sparky_spit Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 Saw these Courier rims on eBay: item number 350129581861I thought the HD Courier rims were wider than 3.5"? Are these the real thing? Or just mistakenly described?Also, it seems strange that Triumph-recycler lists things with very inflated buy-it-now prices, then says "make me an offer". For example he has a used Spit 1500 rear light cluster up for £99.99, but also says make me an offer. Anybody had dealings with the seller, as I'm not sure what to make of this?What is a realistic price for a genuine set of Courier rims? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulhumphries Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 sparky_spit wrote:Also, it seems strange that Triumph-recycler lists things with very inflated buy-it-now prices, then says "make me an offer". For example he has a used Spit 1500 rear light cluster up for £99.99, but also says make me an offer. Anybody had dealings with the seller, as I'm not sure what to make of this?If he sold though eBay for a realistic amount then he has to pay final auction fees based on selling price. Having an inflated price means no chance of that plus he just lists once and people then can make offers"outside" eBay for the dozens he has in stock.Basically adverts for the price of auction listing.Paul Humphries Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 Dave P told me the courier rims were wider.....providing I was listening properly :-/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
npanne Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 sparky_spit wrote:Also, it seems strange that Triumph-recycler lists things with very inflated buy-it-now prices, then says "make me an offer". For example he has a used Spit 1500 rear light cluster up for £99.99, but also says make me an offer. Anybody had dealings with the seller, as I'm not sure what to make of this?I bought a set of 5.5J wheels off him a while back - no complaints, everything was as described and sent out as per instructions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny-Jimbo Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 I've never delt with him but he seems to love braking the cars, but I guess he'll be doing it to crap ones that won't be restored anyay. I don't like breakers as a rule, but that's a personal thing. They're only one step above banger racers to me.However, Courier rims (from memory) are the same as the Estate ones, 4.5inches wide? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrapman Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 Are you after 4.5J rims??CheersColin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilnaz Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 If anyone wants a set of 4 4.5J Spitfire IV/1500 rims I have a set free to a good home. Tyres are dodgy (one is flat, all worn) but possibly road legal. Rims could do with sanding/painting but collect only........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky_spit Posted December 3, 2008 Author Share Posted December 3, 2008 Colin - PM'd you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky_spit Posted December 3, 2008 Author Share Posted December 3, 2008 Neil - thanks for the offer but I'm after Mk1,11, or 111 type rims. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heraldcoupe Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 Couriers have 3.5" HD wheels, stamped HD in the centre, until mid 1962. After that they had 4.5" HD wheels, but withno ID stamps to identify them.All Courier wheels have big slots, which may give clearance problems with type 14 or type 16 calipers. Post 1964 Estates and later Vitesses have small slot 4.5" rims which will clear all of the standard brake options.Cheers,Bill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard B Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 Bill, do you know where the plain 5.5'' wheels come from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 My vitesse :PAnd Bill, good to see you are back here!Clive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heraldcoupe Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 Richard_B wrote:Bill, do you know where the plain 5.5'' wheels come from?Supposedly Formula Ford according to hearsay, though they don't match usual Ford PCDs. With all the Triumph uprights used by Lotus and the like, I've no doubt they were intended for some kind of race application, but you probably need to ask a wrinkly member of the racing fraternity, someone who was there at the time,Cheers,Bill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
npanne Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 Weren't the Formula Ford ones the oval holed ones? I thought the plain ones were off Lotus Cortinas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieB Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 Lotus Cortinas use Ford (!) pcd, Formula Ford use both Ford & Triumph pcd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slimboyfat Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 Richard_B wrote:Bill, do you know where the plain 5.5'' wheels come from?Richard this is where;http://www.canleyclassics.com/triumphmuseum.asp?article=dunlop.xml Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slimboyfat Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 JK approached the Dunlop Wheel Division (here in Coventry) about 20 years ago and enquired about the possibility of a new production run of LP923 5.5J solid steel wheels. At first they were a little reticent (product liability worries) but eventually they offered to do another run. I recall the moq being something like 1,000 wheels! JK had thought he might flog/use a hundred odd. Back then they weren't as popular as they appear to be now so John walked away. Back in the 90's the oval hole (Dunlop accessory) 5.5J was more popular in Triumph circles. Apparently if you were in the know it was possible to get the odd set (or ten!) out of the wheel division, but it was nigh on impossible to do it legitimately. Try as we might we couldn't get Dunlop to sell us any 'officially' (more product liability worries) even though they were escaping through the back door so to speak. Apparently they had a fairly massive stock of the things until fairly recently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slimboyfat Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 http://www.canleyclassics.com/triumphmuseum.asp?article=dunlop.xmlI have just read that through again and had a little chuckle at the 'Quality Control & Safety' section. It's well known that the LP923 is fairly weak, and can be prone to separation of the inner disc from the rim under any sort of duress (competition for instance). Years ago it was the done thing to back up the spot welds that hold the inner disc to the rim with a run of MiG at each point. It doesn't mention that in the Dunlop blurb! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard B Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 Cheers Dave. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Bancroft Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 Shame its not possible to get hold of some of that 5.5J oval stock.I could do with a set or two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slimboyfat Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 Long gone unfortunately :'( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard B Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 I've got a set from my Spitfire, Jessica's got her eye on them though! ;D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slimboyfat Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 Richard_B wrote:I've got a set from my Spitfire, Jessica's got her eye on them though! ;DWhat? You managed to get a new set out of the 'back door' from Dunlop. Prey tell 8) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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