ASP123 Posted December 5, 2019 Report Share Posted December 5, 2019 Hi all. looking for a set of wheels for a gt6 mk3. Good condition please but don’t have to have tires. Preference would be steel wheels but any silver coloured wheels considered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waynebaby Posted December 6, 2019 Report Share Posted December 6, 2019 There's a set on ebay, but they look a bit pricey to me. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/5-5-Dunlop-Oval-hole-Wheels-Triumph-Spitfire-GT6-Vitesse-Herald/303390384051?fits=Car+Make%3ATriumph|Model%3AGT6&hash=item46a379dfb3:g:GN4AAOSw8Otd1TeW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinR Posted December 6, 2019 Report Share Posted December 6, 2019 The ones on EBay are the 5.5j wide wheels that were never actually fitted as OEM to the GT6 or Spitfire. They look good and enable wider tyres to be used but make for very heavy steering on a GT6 with the boat anchor of an engine up front. The price is about correct for that type. Solid ones would probably be £100 more. the “correct” 4.5J wheels should be about £50 for a set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Posted December 6, 2019 Report Share Posted December 6, 2019 3 minutes ago, Waynebaby said: There's a set on ebay, but they look a bit pricey to me. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/5-5-Dunlop-Oval-hole-Wheels-Triumph-Spitfire-GT6-Vitesse-Herald/303390384051?fits=Car+Make%3ATriumph|Model%3AGT6&hash=item46a379dfb3:g:GN4AAOSw8Otd1TeW But that is the going rate for 5.5 oval hole wheels. I am not convinced they were ever a factory fit to the GT6 anyway, but then again there are quite a few about. MAybe a dealer option back in the day? Original would have been 4.5 wide wheels, same pattern. I have a set here that would need a refurb free if anybody wants them, but I am not packaging them up or waiting in for anybodies courier! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Flinn Posted December 6, 2019 Report Share Posted December 6, 2019 I'm sure I've read the 5.5J Oval Dunlop wheels were used on Formula Ford single seater Racer's in the 1970's, anyone know anymore? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Flinn Posted December 6, 2019 Report Share Posted December 6, 2019 Here's a Formula Ford wheel, very similar if not the same! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Posted December 6, 2019 Report Share Posted December 6, 2019 Same wheel I believe. But always watching the offset, there are at least 2 versions out there! I wonder if the popularity is that they were easily (cheaply? certainly cheaper than alloys) available. If dealers did fit them when new, I wonder what sized tyres were fitted? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted December 6, 2019 Report Share Posted December 6, 2019 Lord, that's one frilly rim. I've dumped wheels that were better than that. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waynebaby Posted December 8, 2019 Report Share Posted December 8, 2019 There's a new listing for wheels (4.5 inch this time) on ebay from Spitfire Graveyard. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TRIUMPH-SPITFIRE-MK4-1500-GT6-MK3-13-INCH-4-5J-STEEL-WHEELS-SET-OF-4/184073689867?hash=item2adba59b0b:g:DLEAAOSwM81d69-s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASP123 Posted December 9, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2019 Cheers Wayne! Will keep an eye on them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Truman Posted December 10, 2019 Report Share Posted December 10, 2019 I have a set of the Spit/GT6 oval hole wheels on my Vitesse Mk2, I brought a set of 5 wheels, 2/4.5in and 2/5 inch & 1/5.5in wheels from a fellow club member then had them re-rolled to straighten and remove any flange damage (Lindsey's frilly rim) then sandblasted and finally powder coated silver, initial purchase price was around $130. the finished cost about $700. They replaced a set of Australian Performance Minilite replica's 5.5in (trade) for $750. which I'd LOST to my daughters Mk2 Spit, they were purloined by her! Her original wheels were std Spit Mk2 steel wheels which had been widened to 5.5in, by what was called reversed rim ie Formula Ford style. I think the Spit oval holed wheels look great but the Minilites set the Spit off. Isn't there two different types of slots on Spit wheels? Peter T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted December 11, 2019 Report Share Posted December 11, 2019 17 hours ago, Peter Truman said: Isn't there two different types of slots on Spit wheels? Peter T Early Spitfires used the same pattern of wheel as the Herald; from the 1300 Mkiv onwards they used the Dunlop oval hole versions. I don't know if the oval holed versions were any different during their manufacture, other than the width eg 3.5J, 4.5J etc but you'll find people these days selling TR7 wheels as 'rectangular slot' Spitfire wheels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinR Posted December 11, 2019 Report Share Posted December 