Hey Molten consider that a compliment, coming from the king.(Put smiley face here)Where do you get those anyway. Interesting pictures, just trying to figure out how the tire wiith the chains ended up under the front in that first picture. Ed
-- Edited by flatblack55delivery on Tuesday 17th of September 2013 06:40:06 PM
-- Edited by flatblack55delivery on Tuesday 17th of September 2013 06:43:01 PM
Hey Molten consider that a compliment, coming from the king.(Put smiley face here)Where do you get those anyway. Interesting pictures, just trying to figure out how the tire wiith the chains ended up under the front in that first picture. Ed
-- Edited by flatblack55delivery on Tuesday 17th of September 2013 06:40:06 PM
-- Edited by flatblack55delivery on Tuesday 17th of September 2013 06:43:01 PM
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On the tire under the front with the chains? Me thinks she backed into the wrought iron fence in the foreground out of the picture and that's where she ended up. The missing front tire? Likely got hung up on that wrought iron fence too - once again out of the shot.
-- Edited by Fordy Acres Car Farm on Tuesday 17th of September 2013 07:43:29 PM
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"If I could get back all the money I've ever spent on cars...I'd spend it ALL on cars !!!
I know were all racist , race profilers , but if you get to know some Menonites down around London , st Jacobs area they can fix those spokes right up . There used to be a dude over by baxter , that worked on antique cars an he took all his wooden wheels down there some wheres to get fixed ..77.
If the spokes are starting to come a little loose, soak them in water. This makes the wood swell and tightens the spokes up in the hubs and rims. As for the Mennonites, talk to the guys that make the wooden chairs. Most of them can build and/or repair wheels. You could also stop in at the Wallenstein General Store. The owners would know who to talk too. Or in my case, I'd call my father, he knows who to talk to/deal with.
Wallenstein is about 15 minutes north of St. Jacobs on highway 86.
-- Edited by Ziggy on Wednesday 18th of September 2013 12:21:47 AM
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Thankfully the evolution of the automobile got rid of that antiquated technology. No more wooden wheels or carbs. BTW. Molten, you're a $hit disturber !
I know were all racist , race profilers , but if you get to know some Menonites down around London , st Jacobs area they can fix those spokes right up . There used to be a dude over by baxter , that worked on antique cars an he took all his wooden wheels down there some wheres to get fixed ..77.
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I,m as cool as Milner , but axeually a bit more like Beckwith
The Amish guys in my area are slowly switching over to some kind of composite wheel, with tapered roller bearings, pnuematic tires, and a disc brake conversion, not sure what the disc brake setup is from.
The newer Buggies also now have twin air tanks mounted underneath to adjust the ride , one tank for the front, one for the back.
There still are a number of wooden spoke wheels around though.
Grumps, the 50ft x400ft Concrete launch pads at the new dragstrip here were poured and set up by the Amish. (The concrete was ordered by them ,and after the last redi-mix dumped there may have been 4 shovel fulls left over.)
