Gerard:
If you need two plain hub caps, I have some from my parts cars you can have
for free. I have wires on my ' 72 and alloys on the vintage racer so
I don't need them. They're yours. Send me your address if you want them. I
do use Rostyles with old tires for moving the race car around in the garage.
I am still looking for a set of 13" by 5" wheels for the race car so I can
go racing with VDCA. They won't allow me to use the 5.5 " ones I use for
HSR. Steel, alloy, whatever. They just need to be reasonably cheap and safe
enough to race with. Anybody have any wheels or at least leads on some?
At 11:56 PM 02/10/2000 -0800, you wrote:
>Terry,
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>I have an original equiped '75 that has the type you describe as stamped. I
>haven't seen the other heavier type you describe before. Unfortuately
>however, I'm missing two of them.
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>Gerard
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>At 9:55 PM -0500 2/10/00, Terry Williams wrote:
>>I guess you could call 'em 'hub caps', but I discovered tonight that the
>>front wheels I've scavanged, have a wheel center different than the wheels
>>on the rear. (I'm about to have a set of wheels sandblasted for
>>refinishing, of the 8 wheels collected, four will be 'slaves', the better
>>set get new 'boots' in the spring, and become the road set...)
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>>Anyhow....one pair of centers are turned aluminum (?) units. Hefty little
>>devils, with equally hefty inner retainers held by a screw. The other pair
>>are decidedly thinner (stamped?), with a spring metal ring of 'teeth'.
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>>Would the turned pair be early, and the 'tin' ones be later? Once again,
>>inquiring minds want to know - and find another pair of the hefty guys
>>(hadta get that in!)
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>>I have also recieved the interior panel set - another eBay victory! Ochre
>>y'say...hmmmmm. Need to find trim bits, have discovered (again thru eBay) a
>>gentleman in/on Rhode Island who stiches up Midget carpet sets, at good
>>prices, with good reports in the feedback section. I'ved requested swatchs
>>of both Ochre and Autmn Leaf for comparison against the panels. Need seat
>>coverings, interior weather strip and some loose material for b-posts etc.
>>Any ideas? As this was not a) a desired colour, or b) produced in any great
>>quantity - this stuff could be difficult to find and I may be going that
>>vinyl dye/paint route to get closer to 'Autumn Leaf'. Ochre certainly is an
>>'interesting' shade. I'm trying to convince mself that it's more of a
>>bright butterscotch. It certainly makes a statement with the dark green
>>exterior..
>>
>>Terry Williams
>>Halifax, Nova Scotia
>>'77 Midget
>>'70 MGB GT
>>'68 MGB roadster
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Bob Spruck
Sharpsburg, GA
' 67 Midget Vintage Racer
' '72 Midget Weekend Car
4 parts cars in the woods
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