From: zoboherald@aol.com
> "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
I don't think I have ever seen one of these. Does anyone have a link to a
picture of one with the correct cap on it?
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