Fellow Spridgeteers & Bob too!
See pages 82 (small photo caption) & 83 (under "Wheels & Tyres") for the info
on knock-offs.
WFO Herb
Bob Wiedemeyer wrote:
> What page is this information on in Horler's book? I've never been able to
> find an actual date in his book when they were discontinued, either here or
> in the home market; only that they were discontinued in the "late 60's".
>
> Bob
>
> ----------
> > From: HFC <froggi@cdsnet.net>
> > To: spidgets <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> > Subject: Knock-Off Wheels
> > Date: Wednesday, May 05, 1999 12:37 PM
> >
> > Fellow Spridgeteers,
> >
> > The employment of knock-off wheels, state side, was quite limited. From
> > my personal experience, the 1965 Corvette aluminum wheel option had
> > ko's, my heavily optioned '67 roadster did not. The wheels were
> > visually the same, but the later cars bolted on in the conventional
> > manner.
> >
> > My MkIII Sprite, HAN8L-58497 and built between January and February
> > 1966, has knock-off wire wheels.
> >
> > To quote Terry Horler "Wire wheeled cars bound for North America changed
> > from 'eared' spinners to octagonal nuts during 1966 to comply with
> > safety regulations, effectively leaving only right-hand drive cars with
> > 'eared' spinners." And finally "...home market cars being the last to
> > change to hexagon nuts in 1969."
> >
> > WFO Herb
> >
> >
> >
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