Those wheels and tyres look gorgeouse...can't wait to see what they look like on my car
Those wheels and tyres look gorgeouse...can't wait to see what they look like on my car
Very nice. I'm loving the old school look. In fact, it's got me feverishly plotting to see what combination of tread width and profile can reproduce that classic look on my car without compromising the gearing...
only Pythagoras can save me now!
I know what you mean Lauren. I thought long and hard about the balance between narrowing the gap between the wheel and the wheel arch (on a swing axle), and the impact on acceleration & cruising speed, making sure the wheel doesn't extend outside the body, etc. With my everyday car having 6 gears I'd love the Nova to have the same, or even just 5 .... but that's expensive and my priority is just to get her back on the road and see how she runs ....
My Build Pics: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/t4vj51udn...Beo_60GFa?dl=0
On a swing axle you have two lengths of axle, 63mm shorter on pre-66. I had shorter ones on my '66 chassis but switched to longer ones and a 1303 gearbox. so with the 10x15 moonshine modulars it (quite by chance), bought the rim just where I wanted it and the 255x60/15 look just right for the period style I wanted.
(I HATE low profiles, including my Mercedes A170, so hard).
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Another '5 mins' this afternoon ...
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Not looking for comments, just documenting these wee bits of progress to help motivate me to keep going ...
Alistair
Not looking to comment but this looks really good.
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Very tidy, another job off the list -well done.
My Build Pics: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/t4vj51udn...Beo_60GFa?dl=0
Looks like 6 minutes to me 😂
Keep going 👍