A third problem with these wheels - if the
Chrome part needs replating - you either must
seperate the two pieces and then have them rewelded
or paint the entire wheel(which really looks pretty good)
Mike
>Those look like the early American Racing wheels that some dealers sold as
optional wheels. They had
>a steel rim and an aluminum center riveted to the rim. There were two
reported problems with them:
>(1) they tended to leak, and (2) they sometimes cracked around the rivets.
They were on my car when
>I first got it, but I replaced them with 1-piece wheels because of the
reported problems. I saw a
>set at Shasta last weekend.
>
>RoadsteRob@aol.com wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> Can anyone identify these wheels on my 1600?. They're split two piece
items
>> with an alloy mesh and a steel rim. I've had the car over 3 years now and
it
>> was only when I was sandblasting the old paint off that I got curious.
>>
>> http://www.datsun.org/fairlady/Robs1600.jpg
>>
>> PS Website activity fairly low at the moment although I've got stacks on
the
>> boil - the #1 priority is to fettle the 1600 before she's sold - trouble
is,
>> all this fettling makes me wish I wasn't selling her! BTW Stan's
replacement
>> door panels look a treat (Thanks Stan)
>>
>> Rob
>> <A HREF="http://www.datsun.org/fairlady/";>The Classic Fairlady Roadster
>> Register</A>
>> 69 2000
>> 68 1600 (will she stay or will she go?)
>> 65 1600
>> 78 260Z Roadster (or will this one have to go?)
>
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>Gordon Glasgow
>http://www.gordon-glasgow.org
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