Jan and piners,
Some years back I looked into buying an SII alpine parts car that
someone had equipped
with with what he said was Hillman Husky front drum brakes. It was one
of the major reasons
I opted not to buy the car, but did look like it belonged there.
I imagine that if rootes ever offered wire wheels for front drummed
hillmans, that they
surely would be retrofitable to alpines.
Now why anyone would want to do such a thing is beyond me...
Jarrid Gross
Jan Eyerman wrote:
>
> Vic,
>
> I checked my Alpine parts manual and my Minx and Super Minx parts manuals....
>
> The Alpine 3 uses the same front hub and the same rear hubs as the Minx
> Series V & VI and the Super Minx II, III & IV. So if you can find one of the
> Minxes, you can use the parts.
>
> I am curious, has anyone tried to adapt Alpine wire wheel hubs to a drum
> braked Minx? The rears should be easy, but how do you mount the brake drums
> onto the wire wheel front hub??? I have been considering Triumph wire wheel
> adapters drilled for the 4 1/4 inch bolt circle (which quite doable).
>
> Jan Eyerman
> 1962 Hillman Minx Series IIIC Convertible (with disk wheels and 10" Rapier
> front drum brakes)
> 1973 Hillman Avenger DL (with disk wheels and wheel trims)
>
> Victor Hughes <hughes@scides.canberra.edu.au> wrote:
> Which brings me to another question. Does anyone on the list with a wider
> knowledge of Rootes cars (Jan Eyerman, Jim Leach?) know if the hubs from
> other Rootes cars eg Super Minx. would fit on the Alpine. That might make
> sourcing hubs a lot easier for me in Australia.
>
> Vic, who has discovered he has one spare hub (with only 3 wheel studs) in a
> box of bits from the DPO
>
> Thomas Wiencek wrote:
>
> > A note of caution. There are 2 sizes of hubs. Anyone know when they
> > changed?
> >
> > Tom
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-alpines@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-alpines@autox.team.net]
> > On Behalf Of Lance Brown
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 11:27 AM
> > To: Bill Tubbs; alpines@autox.team.net
> > Subject: Re: wires to mags
> >
> > You need the four stud hubs, which are interchangeable with the splined
> > hubs. I have a set from when I converted to wires. They are available
> >
> > 1962 SII Alpine
> >
> > Lance Brown
> > President
> > Santa Cruz Yachts
> > 831-475-9627
> > fx 831-786-1444
> > <http://www.santacruzyachts.com/>
> >
> > > From: "Bill Tubbs" <piperbill@isp01.net>
> > > Reply-To: "Bill Tubbs" <piperbill@isp01.net>
> > > Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2002 09:13:03 -0700
> > > To: <alpines@autox.team.net>
> > > Subject: RE: wires to mags
> > >
> > > I've been looking for the same answer for my S5, Vic. Seems most
> > folks are
> > > going or have gone the other way. But I'll keep watching! :-)
> > >
> > > Bill
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: owner-alpines@autox.team.net
> > > [mailto:owner-alpines@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Victor Hughes
> > > Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 9:17 PM
> > > To: alpines@autox.team.net
> > > Subject: wires to mags
> > >
> > >
> > > Sunbeamers
> > >
> > > I think I've decided to convert my S3 from serviceable but tatty wires
> > > to alloy wheels. The question is, what parts will I need to do this?
> > > Other question, does anyone out there, preferably in Aus, have them?
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance
> > >
> > > Vic
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