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Wire wheels or alloys - How about both! #1
MGTONYGB Tony C London Uk, UK Sign in to contact	Topic Creator (OP) Aug 30, 2016 01:36 PM Top Contributor Joined 15 years ago 1,049 Posts

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MGB-1974-ROADSTER-LHD-CALIFORNIAN-IMPORT-UNBELIEVABLY-RUSTFREE-/252495434027?hash=item3ac9e6912b:g:4TgAAOSwygJXgOD~

Looks a bit expensive for the condition as well. sad smiley

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Re: Wire wheels or alloys - How about both! #4
Richard Powell Leawood, KS, USA Sign in to contact 1980 MG MGB MkIV	Aug 30, 2016 04:48 PM Joined 9 years ago 8 Posts

The car being linked appears to have Wire wheels on the front and 4 bolt wheels on the back. Makes you wonder about the P.O.

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Re: Wire wheels or alloys - How about both! #5
oily-hands Owen Frankland Stockton on Tees, Cleveland, UK Sign in to contact 1937 MG TA "Numbum" 1971 MG MGB GT "The Bruise"	Aug 30, 2016 04:53 PM Joined 14 years ago 7,350 Posts

Somebody has converted the front to wires but not bothered to do the rear. Strange

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Re: Wire wheels or alloys - How about both! #6
Be Coming Kelvin Dodd So. Calif., USA Sign in to contact 1957 MG MGA 1957 MG MGA Coupe 1958 MG Magnette 1958 MG Magnette ZB & more	Aug 30, 2016 05:53 PM Top Contributor Joined 17 years ago 7,210 Posts

Pretty normal.

If the car was originally wire wheel, the rear was probably converted by swapping the hubs after the spline drives failed.

If the car was originally steel wheel, someone was in the middle of doing the conversion, then found that the rear wire wheel hubs couldn't just be swapped.

The only way to know is to check the width of the rear axle.

As far as the price, I can't comment but it does look to be in remarkably good shape overall with a lot of original bits still in place. Yes, it will need a complete strip and repaint, but its getting hard to find relatively unmolested cars.

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2016-08-30 05:55 PM by Be Coming.

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Re: Wire wheels or alloys - How about both! #7
mgbanthony Anthony Henderson Eastern Thousand Islands, ON, Canada Sign in to contact 1962 MG MGB 1974 MG MGB	Aug 30, 2016 08:46 PM Top Contributor Joined 18 years ago 13,239 Posts

I guess you'd need a luggage rack to carry the second spare wheel assembly.

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Re: Wire wheels or alloys - How about both! #8
joron Michel Joron Roxboro, QC, Canada Sign in to contact 1977 MG MGB "Victoria" 2018 Jaguar XE "Meghan"	Aug 30, 2016 08:51 PM Joined 10 years ago 2,989 Posts

LOL

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Re: Wire wheels or alloys - How about both! #9
Ex-Calif Dan D Dayton, OH, USA Sign in to contact 1968 MG MGB GT "Bart - Yellow And Naughty" 1977 MG MGB "Red Betty" 2006 Suzuki Grand Vitara "Suzi Q" 2012 Jeep Liberty "Tommy The Tank"	Aug 31, 2016 04:43 AM Joined 8 years ago 8,992 Posts

Almost $7k USD????

I am gonna ship my 77 to the UK when I sell it - LOL

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Re: Wire wheels or alloys - How about both! #10
The Barber Michael Zanghi Amherst, NY, USA Sign in to contact 1978 MG MGB "Halloween" 2014 Ford Mustang	Aug 31, 2016 02:24 PM Joined 7 years ago 309 Posts

right Dan when you do ill ship my 78 to there as well

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Re: Wire wheels or alloys - How about both! #11
RKM Richard Marcks Palm Desert, CA, USA Sign in to contact	Aug 31, 2016 02:31 PM Joined 15 years ago 1,982 Posts

Dragsters have used that combo for years.

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rntanner Roger N. Tanner (Disabled) Oxnard, CA, USA Sign in to contact 1970 MG MGB 1977 MG MGB	Aug 30, 2016 03:59 PM Joined 15 years ago 4,348 Posts

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Steven 67GT Steven Rechter Jackson, CA, USA Sign in to contact 1967 MG MGB GT	Aug 30, 2016 04:45 PM Top Contributor Joined 13 years ago 4,916 Posts

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