> Date: Tue, 11 Aug 92 10:07:51 -0400
> From: lydia@rosa.mit.edu (Lydia Gregoret)
> To: british-cars@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Fanatic Wheels
>
> Roland Dudley writes:
>
> >First, O'Connor
> >does indeed have their wheel rebuilding done by British Wire Wheel in
> >Santa Cruz, and I found out that I could have them done in two to three
>
> We had our wheels ('66 MGB 60 spoke?) done by British Wire Wheel
> about 18 months ago. Although we feel it was definitely a worthwhile
> investment, it
> 1) took a very long time
> 2) was more expensive than we expected.
Hi Lydia,
Yes, I recall your postings about this. I was hoping you were still
monitoring the list so I could hear about some recent experience with
BWW.
>
> Problems 1 and 2 are related. Our spokes turned out to be badly rusted
> into the hubs so the wheels were in the hot tank for a very long time.
> Since the spokes were badly rusted, many of them simply broke and had
> to be replaced anyway, adding to the cost. The guys at BWW said that
I have hopes mine won't be too bad. They don't look too rusted and I
did disassemble one wheel myself using WD-40. I only broke a couple
of nipples and no spokes.
>
> In all, the total cost was about $700 for reconditioning 4 wheels
> (normal paint, not chrome) plus four Michelins. Our car was up on jack
Had me going there for a while when I saw the $700. I can buy a whole
set of five new wheels for not much more then that. But I see that
included tires. I'll be having five 70 spoke wheels done and am hoping
for well under $500. The tires I'll get elsewhere.
> Lydia Gregoret
>
Thanks, BWW still sounds like the way to go.
Roland
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