[Healeys] [Fwd: Re: Newbie] with egg on face

[Eric (Rick) Wilkins]

I'm curious to see what kind of wheels you have now with the 4.5" bolt  
center.

My car is a bolt-on wheel car and i have the stock disk wheels as well  
as a set of Minilite replicas:

http://ewilkins.com/wilko

On Sep 11, 2009, at 12:08 PM, Ed Woods wrote:

> Gentlemen,
>
> A bit of egg on my face, but I thought I'd tell the tale anyway. After
> learning that the bolt center on my car's wheels is 5", I went to  
> the garage,
> measured the distance between two lugs and applied high school trig  
> once
> again, only to confirm that these wheels were, indeed, on 4.5"  
> centers. So,
> even though I've sworn to finish other projects before getting into  
> the
> Healey, I jacked the rear and removed a wheel. Lo! An adapter was  
> present.
> Bolted to the 5" center Healey lugs was a 4.5" center adapter. So my  
> wheels,
> even though there're carrying only 155-15 JC Penny tires, were  
> changed from
> the originals for some reason lost in the past 5 decades. Now I'm  
> back to
> finding suitable replacements with a 5" bolt center.
>
> And thanks for the book suggestions. I'll add them to my library.
>
> Best,
>
> Ed
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