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Originally Posted by 142 Guy
If restoration does not prove feasible, in addition to wall art they can be useful for storing the hose for your air compressor in the workshop. You can also mount them outside to store your garden hose if you are inclined to make that sort of architectural style statement.
I remain baffled that anybody would go to the effort of a two part fabrication with dis similar metals. Was the belief that aluminum rims were not 'up to the job' or was this some kind of cost reduction strategy? Labor and machining costs in the late 60s would have had to be incredibly low to justify the extra effort of having to rivet an aluminum center to the steel rim as opposed to the cost of a one piece aluminum casting.
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Will find some uses for them.
Not sure what the thinking was, not a good design. The MGB and Scimitar folks are still using them so I have hope. 🙂