Re: wire wheels

[George Graves <gmgraves@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Maybe, but there are some cars that I simply cannot imagine without 
them. Can you see any 50's or early 60's V-12 Ferrari without wires? 
Imagine a 250 Lusso Berlinetta with cast wheels. Yechhh!

George Graves
'86 GTV-6 3.0S



On Wednesday, May 21, 2003, at 10:11 PM, alfa-digest wrote:


> Date: Wed, 21 May 2003 19:53:29 -0600
> From: C M Smith <cmsmith@domain.elided>
> Subject: wire wheels
>
> Are a nightmare. With the invention of cast or forged alloy wheels, 
> there
> is no reason to suffer the tribulations of wire wheels. Performance
> motorcycles have switched. Some bicycles have switched (though the low
> loading of bicycle wheels perhaps justifies the nearly impossible
> maintenance regimen wires). No doubt cast alloy wheels descended from 
> those
> enormous alloy drum brakes on older cars. In any event, wire wheels are
> cosmetic only. From an engineering perspective they belong in the 
> museum.
>
> Cheers
>
> (saw a red Countach today, in pieces at my Alfa mechanic, along with a 
> 355
> intact and a 348 on the hoist. Strange, there was a very quick looking
> Porsche 911 on a hoist also, sans engine, Hmmm)
> Michael Smith
> White 1991 164L
> Original owner
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