minilites keep coming up in
>conversation as an alternative. Knowing more about them as an alternative
>might
>be a good idea, but somehow I see these as wheels used in the Sixties and
>onwards, not on the earlier cars. I'd be curious to know if the "Steel Wheel
>Problem" is one that other owners are concerned with. I'm thinking
>seriously of
>chasing down the companies that manufactured wheels for Morgan, seeing
>if the
>tooling is still around gathering dust, and seeing what can be done to
>produce
>some new steel wheels.
>
>Any thoughts from the readership would be greatly appreciated. Without
>wheels
>it's just an inefficient bookcase or cat cradle.
>
>Regards to all
>
>Chip Brown
>
>Graeme Sutherland wrote:
>
>> + I've seen magnesium alloy wheels with centre splines (not the one
>> + Morgans offer) on MGBs. Does anyone know who supplies these?
>>
>> These wheels may well be Minilites, which were one of the original
>> aftermarket magnesium alloy wheels. They're still in production by a
>company
>> over here, albeit in a better grade of metal than the originals, and I'll be
>> able to post the address of the company if anyone is interested after the
>> weekend.
>>
>> Graeme
>
>
>
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Andy Bleasdale
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