Has anyone purchased the Minilite copies sold by Victoria British?
They currently have on sale 13x5 for $120 and 14x5.5 for $140.
I called Rick at Sunbeam Specialties to ask if he were familiar with
the wheels. He said that he had a customer who bought 2 wheels from VB
a number of years ago and had problems with fitment at the rear due to
brake drum interference. Rick said his customer then bought another
pair a couple of years later, assuming the fitment problem would have
been fixed (after complaining about it). Needless to say, it had not.
The guy had to have his wheels machined on the inside in order to get
them to fit.
I called VB and got the answer I expected. "We don't have a tech line
and cannot answer questions about application, installation or problems
with a part." "If the wheels don't fit, just send them back." The
kind of treatment you'd expect from a big, impersonal corporation
unconcerned with customer needs.
Does anyone have first-hand knowledge of these wheels and whether or
not they will fit a Sunbeam?
Could someone who subscribes to the Tiger list please forward this to
it? Thanks.
Christopher
'67 SV od BRG
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