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Re: Spitfire Wheel

To: Ralph Goodwin <rgoodwin@ipass.net>
Subject: Re: Spitfire Wheel
From: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>
Date: Sat, 04 Dec 1999 21:02:52 -0700


Ralph Goodwin wrote:
> 
> I recently bought a set of wheels that were auctioned on ebay.  They
> were advertised as fitting either a Triumph Spitfire or a BMW.  When I
> got the wheels I found that they would not fit my 80 Spitfire.  The
> studs would fit into the holes but just barely, rubbing the inside of
> the hole, far from centered. No way to get the tube lug nut in.   I
> contacted the people I bought them from.  I think we are going to work
> it out, but they still insist the wheels came off a Spitfire.  My car is
> a 1980, they say the wheels were taken off a 1962.  Is there a
> difference in Spitfire bolt patterns?

NO!

Joe

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