Re: wire wheel restoration

[Rocky Frisco <rock@rocky-frisco.com>]

DB35PA@aol.com wrote:

> A friend is restoring a prewar Riley and sent me  the following... any other 
> suggestions or ideas? He lives in eastern  US.
>  
> After getting no joy from British Wire wheel other  than recommending Dayton 
> Wire Wheel, I spoke to the guy at Dayton Wheel Concepts  about refurbishing 
> the Riley's five wheels of 18" x 4" size. They say they can  certainly do the 
> job by completely stripping, new spokes and nipples and repaint  at the cool 
> price of $410 each. They have a 90 day lead time at the  moment.  It looks like 
> an over $2,000 exercise to refurbish the Riley's  wheels? 
>  
> Welcome to the pre-war car world.
>  
> Any leads?
I would look in the UK first, and Canada. Might try the UK car 
newsgroups. I suspect some early MGs might use similar wheels, but not 
sure. I have a stack of wire wheels, but they're all 14 and 15 inch.

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