Well well, I didn't know Ken's Wheel Service was still around. I had all
four of the wire wheels on my 140 DHC
completely rebuilt at Ken's round about 1972. EXCELLENT job.
Michael
64 TR4
----- Original Message -----
From: "Todd Wright" <doctoddwright@sbcglobal.net>
To: "North Bay British Car Club" <nobbc@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 5:20 PM
Subject: Re: [Nobbc] Spoke wire wheel
> There is a shop in San Fransisco called Ken's wheel service....it has been
> around since 1968 and when I had my wheels redone in 1995 they soaked
> the
> wire wheels in solvent for several days, bead blast,straightened and
> painted
> for 59.50/wheel...additional if spokes need to be replaced....they are at
> mission/14th....phone # 415 543 1815.
>
> Todd Wright
>
> 66 MGB
>
> --- On Tue, 2/16/10, TIM THRESH <tsthresh@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> From: TIM THRESH <tsthresh@hotmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Nobbc] Spoke wire wheel
> To: "North Bay British Car Club" <nobbc@autox.team.net>
> Date: Tuesday, February 16, 2010, 4:54 PM
>
> Monroe is a great place, they fix everything even if you buy the tires
> elsewhere (eg coker.com). If you mean that you want someone to fix broken
> spokes then that is a different game. I do my own but I know that this
> means
> they do not run "true" and more break as a result. Snce my MGA does very
> little high speed freeway work this MAY not be an issue.
>
>
>
> I have Monroe remove the tire, do my own spokes (Moss parts) then have
> Monroe
> re-install/balance.
>
>
>
> BTW Monroe moved to SR Avenue just north of Hwy 12 overpass on the west
> side.
>
>
>
> Tim
>
>> Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:33:43 -0800
>> From: nobbc@sonic.net
>> To: nobbc@autox.team.net
>> Subject: Re: [Nobbc] Spoke wire wheel
>>
>> I don't have wire wheels but if I did Monroe Tires would be the first
>> place I'd check. They worked on my tubed tires (when I had them) and
>> also aligned my MGA. Extremely competent, they've been around for a
>> looong time, located on Santa Rosa Ave. just south of Hwy 12 across from
>> Santa Rosa Auto Parts.
>>
>> Ron
>> 58 MGA
>>
>> Klein, Kris wrote:
>>
>> > My Healey tire went flat in the garage and don't know where to take it
>> > in
>> > around here (Windsor) to have it repaired. I called Les Schwab and they
> told
>> > me to bring it in and they would look at it to see if they could repair
> it
> but
>> > I thought instead of wasting my time, I would email the group to see
>> > what
> is
>> > recommended.
>> > Thanks,
>> > Krissy Klein
>> > 59 Austin Healey 3000 BT7
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: nobbc-bounces@autox.team.net
>> > [mailto:nobbc-bounces@autox.team.net]
> On
>> > Behalf Of Greg Tatarian
>> > Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 3:09 PM
>> > To: North Bay British Car Club
>> > Subject: Re: [Nobbc] Plans for next one?
>> >
>> > I'm working on Robin as we speak, Tim. I'll get back to you when he
> decides
>> > if/how it fits into his schedule.
>> > Sounds like we've got some interest in the event, so I'll get this
> scheduled
>> > and notify the group soon.
>> > Cheers,
>> > Greg
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On 2/16/2010 2:53 PM, TIM THRESH wrote:
>> >
>> >>I installed Pertronix replacement inside the existing Lucas
>> >>distributor- easy to do. It makes a great difference to high end revs,
>> >>and zero points wear(=no adjustments).
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>After that tune-ups seem to be all about timing, valves and mixture.
>> >>The issue may be in what order!
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>Robin used to do all this stuff for his business, so should be ideal
>> >>to run a session??
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>Tim Thresh
>> >>
>> >>1958 MGA
>> >
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