As I remember the TR-3 had as original equipment 4" steel wheels and I ran
the 48 spoke wires that were optional because they were 4.5" wide. Terrible
choices either way...but whtacha goin' to do?
----- Original Message -----
From: Jack Wheeler <jwheeler@seidata.com>
To: <ed.barnard@na.marconicomms.com>
Cc: 'FOT' <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2000 3:58 AM
Subject: RE: TR3 Wheels
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> Here are a couple of comments from my personal experience. I too have a
> stack of 4" wide wheels, which I have always assumed were TR-3 wheels.
> Here is the reason why. When I started racing my TR-4 in SCCA (1974),
the
> rule on wheel size was that you could run wheels that were 1 1/2" wider
> than the stock wheels supplied on the car by the manufacturer. At that
> time the TR-4 was allowed to run 6" wheels (i.e. reflecting a 4 1/2 inch
> stock wheel), but the TR-3 was only allowed to use 5 1/2" wheels
> (reflecting a 4" stock wheel).
>
> In spite of what the book says, my experience is that the TR-3's came with
> 4" wide wheels
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ed.barnard@na.marconicomms.com [SMTP:ed.barnard@na.marconicomms.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 29, 2000 10:24 AM
> To: fot@autox.team.net
> Subject: TR3 Wheels
>
>
>
> Lister's:
> I have a topic that I need your help with. I am trying to finish the
> restoration of my '60 TR3A and have reached the point where I need to have
> my
> wheels blasted and painted in preparation for the new tires. I was
> examining the
> wheels and noticed they were 4J x 15's and remembered that Bill Piggott's
> book
> mentioned something about this size wheel. Sure enough, in the section on
> wheels
> Piggott says that these wheels were put on TR2's up to comm # 1868. They
> were
> changed because there was a problem during hard driving with fractures,
and
> the
> rim would separate from the wheel centre. After that they were supplied
> with 4
> 1/2J x 15's, and he says "replacements were supplied retrospectively to
> earlier
> cars, and consequently very few of these early wheels survive". Now comes
> my
> problem! I went out into the parts yard yesterday afternoon to locate the
> "proper" wheels, and could find only stacks of 4J x 15's. Now either
> somebody is
> mistaken, or I have the market cornered on wheels that should not have
> survived
> a recall. What are the odds that all these "bad" wheels were sent to Ft
> Worth,
> TX? The numbers are clearly stamped on the inside of the rim where they
are
> protected from most abuse, so they can be read easily. They all also
> measure 4"
> across the inside, bead to bead.
> Can anyone help me with an answer to the mystery wheels?
> Thanks, Ed Barnard
>
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