[Fot] Wheels

[Bill Babcock]

I'm thinking about the opposite--taking TR4 wheels, which I think  
measure out to a little over five inches wide, reinforcing the hub and  
then drilling all the cooling/lightening holes that racing steelies  
sometimes have--particularly the Porsches. Instead of knockoffs, extra- 
long studs smooth noses to start the lugnut cleanly, and very plain  
lugnuts. All very racy methinks.

Low buck retro look is all the rage in the hot rod world. I traded my  
'48 chebbie pickup to a guy who is going to restore it with 40 year  
old barn find patina. It would be easy to do since it's been a lawn  
ornament at my house for nearly ten years, but he wants it black  
instead of moldy red.

On Jul 24, 2008, at 4:34 PM, Steven Preiss wrote:

> Anybody have any experience sectioning TR6 wheels down to 4.5 or 5  
> inches?
> Also in converting them to knock offs, as in D type jag? I always  
> thought
> this would look great on the TR3. Especially with those extra little  
> holes
> drilled between the existing ones. I have a set that I am hoping to  
> do this
> way.
> Imelda
> (Steve P.) ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bill Babcock" <billbab at gmail.com>
> To: "Terry Stetler" <tlizzard at msn.com>
> Cc: <fot at autox.team.net>
> Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2008 1:21 AM
> Subject: Re: [Fot] Wheels
>
>
>> Steel wheels are starting to look really good to me--I guess I'm sick
>> of mags. I'm going to have to do some experimenting to see if I can
>> strengthen some properly. I was looking at a picture of Peyote the
>> other day with steel wheels on and realized how natural and how much
>> better it looks. Peyote with Painted mags is like me slouching around
>> in my greasy jeans and FOT T shirt wearing a pair of Ferragamos.
>>
>> On