1928 spoke wheels

Marius
Marius Member
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a friend said he can get METAL spoke wheels done that look like real wood spokes , has anyone heard of anyone heard of this?
must be some sort of casting, or some sort of really good metal CNC machine

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  • Geoff
    Geoff Senior Contributor
    Why bother?  I've had my car 65 years,  and have had to tighten the spokes once, by shimming. If I have to do them in the same interval, I'll be around 125 years old.  
  • Marius
    Marius Member
    Geoff said:
    Why bother?  I've had my car 65 years,  and have had to tighten the spokes once, by shimming. If I have to do them in the same interval, I'll be around 125 years old.  
    excellent point car is as old as me and im still walking around just fine.... well OLDER THAN ME well 26 years older ... i hope you make it to 125 to retighten them . :)

  • chammond
    chammond Member
    I remember reading about this being done quite sometime ago it was a T model Ford powered by a 2.0 Cosworth they made the alloy spoke wheels that looked like wooden wheels to handle the power.
  • 54coupe
    54coupe Member
    I think it is a great idea.  Some of these cars have wood spokes are too far gone to repair. This is a good option.
  • BradNorris
    BradNorris Member
    I just bought a 12 spoke inner for my 27 from someone who scored a storage unit full of early Hudson parts. The pic was a bit blurry and I thought someone had painted the spokes a weird color. Once I got it I realized that the spokes are aluminum. From what he told me afterwards, he had a box full of these aluminum spokes, so I'm guessing I have one of a complete set. Whoever buys or bought the remainder of this unit is going to have a surprise. I could not post a pic here but I did post pics on the club's Facebook page.
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