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Brett Wilkie · Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2015 11:14 am Post subject: Wheels

I am thinking on getting some sort of wheels for my Anglia, has anyone here ever bought wheels from these guys?? I wouldn't mind a set of these or Minilite style rims? Does anyone in North America sell decent wheels at a decent price?

http://www.wellerwheels.com/shop/products.aspx?cid=146

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zephyrgary · Joined: 03 Aug 2007 Posts: 837 Location: cave creek,az

They,ve been around for decades, however it says £8 delivery UK only which sometimes means they won't ship overseas due to liability law suits.
Gary
Have you tried a place like Stockton Wheels, for example?
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Brett Wilkie · Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2015 10:13 pm Post subject:

I will have to check Stockton Wheels out, I guess I will have to email them as their web page doesn't show a lot of detail. There are a few places in the U.K. that I know will deal with North America so I will check them out too but it is sort of a shame that there isn't a competitive wheel dealer here on our shores that I can find.
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peteleo · Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2015 10:17 am Post subject:

Another idea, take your original Cortina rims to a custom wheelbuilder.
They will remove the center section of your wheel and mount it to a wider
rim. Example: http://www.thewheelsmith.net/AboutUs.html

Would be much cheaper doing it this way and custom set the wheel to your
desire.

Brett Wilkie · Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2015 11:56 am Post subject:

zephyrgary · Joined: 03 Aug 2007 Posts: 837 Location: cave creek,az

Bear in mind that at £80 a wheel, that is $120 before you even factor in shipping, so $175 might not be so bad. Wheels are heavy and bulky.
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Brett Wilkie · Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2015 12:11 pm Post subject:

The last time I got a shipping quote for a wheel set out of the U.K. it was about 100 Pounds, that was a couple of years ago so we will see what they say now as I have sent a request.
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angliagt · Joined: 11 Jun 2007 Posts: 704 Location: Roanoke,Virginia

I've got a set of three Lotus Cortina wheels,
with mounted Bridgestone Potenza 175/70 R 13 tires,
+ 2 unmounted tires,with about 100 miles on the three
mounted tires.
These were some of the last high-performance 13"
tires sold by them.
Make me a fair offer.

- Doug
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peteleo · Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2015 5:00 pm Post subject:

100E. Doug.

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MichaelsVintageRacing · Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2015 9:00 pm Post subject:

VTO makes a Minilite-style wheel which we use on a few of our Ginetta G4s in the shop. Reasonably priced and pretty nice quality. Here are a few shots:

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Brett Wilkie · Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2015 9:08 pm Post subject:

Thanks for the pictures, that is a desirable wheel style for me so who is it that actually sells these items? Can you get them in a variety of sizes and setbacks?
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MichaelsVintageRacing · Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2015 6:55 am Post subject:

Here's their website: http://www.vtowheels.com/

There are a couple bolt patterns and offsets for each wheel width and diameter. They're written in mm but at least most of them work out to standard measurements (e.g. 4 1/4" bolt pattern).
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Brett Wilkie · Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2015 10:04 am Post subject:

I had a look at their website in the meantime and there is not a lot of Ford fitting stuff there and nothing in my particular needs, I need a certain offset for the front of my Anglia and a bit of extra width in the rear although I might just narrow my Cortina Mk1 axle down a bit so I can use all four wheels in the same width.
I have had a response from one U.K. supplier that can get me these wheels shipped to my door with all the hardware for $462 U.S. or that translates to $586 Canadian.

It is still one of the old school classic designs that I like and it looks okay on a 100e Anglia like mine, I took this picture from 100e.com

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