-----Original Message-----
From: pethier@comcast.net
On Jan 10, 2007, at 12:33 PM, Jim Laviana wrote:
> Does anyone on the list know where I can find some wheel centers >
for original bolt on wire wheels for a spit/gt6?
I don't understand the question. I thought all original wire wheels
for spit/gt6 were Rudge knockoff style.
==AM==
They were, but only through the Spitfire Mk3 and GT6 MkII/+ models.
"Square-tail" Spitfires and GT6s did briefly have the option only of a
Dunlop bolt-on, "outside-lace" wire wheel similar to the one in this
image:
<http://spitfire.amicale.com/images/jantes/jante35.jpg>
Don't be fooled by the "knockoff" in the picture. Normal fitment was a
relatively plain chrome cap on the center, held on by...well...some
sort of cheesy pin arrangement that allowed the caps to fall off pretty
much all the time. That's probably why the caps are so incredibly rare
today. ;-)
--Andy Mace
*Mrs Irrelevant: Oh, is it a jet?
*Man: Well, no ... It's not so much of a jet, it's more your, er,
Triumph Herald engine with wings.
-- Cut-price Airlines Sketch, Monty Python's Flying Circus (22)
Check out the North American Triumph Sports 6 (Vitesse 6) and Triumph
Herald Database at its new URL: <http://triumph-herald.us>
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