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RE: TR2 wheel questions

To: "Theodore R. Stevens" <trstevens@earthlink.net>, <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Subject: RE: TR2 wheel questions
From: "Randall Young" <Ryoung@navcomtech.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2003 09:23:23 -0800
> I jumped the gun a little bit and bought a TR2 wheel (4" wide,
> riveted) for
> the purpose of mounting a high-pressure "donut" spare (sourced from a
> minivan) for my TR6, in order to be able to have the spare tire
> cover flush
> with the rest of the trunk.
>
> What I didn't find out in advance:
>
> Is the edge of the TR2 wheel the right shape to support a
> tubeless tire?  I
> recall that older (T-series) MG wheels needed a tube even with
> tubeless tires.

Ted, I don't know for sure that it was a TR2 wheel, but my 56 TR3 had two
riveted wheels on it.  I used tubeless tires on them, no problems.

Randall

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