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1. The truth about wire wheels (score: 1): Author: Mike Lishego <mikesl@tartan.sapc.edu>; Date: Tue, 16 Sep 1997 23:52:21 -0700; Ok, I've converted my MGB to run on wire wheels. My '77 had wires, but I only it a few times, and not for very long. I'd like the skinny from someone who's had them for a few years, and the problems; /html/mgs/1997-09/msg01241.html (7,872 bytes)
2. RE: The truth about wire wheels (score: 1): Author: "doug russell" <dr-doug@classic.msn.com>; Date: Wed, 17 Sep 97 14:09:25 UT; Ok, I've converted my MGB to run on wire wheels. My '77 had wires, but I only drove it a few times, and not for very long. I'd like the skinny from someone who's had them for a few years, and the pro; /html/mgs/1997-09/msg01267.html (12,005 bytes)
3. RE: The truth about wire wheels (score: 1): Author: Andy Ramm <aramm@concentric.net>; Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 10:12:41 -0700; I have never even DRIVEN an MG that doesn't have wire wheels. I have done thousand mile trips driving 10 hours a day. I have gone to get bagels on sunday mornings countless times, and have gone back; /html/mgs/1997-09/msg01279.html (13,544 bytes)
4. RE: The truth about wire wheels (score: 1): Author: jello@dns.ida.net (Phil Bates); Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 19:42:36 -0600; There was a lot of fairly good information in the previous post. I deleted most of it to save bandwidth. I do take issue with the comments below. The splines start out without sharp edges. Once they; /html/mgs/1997-09/msg01318.html (8,744 bytes)
5. RE: The truth about wire wheels (score: 1): Author: George Merryweather <georgem1@asiaonline.net.tw>; Date: Thu, 18 Sep 1997 10:39:25 +0800; I believe the bulk of the 'erroneous' post was mine. I aggree with the = revision. I used a poor choice of words when referring to 'edges'. = Splines should have 'square' corners. (Therefore they hav; /html/mgs/1997-09/msg01326.html (9,693 bytes)
6. Re: The truth about wire wheels (score: 1): Author: terry bettinger <tbett@tir.com>; Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 22:06:26 -0400; What I'm not hereing is how much time and money you have put into your wheels to keep them in condition where they take care of you. Terry; /html/mgs/1997-09/msg01327.html (14,960 bytes)
7. RE: The truth about wire wheels (score: 1): Author: "doug russell" <dr-doug@classic.msn.com>; Date: Thu, 18 Sep 97 03:03:51 UT; There you go pointing out my poor choice of adjectives and taking issue with my objectionable use of the word sharp to describe the usable condition of used wheel splines. How about we settle on "ed; /html/mgs/1997-09/msg01328.html (9,736 bytes)
8. Re: The truth about wire wheels (score: 1): Author: Andy Ramm <aramm@concentric.net>; Date: Thu, 18 Sep 1997 22:18:38 -0800; 1 part luck, 1 part reasonable POs that kept the wheels in good shape, 1 part the fact that wire wheels aren't as big a deal as people make them out to be. Cheers, Andy; /html/mgs/1997-09/msg01335.html (16,000 bytes)
9. Re: The truth about wire wheels (score: 1): Author: Arthur Pfenninger <ch155@FreeNet.Buffalo.EDU>; Date: Fri, 19 Sep 1997 18:24:16 -0400 (EDT); I have had more cars than I can think of with wire wheels and have only had one set of bad wheels. By the way I sold them to someone that wanted wire wheels bad. To clean them I take them off the car; /html/mgs/1997-09/msg01470.html (16,671 bytes)
10. Re: The truth about wire wheels (score: 1): Author: RJohn50603@aol.com; Date: Fri, 19 Sep 1997 21:30:39 -0400 (EDT); My '73 MGB has wire wheels. I sent them to California (British Wire Wheel) and had them blasted and trued. Then, I epoxy primed them, sprayed them with the proper silver paint and finally clear coat; /html/mgs/1997-09/msg01486.html (8,011 bytes)
11. Re: The truth about wire wheels (score: 1): Author: terry bettinger <tbett@tir.com>; Date: Fri, 19 Sep 1997 22:49:48 -0400; Mike, I am sure you enjoy your wires but they are time consuming to clean, true up, and I have had problems with flat tubes. Just read the posts on how hard it is to find a source to rim and balance; /html/mgs/1997-09/msg01489.html (8,822 bytes)
12. Re: The truth about wire wheels (score: 1): Author: Andy Ramm <aramm@concentric.net>; Date: Sat, 20 Sep 1997 22:20:33 -0800; AMEN BROTHER!!!! Andy; /html/mgs/1997-09/msg01495.html (17,446 bytes)

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