Barry, I was referring to the knock off wire wheels. I double checked the set
of original nuts that I have, and they are slightly longer, and only have one
taper. I compared them to the NOS early steel wheel nuts that I have, and
they are definitely not the same. They are certainly not for the bolt on wire
wheels though, those wheels used a chrome plated, domed lug nut similar to
the lugs found on later spits, but without the plastic washer. As I said
before, my set of wheels came off of a 69 Spitfire, and the adaptor hubs had
never been off the car before. It was a one owner car that I had serviced for
several years, the owner decided he wanted a set of minilites, and I bought
the wires from him. Now just because the wire wheel kits show double bevel
nuts, does not mean that they are OEM style nuts. In fact, it is entirely
possible that Triumph used more than one style of nuts on the adaptors over
the course of production.
John C. Smith
75 Spitfire
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