Bill,
I agree with all of what Bob said. I was planning on painted wire wheels
someday... but when I saw all the beauties at the VTR convention with chrome
WW... I went nuts and went the chrome route. I was only going to buy them
once and the difference is absolutely striking.
Mine was a conversion so I had to do the whole 9 yards. Adapters, nuts,
knockoffs, hammer, cut the studs, find a used WW spare. I bought the whole
thing from TRF at the VTR convention for 25% off and free shipping.
I expended very little work effort on the conversion.... And the stuff is
not cheap. But I feel I got the most "bang-for-the-buck" of any of my work
so far.
Brian Sanborn
62 TR4 CT16260L - Groton, MA
My TR4 Restoration Web Site
http://www.net1plus.com/users/sanborn/Home.html
E-Mail: sanborn@net1plus.com
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-triumphs@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-triumphs@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Billtr4@aol.com
Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 1999 5:49 PM
To: triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: tr4 wire wheels
Team, I may have the opportunity to order new wires for my half finished
restoration.
(pending approval from my much better half.
60 spoke painted were on car originally according to build cert. Car is a
63.
Did it originally have 2 eared knockoffs or the safety octagon. Is British
Wire Wheels a decent place to go? What is the difference between Dayton and
Dunlop? Are either or both made in USA or UK? Don't know if I will see this
dream come true, But any wisdom or comments will be greatly appreciated.
TIA Billtr4 22592L
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