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AH3000MkIII

AH3000MkIII

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I have recently got hold of an original wheel brace for my cars tool kit, and I was wondering if anyone knows what colour it would have been painted when new? It was painted black, but when I scraped some of this off I discovered remnants of what looks like the orangey red paint used on the shelley jacks, anyone know definitively what it should be?
Also does anyone have a hub cap removal tool that they could post a photo of (or even better, one you want to sell!!)

Thanks,
Dave
 
Hello Dave, I too have a Disc Wheeled car. Unfortunately I have neither of the tools you have spoken of. I did consult one of my reference books, "Austin Healey Restoration Guide, By Anderson & Moment". They also were not that specific about the tools supplied with the Disc Wheeled car. But in one picture, it shows that the tool bag contained a 'sparking-plug box spanner' with a 'tommy bar' to turn it. they are both coloured stove bolt black. there is also a 'hub cap spanner' used to turn the octagonal center-lock hub nuts, this is coloured flat silver or a dull platinum. He mentions the lug wrench and hubcap lever tool for the disc wheel cars but does not say anything about colour.
My early rememberances of the lug wrench was that it was black.
Sorry I'm no more help.
 
Thanks for your reply vette, it does seem like the disc wheels are ignored a bit due to them being uncommon, and I guess a lot of disc wheeled cars have been converted to wire wheels as well.
 
Dave,
My car also has the disc wheels. I didn't know there was a tool for the hub cap removal. I just use a screw driver close to the fastening points but it can tend to scratch the wheels a little if I am not careful.

Bob
 
Bob,
This is what the tool should look like according to the parts manual:

hubcaplever.jpg


Dave
 
Dave, I didn't discribe my method of removal of the Hub Caps because I surmised maybe incorrectly that you wanted the info for concors purposes. But if you are asking about 'safe' methods to remove the Hub Cap..... I use a small angled (production made not homemade) flat blade screw driver. the over all length is only about 4 inches and the blade width is no more than 1/4 inch. When I insert this behind the hub caps edge, near one of the attaching points, I prize toward the center of the hub cab with the leverage. Not outward away from center. this caused the flat blades leading edge to push towards the wheel and any mark it makes is behind and inside of the circumference of the Hub Cap itself. I also always try to do it in the same places so that I do not increase the number of marks.
 
No vette, you assumed correctly, I was looking for concours info, but it is also useful to have practical advice as well as I have worried about damaging the wheels when removing the hubcaps. I am thinking of having my wheels powdercoated to make them a bit more resilient anyway, but I'm not sure on that yet.
 
Yep, I understand. I base coat/ clear coat mine and they seam to stand up pretty well. The silver rally wheels on my '70 Vette, have been painted that way for more than 15 years and they are just now starting to show some blemishes. I've driven it at least weekly and on out of state trips every summer.
 
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