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Re: FAQ

To: Reed Mideke <rmideke@interbase.com>
Subject: Re: FAQ
From: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 21:48:45 -0500 (EST)
Cc: Malcolm Walker <walker05@camosun.bc.ca>, The Usual Suspects <triumphs@Autox.Team.Net>, spitfires@Autox.Team.Net
On Fri, 30 Oct 1998, Reed Mideke wrote:

> 
> Malcolm,
>       The FAQ is starting to fill out. Nice job.
> One small bit of information. The early spitfire disk rims were 4 inch.
> (I'm not sure about the wires)

Sorry, but the Spitfire disk rims prior to 1970 were 3.5" (same as 
Herald). Wire wheels for Spitfires were 4.5" throughout, whether 
knock-off style from 1962-69 or bolt-on from 1971 to about 1974. The 
1970 Spitfire only had 4.5" "solid" disk wheels. From 1971 to 1976?, the 
wheels were 4.5" with the oval holes. For a year or so around 1976, the 
same width wheels were used, but with fewer, rather rectangular slots. 
The last Spits, circa 1979 to the end, used a 5" wheel that visually 
looked nearly identical to the circa 1971 wheel (oval holes).

Whatever mention Haynes manuals might make of a 4" wheel is incorrect for 
the Spitfire range. And all of the above information is for normal 
"as-delivered" or "factory optional" wheels, not any dealer-installed or 
other aftermarket wheels. I know that there were solid disk wheels as 
wide as 5.5", but I don't know if these were even "catalogued" options 
for the Spitfire. Anyone?

--Andy

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