11, 2019 The standard oval hole wheels were 4.5J and were fitted to all MKIV Spitfires, most 1500 Spitfires and all GT6 MKIIIs. There is anecdotal evidence that some of the late 1500 Spitfires were sold with 5J oval hole wheels that were factory fitted. The 5.5J Oval hole wheel was NOT a factory option, nor was it a dealer fit option - although there may have been a few people that persuaded the dealer to fit them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Flinn Posted December 11, 2019 Report Share Posted December 11, 2019 These Oval Hole style wheels were also fitted to the Dolomite 1500 SE Model too, with Stainless steel rim embellishment's? Some of the very last standard range Dolomites manufactured around late 1980 also had these 5J Oval Hole wheels fitted, presumably to use up stock with the Shut down of the Canley Factory for car production😢 Regards Gary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted December 11, 2019 Report Share Posted December 11, 2019 10 minutes ago, Gary Flinn said: These Oval Hole style wheels were also fitted to the Dolomite 1500 SE Model too, with Stainless steel rim embellishment's? He's right!! Give that man a cigar! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Truman Posted December 12, 2019 Report Share Posted December 12, 2019 Attached is a photo of my daughters Minilite replica wheels with our home made Triumph World hubcaps. The cap consists of a 45 or 50mm dia uPVC pressure pipe blank end which is slightly domed at the end, with the outside slightly turned down by bolting it into a drill chuck using a long bolt they were turned down just enough to fit the wheel hole, painted silver, and with the standard Aluminum Triumph World Logo badge bolted onto the domed end. For added security I put a narrow strip of the soft Velcro around the outside of the painted tube/blank end to ensure it was a tight push in fit. The wheels are Australian Superlite/Performance at the time made in South Aus, 13in dia, tyres are Michilin, which luckily we get free (son works there!) This was all done around 15 years ago Regards Peter T 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrapman Posted December 12, 2019 Report Share Posted December 12, 2019 The last year or 2 of 1500 production were all fitted with 5J rims. The SE dolomite rims are a different offset think. My brothers Dolly had Marina rims on the back I think it was, more outward offset so filled the arches better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Posted December 12, 2019 Report Share Posted December 12, 2019 35 minutes ago, thescrapman said: The last year or 2 of 1500 production were all fitted with 5J rims. The SE dolomite rims are a different offset think. I wonder if the wheels changed with the steering column change etc? That was 77 I think?? And yes, pretty sure dolly wheels are a bit different. Are we surprised BL went under? I am still intrigued why there are so many sets of 5 1/2j oval slot wheels out there. Nobody seems to really know, but surely they can't all have been aftermarket? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Flinn Posted December 12, 2019 Report Share Posted December 12, 2019 2 hours ago, thescrapman said: The last year or 2 of 1500 production were all fitted with 5J rims. The SE dolomite rims are a different offset think. My brothers Dolly had Marina rims on the back I think it was, more outward offset so filled the arches better I found out the offset problem when trying to put Doly Sprint wheels on my 1st Mk2 Vitesse back in the 80's😦 I had to use wheel spacers? At the front to stop the wheels fouling the Brake Caliper, (about 1/2 inch if I remember correctly) and about a 1/4" spacers on the rear to stop them fouling the Lower Wishbones I think it was🙁 Gary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD Posted December 12, 2019 Report Share Posted December 12, 2019 Gary, I concur! This was Croft in '98, in Old Blue. I went to Revolutions after that, but they need spacers too! Best to use longer studs, I'm using Ford ones. John PS what was I saying? Doing, even? Cadwell 96-7. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted December 12, 2019 Report Share Posted December 12, 2019 Sprint Wheels need an horrific amount of spacer to work on a Herald/Vitesse. Had them on mine briefly but had vibration and fear-of-death issues so bought a Dolly to put them on! Have a nice set of 5" oval hole wheels on the GT6 which are a perfect fit on the front but too narrow/inset on the back with Roto suspension. Will probably get a pair of my standard 4.5" banded to 6" for the rear. Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD Posted December 13, 2019 Report Share Posted December 13, 2019 I went to Dolly wheels, because, A/ they alloy, so must weigh less, and B/ they're Triumph, so they'll fit. As we know, they don't fit very well, and there's so much alloy in them, they weigh less than a kilo less than a steelie! John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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