Post by kiwijim on Apr 6, 2008 20:24:08 GMT 10
G,Day all, At long long last this bloke is a happy little Vegemite, ;D
the trouble with tires for the Thomson has finally been solved,
I took the wheels into a local engineering Company (Springfield Engineering of Kenwick) who cut off the old 15in rims and replaced them with nice new 14in x 6in rims, with an off-set of 10mm to allow for the extra wide tire (all done in one day at a cost of $165.00 total)
I then cut a 40mm rounded section out of the top of the wheel arch to allow for the wider tire to fit over the brake drum,
"Boy" was I happy when the wheel slipped into place like it belonged there. ;D ;D ;D
Kiwijim ;D
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this is the spare wheel, can any-one identify it please, center hole is 100mm and stud gap is 90mm
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the 40mm cut-out from the wheel arch
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new wheel in place, now looking for some nice new hub caps...
the trouble with tires for the Thomson has finally been solved,
I took the wheels into a local engineering Company (Springfield Engineering of Kenwick) who cut off the old 15in rims and replaced them with nice new 14in x 6in rims, with an off-set of 10mm to allow for the extra wide tire (all done in one day at a cost of $165.00 total)
I then cut a 40mm rounded section out of the top of the wheel arch to allow for the wider tire to fit over the brake drum,
"Boy" was I happy when the wheel slipped into place like it belonged there. ;D ;D ;D
Kiwijim ;D
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mg][/img]this is the spare wheel, can any-one identify it please, center hole is 100mm and stud gap is 90mm
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img][/img]the 40mm cut-out from the wheel arch
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mg][/img]new wheel in place, now looking for some nice new hub caps...
) franklin and Viscount are all timber with an ally edge mould, the Viscount is then covered with aluminium cladding, whilst the Franklin is painted to match the colour of the side stripes. If you decide to make some let me know and I will post a close up pic to show what I mean.