Morris Minor wheels are 14", but they are only 3" wide, so you don't pick
up any stability.
Paul
PAsgeirsson@juno.com
On Thu, 16 Sep 1999 22:37:04 +1000 "Angela Hervey-Tennyson & Peter
Westcott" <toobmany@bigpond.com> writes:
>Every now and then I run 14" Morris Major wheels on the rear of the
>Bug to
>raise the gearing on a long trip. They've got more inside offset so
>they
>can rub a bit under hard cornering. I've not run them on the front.
>
>Peter
>
>----------
>> From: Jon Paschke <birdman@lightspeed.net>
>> To: midget <spridgets@autox.team.net>
>> Subject: Re: wire wheels
>> Date: Thursday, 16 September 1999 8:22
>>
>> Thanks for the replies, Now,
>> Has anyone put any kind of 14 of 15 " rims on their spridgets? What
>size
>> tire would you have to run to keep from rubbing when the steering is
>turned?
>> There is a way to do this I just would like to know if it is
>feasible.
>What
>> do you think??
>>
>> Jon
>>
>>
>> > I was thinking of doing the same thing until I made some
>measurements...
>> >
>> > The MGB wheels have longer hubs than the spridget wheels.
>> >
>> > The length of the spridget hub from the end of the threads to the
>end
>of
>> the
>> > taper is approx. 3.15 inches...
>> >
>> > The same measurement made on an MGB hub yields approx. 3.50
>inches.
>> >
>> > You can slide an MGB wheel on a spridget hub, but the hub does not
>> protrude
>> > out of the wheel and if you're lucky you can maybe catch one
>thread of
>the
>> > hub when you try to attach the lug.
>> >
>> > After doing this little experiment, I abandoned the idea...
>> >
>> > Richard
>> > '74 Midget
>> > '68 MGBGT
>> > '58 Morris Minor 1000
>> >
>> >
>> > At 10:31 PM 9/14/99 -0700, you wrote:
>> > >I was thinking of using MGB wire wheels on my Midget. Has anyone
>out
>> there
>> > >used a MGB 14 inch wheel or even a 15 inch on their car? Would
>you
>think
>> > >there would be any problems with the wider rim, they are 5 inches
>and
>5.5
>> > >inches wide? I was thinking bigger rims and low profile tires
>would
>look
>> > >good on a RWA Spridget!
>> > >TIA
>> > >
>> > >Jon Paschke
>> > >
>> > >
>> >
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