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On Sunday, arriving at a private circuit where we had been invited for a méchoui and a spin around I was approached by a friend who had what turned out to be one of my rims in her hand. It had fallen off and she had spotted it.

It was a bit dented but recoverable in the short term.

But, all is never straightforward. Firstly, I now see that I have the wider US spec rims (and I have also seen the replacement price in the Moss catalogue.)

Whilst I could live with the rim for a while it will not seat properly and will no doubt come off again.

The problem is that the little piece on the rim which presses into the part on the bucket is now weak and just bends rather than locating.

 

Will the the slimmer rims fit ? I suspect not. So what else would I need to replace?

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I run narrow European-style rims on my car, John, and the original US-spec wide rims are on the shelf. I like the narrow style better. No issues with mounting, although the European ones mount slightly differently, there should be no issues.

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Narrow on left, wide on right in photo below.

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Nope. Same US-spec buckets and retaining rims, Stan. They’re the late two-adjuster style as you’d expect. The narrow rims fit by sorta clipping in the top, pushing the rim down, and hooking the bottom. Seem to be at least as securely fastened as the wide rims with the riveted clip.

 

(My favorite would be the screw clamp style narrow rim from a few years prior during TR3 production— if I find a nice pair of those I’ll put those on in place of the narrow rims.

 

No idea why they made the styling change to wide rims for the US-market. Maybe a little more bling-bling?

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I have fitted the wide type as my car is a US export brought back to the UK. I have kept all aspects of the US spec as that is how it was built and how it will stay. It remains Left hand drive and I have no problem with that just an extra mirror or two.

They are not secure and I have not found a way to be certain they wont come off, I am looking at a possible safety wire/zip tie to prevent falling off.

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These are the solution used on the Works Cars. The screw/clamp type...pretty hard come by these days I believe

 

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Photo courtesy of DonH

 

 

Iain

 

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These are the solution used on the Works Cars. The screw/clamp type...pretty hard come by these days I believe

 

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Photo courtesy of DonH

 

 

Iain

 

 

Fitted between TS22014 and TS32585 plus a very few other cars from the '50s. As Iain says like hen's teeth, many people seem to have switched to the later clip on type.

 

Mike

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I have fitted the wide type as my car is a US export brought back to the UK. I have kept all aspects of the US spec as that is how it was built and how it will stay. It remains Left hand drive and I have no problem with that just an extra mirror or two.

They are not secure and I have not found a way to be certain they wont come off, I am looking at a possible safety wire/zip tie to prevent falling off.

 

I think the originals were better made with clips that were thicker, stiffer, spring steel. Once snapped in you had some hope that they would remain secure and you needed a special tool to get them off. The modern repro parts (buckets and trim rings) have thin sheet metal clips that will deform before they will engage and are likely to fall off the first time you hit a pothole.

 

Stan

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These are the solution used on the Works Cars. The screw/clamp type...pretty hard come by these days I believe

 

attachicon.gifFront finished..jpg

 

Photo courtesy of DonH

 

 

Iain

Hi Iain, got those on my 59 SA build 3a and was looking to change them but now I think a re chrome might be the answer if they are that rare. Chris

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Well, asking and getting a price are certainly two different things! Any fool can offer any damn thing at a crazy price...

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