Mike,
Ken's Wheel Service is still around and Sean still runs the show. They are
still in San Francisco, but have moved to a new location at 280 14th Street.
I just had my wire wheels for the MG TC tuned and they also tuned my E-type
and Daimler wire wheels in the past. They also paint and balance them. I
can highly recommend them for wire wheel work and proper mounting of wire
wheel tires.
Steve Plath
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Gianandrea" <mvg1@verizon.net>
To: "North Bay British Car Club" <nobbc@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 6:50 PM
Subject: Re: [Nobbc] Spoke wire wheel
> Well well, I didn't know Ken's Wheel Service was still around. I had all
> four of the wire wheels on my 140 DHC
> completely rebuilt at Ken's round about 1972. EXCELLENT job.
>
> Michael
> 64 TR4
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Todd Wright" <doctoddwright@sbcglobal.net>
> To: "North Bay British Car Club" <nobbc@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 5:20 PM
> Subject: Re: [Nobbc] Spoke wire wheel
>
>
>> There is a shop in San Fransisco called Ken's wheel service....it has
>> been
>> around since 1968 and when I had my wheels redone in 1995 they soaked
>> the
>> wire wheels in solvent for several days, bead blast,straightened and
>> painted
>> for 59.50/wheel...additional if spokes need to be replaced....they are at
>> mission/14th....phone # 415 543 1815.
>>
>> Todd Wright
>>
>> 66 MGB
>>
>> --- On Tue, 2/16/10, TIM THRESH <tsthresh@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> From: TIM THRESH <tsthresh@hotmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Nobbc] Spoke wire wheel
>> To: "North Bay British Car Club" <nobbc@autox.team.net>
>> Date: Tuesday, February 16, 2010, 4:54 PM
>>
>> Monroe is a great place, they fix everything even if you buy the tires
>> elsewhere (eg coker.com). If you mean that you want someone to fix broken
>> spokes then that is a different game. I do my own but I know that this
>> means
>> they do not run "true" and more break as a result. Snce my MGA does very
>> little high speed freeway work this MAY not be an issue.
>>
>>
>>
>> I have Monroe remove the tire, do my own spokes (Moss parts) then have
>> Monroe
>> re-install/balance.
>>
>>
>>
>> BTW Monroe moved to SR Avenue just north of Hwy 12 overpass on the west
>> side.
>>
>>
>>
>> Tim
>>
>>> Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:33:43 -0800
>>> From: nobbc@sonic.net
>>> To: nobbc@autox.team.net
>>> Subject: Re: [Nobbc] Spoke wire wheel
>>>
>>> I don't have wire wheels but if I did Monroe Tires would be the first
>>> place I'd check. They worked on my tubed tires (when I had them) and
>>> also aligned my MGA. Extremely competent, they've been around for a
>>> looong time, located on Santa Rosa Ave. just south of Hwy 12 across from
>>> Santa Rosa Auto Parts.
>>>
>>> Ron
>>> 58 MGA
>>>
>>> Klein, Kris wrote:
>>>
>>> > My Healey tire went flat in the garage and don't know where to take it
>>> > in
>>> > around here (Windsor) to have it repaired. I called Les Schwab and
>>> > they
>> told
>>> > me to bring it in and they would look at it to see if they could
>>> > repair
>> it
>> but
>>> > I thought instead of wasting my time, I would email the group to see
>>> > what
>> is
>>> > recommended.
>>> > Thanks,
>>> > Krissy Klein
>>> > 59 Austin Healey 3000 BT7
>>> >
>>> > -----Original Message-----
>>> > From: nobbc-bounces@autox.team.net
>>> > [mailto:nobbc-bounces@autox.team.net]
>> On
>>> > Behalf Of Greg Tatarian
>>> > Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 3:09 PM
>>> > To: North Bay British Car Club
>>> > Subject: Re: [Nobbc] Plans for next one?
>>> >
>>> > I'm working on Robin as we speak, Tim. I'll get back to you when he
>> decides
>>> > if/how it fits into his schedule.
>>> > Sounds like we've got some interest in the event, so I'll get this
>> scheduled
>>> > and notify the group soon.
>>> > Cheers,
>>> > Greg
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On 2/16/2010 2:53 PM, TIM THRESH wrote:
>>> >
>>> >>I installed Pertronix replacement inside the existing Lucas
>>> >>distributor- easy to do. It makes a great difference to high end revs,
>>> >>and zero points wear(=no adjustments).
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>After that tune-ups seem to be all about timing, valves and mixture.
>>> >>The issue may be in what order!
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>Robin used to do all this stuff for his business, so should be ideal
>>> >>to run a session??
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>Tim Thresh
>>> >>
>>> >>1958 MGA
>>> >
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