British Wire Wheel in Santa Cruz, CA lists them in their catalogue, $220
each for the front and $250 each for the rear. They only say "original for
Sunbeam Alpine" and do not split it out by Series.
Their number is 408-479-4495. I believe they also have a web site but I
don't have the address handy.
Scott Christie
Series 3 Alpine Registry
USA
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jay Laifman [SMTP:Jay_Laifman(at)countrywide.com]
> Sent: Monday, November 30, 1998 12:52 PM
> To: alpines(at)autox.team.net
> Subject: Wire Wheels
>
>
>
>
> "Clunk, clunk." As we have all heard discussed of before, after time our
> hubs get worn down and start clunking. The clunk on my SV is there once
> and a while (of course not now). There was an article in the recent
> British Car on how to look at them to see if they are bad. So, I jacked
> up
> the car and pulled a rear wheel. Sure enough, the ridges are pretty
> pointy
> compared to the flatter tops they say is correct.
>
> I called Rick. He tells me that he cannot get new hubs for SI-SIV
> Alpines,
> but used to be able to get new rear hubs for SV's. He also said that the
> Midget/Sprite hubs will not work. He used to get his rear hubs from a guy
> in Australia. He thinks he can probably still get them. But, they might
> be pricey.
>
> Does anyone know any more about this? Does anyone know of any other
> suppliers? Are people with SI-SIV's really SOL on wire wheel hubs? Does
> anyone have really nice used hubs for any Series? Is there really no way
> to get the Midget/Sprite hubs to work?
>
> I cannot imagine my car without wire wheels.
>
> Jay
>
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