>Barry, I was referring to the knock off wire wheels. I double checked the
set
>of original nuts that I have, and they are slightly longer, and only have
one
>taper. I compared them to the NOS early steel wheel nuts that I have, and
>they are definitely not the same. They are certainly not for the bolt on
wire
>wheels though, those wheels used a chrome plated, domed lug nut similar to
>the lugs found on later spits, but without the plastic washer. As I said
>before, my set of wheels came off of a 69 Spitfire, and the adaptor hubs had
>never been off the car before. It was a one owner car that I had serviced
for
>several years, the owner decided he wanted a set of minilites, and I bought
>the wires from him. Now just because the wire wheel kits show double bevel
>nuts, does not mean that they are OEM style nuts. In fact, it is entirely
>possible that Triumph used more than one style of nuts on the adaptors over
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Yes, it's very possible that different nuts were used, as been proven by
many other parts over the years - I still maintain that (and I suppose a
clarification is in order) if the same size nuts as steel wheels are used,
then they must be beveled on both sides, and short enough to clear the
wheel hub. It is clear that all the suppliers that I have seen are
supplying this type of nut, and it is perfectly acceptable to use. It's
also quit possible that you have a very "rare" set of original adapter
wheel nuts :-). What about it John MaCartney, any recollections as to what
was used on the line?? The smaller sized nut would seem to make sense in
that it would allow the use of a socket to install, something that would
speed up assy time -
Barry Schwartz (San Diego) bschwart@pacbell.net
72 PI, V6 Spitfire (daily driver)
70 GT6+ (when I don't drive the Spit)
70 Spitfire (long term project)
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