I don't think it needs to be a wire wheel does it?
ken shapiro
baltimore
1970 GT6+ KC81872L
----- Original Message -----
From: Jeff McNeal <jmcneal@ohms.com>
To: Bowen, Patrick A RP2 <PABowen@sar.med.navy.mil>; 'Mitchell, Douglas
(D.B.)' <dmitchel@ford.com>; 'Carter Shore' <clshore@yahoo.com>; Barry
Schwartz <bschwart@pacbell.net>; Ken & Beth <bethken@erols.com>
Cc: <spitfires@autox.team.net>; <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 1999 1:21 PM
Subject: Re: Same wheels as Spit/GT6 ???
>
> Patrick, a centerlock wheel is a wire wheel that uses a single knock-off
> fastener which holds the wheel fast against the hub, vs. the bolt-on wire
> wheel that uses lug nuts like any other wheel.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Bowen, Patrick A RP2 <PABowen@sar.med.navy.mil>
> To: 'Mitchell, Douglas (D.B.)' <dmitchel@ford.com>; 'Carter Shore'
> <clshore@yahoo.com>; Barry Schwartz <bschwart@pacbell.net>; Ken & Beth
> <bethken@erols.com>
> Cc: <spitfires@autox.team.net>; <triumphs@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 1999 5:21 AM
> Subject: RE: Same wheels as Spit/GT6 ???
>
>
> >
> > To show my ignorance, what is a centerlockk wheel?
> >
> > Patrick Bowen
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mitchell, Douglas (D.B.) [mailto:dmitchel@ford.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 1999 6:25 AM
> > To: 'Carter Shore'; Barry Schwartz; Ken & Beth
> > Cc: spitfires@autox.team.net; triumphs@autox.team.net
> > Subject: RE: Same wheels as Spit/GT6 ???
> >
> >
> >
> > Wrong. The Formula Fords had the same bolt pattern because
> > the early cars used Spitfire wheels. Probably because many
> > of the early FFs were built by Lotus. They now use centerlock
> > wheels.
> > Barry is correct, the Lotus Europa, Spit, GT6, etc...
> > were the only cars with the 3 3/4 x 4 pattern.
> >
> > Doug Mitchell
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Carter Shore [mailto:clshore@yahoo.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 1999 10:32 PM
> > To: Barry Schwartz; Ken & Beth
> > Cc: spitfires@autox.team.net; triumphs@autox.team.net
> > Subject: Re: Same wheels as Spit/GT6 ???
> >
> >
> >
> > So called "English Ford" also had 3.75 bolt circle.
> > The US Formula Ford spec called for these wheels. I
> > have a set of steel 13 x 5.5 rims from FF that fit
> > nicely on a Spitfire. Except for the width, they look
> > exactly like the stock Spitfire Mk I and II wheels.
> > But mind the offset, I have fender flares on the
> > front.
> >
> > --- Barry Schwartz <bschwart@pacbell.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > >Did any other cars (I think my Lotus Europa did)
> > > have the same pattern and
> > > >offset as the Spits/GT6s ? ....
> >
>
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