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Re: GT6 Mk II - what are stock wheels?

To: pfischer@rmi.net (Pat Fischer), triumphs@Autox.Team.Net
Subject: Re: GT6 Mk II - what are stock wheels?
Date: Thu, 07 Oct 2004 12:44:01 -0400
In a message dated 10/7/2004 11:47:40 AM Eastern Daylight Time, Pat Fischer 
<pfischer@rmi.net> writes:

>We've acquired for restoration a 1968 GT6 with non-stock wheels. We've 
>been looking for photos of the stock ones, but haven't found a clear, 
>straight-on photo. They appear to be painted (white?) and have either a 
>hubcap + trim ring or it's a complete wheel cover. Can anyone tell us or 
>send us to a clear photo?

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Well....there's a bit of confusion here. ;-)

First, a 1968 would likely be a "Mk1" GT6, but your subject line indicates a 
"MkII" (GT6+ in the US).

If you're dealing with a US-spec "Mk1" GT6, the vast majority of them were 
originally equipped with knockoff wire wheels! Otherwise, the "spec" wheel was 
the plain 4.5" steel wheel with very narrow slots, painted Spa White, and 
looking much like the wheels in 
<http://www.triumphspitfire.com/images/cars/tommyjones.jpg>. It would also have 
those hubcaps shown but also likely would have had "slotted" trim rings as 
shown in <http://www.triumphspitfire.com/images/cars/jmdion.jpg>.

Now, if this is a US-spec GT6+, it would have had the same 4.5" wheels, usually 
in silver, with the "pseudo-Rostyle" wheelcovers as seen in 
<http://www.vtr.org/GT6/w-gt6-crop.jpg>. Or, you could have had the optional 
wire wheels (in 1969 but not in 1970 as I recall)!

--Andy Mace

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