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Re: GT6 caliper/rotor on Spitfire

To: oldtoys@charter.net, spitfires@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: GT6 caliper/rotor on Spitfire
From: zoboherald@aol.com
Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 10:52:47 -0500
-----Original Message-----
From: Creig Houghtaling <oldtoys@charter.net>

My 4.5" Mk III wheels look exactly like my 3.5" Mk I wheels.  That is 
why I
like them.  I can use my original style center hub caps and the car 
looks
relatively original.  So would this wheel be similar to the later 4.5"
wheels and fit or would it be more like the 3.5" wheel and not fit?
I just looked at some pictures of early model GT6s with wheels similar 
to
mine.  http://www.triumphspitfire.com/images/cars/EdwinTiben.jpg  
Perhaps my
Mk III 4.5" wheels are the same as these?  (That is what mine look 
like.)

==AM==
If your 3.5" wheels have the "narrow" slots, then I believe you're ok. 
Compare the picture you note above to 
<http://www.triumphspitfire.com/images/cars/RWidner.jpg>, which shows 
wheels with the wider slots. It is some (all? there are two different 
styles of wide-slot wheels, believe it or not!) of these that will NOT 
fit the larger caliper and rotor of the GT6.

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