In the past I saw imitation "knock-off spinners" mounted on the alum. drum covers of chrome drum brake wheels of an 356 speedster. They looked awesome. I can not find a supplier of these puppies. Can someone tell if they are still available and where I might find them. Not to be confused with the expensive German version of the 4 or 5 lug wheels.
Thank you.
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I used to have a set of these on a '57 bug - I thought they were cool. They were made by EMPI back then (ate '60s).
These would "take" the ones that Ed linked to - not sure where to get them though (FiberSteel?)
On November 4th I asked the forum where I could find the imitation knock-offs for a 356 speedster. Since then I bought a set of knock off spinners not made for the drum-brake wheels. If I am succesfull in welding cast and sheet aluminum and fastening the spinners to the drum covers I will have achieved my goal.
I will attempt at such time to post some picks of the result, and for anyone interested I will explain my experiment.
wish me luck, The spinners, by the way look awesome.
Case
Here's a picture of mine that I made on my 58 speedster. I had two sets made up. One for my Intermeccanica, and one for my original 58 Speedster.
I get a ton of looks and questions.
Niiice! I really like those.
Those look great. I was considering something similar. Buying four 'front' wheel skins, and 4 knockoffs. My mind locked up on how to secure the knockoffs to the wheel skins.
Did you TIG them together or did you go with the set screw method?
Ted
Ted;
If I had your wheels, I'd give mine away.
I bought 2 sets of wheel skins (4 each) from Fibre Steel and 2 sets of spinners and had my nephew, who is an experienced welder tack the aluminium inserts for the spinners onto the aliminium covers and presto, what you see is what he did.
No wiggle or wobble, and balanced perfect He made two sets for me.
I get asked if I want to sell them all the time. They really make a difference on the car, and you can remove the spinners and pop on super or baby moon hubcaps. Presto. A speedster with three different appearances.
Bruce
Bruce
I have basically done the same thing, except I made a color and welded the color to the wheel-skin. The insert fits inside the color and will be fastened with three screws/allen screws from the inside. I am in the middle of doing this. My welding friend did not think it was a good idea to weld the insert directly to the skin. (sheet alum to cast alum). I wish I had tried that first, saves a lot of work. I hope my system works as well.
Thanks, Bruce
Are you using the $40 Empi spinners (2 or 3)? Bruce/Speedsterguy - can you post close up pictures?
I have some some spoked wheels on a boat-tail dune buggy that I'm trying to figure out how to mount spinner on. Can't find right size center caps for them. Ha, looking at using JB Weld right now! (They did clean up - spokes arechrome and I sanded and painted rims gun metal gray --- and replaced the 1990 bias ply tires with radials).
The spinners I bought are the, " EMPI 9620 Chrome wheel center Knock-Off's, called two spoke spinners, set of four for the amount of $ 48.00. Look like good quality for the price. They may not fit on your wheels because of the bolts configuration. Good luck.
Case V
I forgot to mention, I bought them from bill@mooreparts.com (Moore Parts Source)
These are the results of my efforts....
Nice work Case.
looks great! I wonder how my 2.0L 914 Fuchs would look with spinners?
Great job.
Just like mine......
Congratulations. Did you do the tacking yourself?
Bruce
Case: Great looking wheels!
I hope you are enjoying the car as much as I did.
Bob
