Have Wheels Will Travel... Ok, maybe not!

[John Moore]

I found a set of original Bugeye Wheels on evil bay, I had them blasted, I painted them and today had my Coker White Walls mounted up! woo hoo!

Now I just need to get the buggy running! But I have a WAYS to go. But it will be sitting in my garage IN STYLE! LOLOL!

 

[GB1]

WooooHAAAA, we have a bullseye. Right On!

Pat

 

[John Moore]

WooooHAAAA, we have a bullseye. Right On!

Pat

LOL!

And speaking of wheels... look what the man in brown delievered while I was making that post! A banjo wheel from a '68-69 Sprite. It fits perfectly! YAY!

PS - Don't laugh at my dash! I'll take it back to stock, I've bought an original dash and gauges. Well... it will look stock except for the steering wheel of course! lol! I always admired those banjo wheels. If it didn't fit, I figured I'd have really nice garage art! lol! And hey, isn't the 8-Track kinda cool!? I was thinking I might put it in my MGB!

 

[GB1]

Glad to hear it fit fine /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif

Pat

 

[jlaird]

Kinda like that wheel.

 

[kcbugeye1275]

Small steps, ain't it fun...

 

[Bruce_B]

That well looks great.

 

[John Moore]

Kinda like that wheel.

Yeah, it's pretty cool! Like I said, I always admired the banjo wheels in the early B's. I also like the fact it's kinda big (15") and the grip is thin. Gives a nice vintage feel. One thing I noticed tho' is that it doesn't have a provision for a horn button in the middle! Oops. Gotta figure that one out. I guess the 68-69 sprites had the horn on the turn signal arm. I dunno!

Edit... I just read in the Horler book that a 68-69 sprite did have a push button horn. Hmmm. I don't know how that will work quite yet.

 

[drooartz]

Neat that the wheel fits... good look for a Bugeye.

 

[tony barnhill]

John - take 'em back to the tire place & have them rebalance them with all the weights on the back side of the wheel....you'll be surprised how much cleaner that looks!

 

[John Moore]

Tony, I didn't know they could do that. I'll have to check it out.

 

[Dominic_Uliano]

John - take 'em back to the tire place & have them rebalance them with all the weights on the back side of the wheel....you'll be surprised how much cleaner that looks!

I'm not sure if you can do this with these rims but I have had the weights mounted inside the rim (inside the tire essentially) on my truck. It's a bit more expensive but at least the paint doesn't get hurt.

 

[Trevor Jessie]

John, are those rims the riveted ones or the welded ones? I can never tell.

 

[John Moore]

John, are those rims the riveted ones or the welded ones? I can never tell.

Trevor,

I bought 6 rims on evilbay. 4 were welded, 2 were rivited. I blasted and refinished all 6, but used the welded ones to mount the tires. I'll eventually buy a cheapo tire to mount to one as a spare... can't afford to put a Coker tire in the Cave! LOL!

 

[BWillis]

How much were those cokers, John?

 

[John Moore]

$132... OUCH!!! Believe me... I wanted them bad.

https://store.coker.com/search.php?mode=s...tring=155/80R13

 

[tony barnhill]

John - on every car I own, the weights are hidden on the backside.....

 

[Silverghost]

How does that old expression go...."You want 'em bad, you GOT 'em bad!"? LoL Sorry had to say that..... /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif

 

[Bruce_B]

Coker's not cheap, but he does have the unique tires.

 

[John Moore]

How does that old expression go...."You want 'em bad, you GOT 'em bad!"? LoL Sorry had to say that..... /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif

lol! Yep, plus, tho' I figure I'll drive my bugeye plenty, they will probably dry rot before I wear them out!

Like I said, I just WANTED them. Sure I could have gotten a MUCH cheaper black wall, but I would have regretted it everytime I looked at the tires.