The Ford Barn

David Martin · 01-07-2012, 05:23 PM

My computer literate son (aged 54) said my problem with posting pictures was the setting on my camera. I was trying to send too many whatchamacallits. I'll try here again. If it don't work I'll delete it right away.

Now that I have performed the miracle of postint pictures, I'll try to explain what I have here. This is a felloe for a 1926 Model T. However, rather than having holes in it for the wood spoke tenons, it has 'Dimples".The spokes have modified tonons shaped to match these "Dimples".

Who made these wheels and what was the advantage, if any, of this design?

[email protected] · 01-07-2012, 10:01 PM

You come up with the darndest stuff. Are you going around the country looking for this stuff or were you lucky enough to just end up with it? Or is it just that i haven't seen it and it's pretty run of the mill stuff.

David Martin · 01-07-2012, 10:42 PM

One of our members in the Fox Valley Model T Club bid on a group of about 20 old wheels at an auction two years ago and got them all for five bucks.I'm getting quite an education while having a heck of a good time playing with them. I may wind up being the go-guy to re-spoke wheels in my neighborhood.

[email protected] · 01-08-2012, 01:17 AM

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Oh oh, that's where I'd like to be someday. I got a call from a guy here in Minnesota who's looking for a set of 21" wheels. He has a pair from a TT on the back of his '25 but wants to put it back somewhat close to stock. So I would like to consider to hunt down some parts and see what it would take to respoke some for him. It's just that I've got a lot of other projects that I'm ignoring right now.

01-07-2012, 10:01 PM	#2
[email protected] Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 937	Re: Picture posting trial You come up with the darndest stuff. Are you going around the country looking for this stuff or were you lucky enough to just end up with it? Or is it just that i haven't seen it and it's pretty run of the mill stuff.

01-07-2012, 10:42 PM	#3
David Martin Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 84	Re: Picture posting trial One of our members in the Fox Valley Model T Club bid on a group of about 20 old wheels at an auction two years ago and got them all for five bucks.I'm getting quite an education while having a heck of a good time playing with them. I may wind up being the go-guy to re-spoke wheels in my neighborhood.

01-08-2012, 01:17 AM	#4
[email protected] Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 937	Re: Picture posting trial Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) Oh oh, that's where I'd like to be someday. I got a call from a guy here in Minnesota who's looking for a set of 21" wheels. He has a pair from a TT on the back of his '25 but wants to put it back somewhat close to stock. So I would like to consider to hunt down some parts and see what it would take to respoke some for him. It's just that I've got a lot of other projects that I'm ignoring right now.