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MG MGA - Different wire wheels

I've come across a wire wheel that I've not seen before. The one at the top is nothing like the style I'm used to seeing, the hub and spinner are a bit odd. The one at the bottom is like what I'm familiar with and like the ones on my TD.

Anyone know what the story is on this model? Is the large hub covering lug nuts?

Thanks..

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MAndrus

Unusual spinner also. Better photos wiil help identify. What model car are they on? MGA wheels use the Rudge-Whitworth centre lock system. They maybe Borrani (italy) or Rudge (german) who both make different style wire wheels.
Mike
Mike Ellsmore

It would be nice to see it from farther back. The wheel looks too small to be 15".
David Breneman

These are from ads for "A"s that are (were) for sale.

I'm just educating myself as to the options that I'm likely to see along the way to purchase.
MAndrus

They could possibly be Zenith wheels. They used a serrated disc mating between wheel and a bolt on adaptor rather than the common Rudge spline.

http://www.wirewheelking.com/home
Bill Spohn

The top photo looks like a wire wheel conversion which covers the lugs, as per this photo of one such unit. The knock-off is interesting however. Can you make out what the engravings are on the knock off?

Nick Kopernik

Not my photo so I can't do much with it, but I see it as being stamped "Left Side" upside down.

Really ugly place to stamp that.

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MAndrus

Looks like a bolt-on wire wheel to me.
Steve Simmons

This thread was discussed between 02/07/2015 and 19/07/2015

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