Even though the spoked wheels can be a problem they add value and
looks to the car. My suggestion would be to switch the rear axle,
not a real big job and switch the complete front suspension, again not a
big deal. It's only held on with a few bolts. While the suspension is off
you could take some time and rebuild it. The winter months are a good time
to do this assuming you have a basement to work in. It is a lot easier to
work on the suspension if you don't have to crawl around on the ground!
...Art
~On Mon, 7 Jul 1997, Wally Teto wrote:
> Many thanks to Todd, Rick and the others who responded with great
> ideas and personal experience on my decision of whether to swap my disk
> wheels for wires. I had thought that I could get away in the rear with
y> swapping half-shafts, but apparently this is not possible. And I had
> conveniently forgotten about the inherent problems with tubes, truing,
> etc. I think we will just blast and paint the disks for now and leave
> the wires for someday down the road when we have time on our hands (20,
> 30 years maybe?). This whole project started out as a 2 week job to get
> this car "roadworthy", and is slowly evolving into a complete
> tear-down. I know, you guys have all "been there, done that, got the
> T-shirt". If I didn't love these blasted infernal machines so much, I'd
> chuck the project for some American iron, but where is the redeeming
> social value in that? Besides, I got a 20 year old kid hooked on LBC's
> and that can't be all that bad. Even his 15 year old brother is
> starting to take interest...must be his impending license exam coming up
> next year!
>
> Sorry if this post is a duplicate...my ISP is somehow related to the
> Prince of Darkness and I think the 1st post is sitting in some black
> hole.
>
> Wally / Templeton, MA
> 71 MGB in restoration
>
> remember, if it's got tits or tires, you're gonna have problems...
>
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