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Originally Posted by Ralphy
Hope some of you gurus can answer this. From what I've found so far most originals used pin drive hubs. Were any cars built with spline drive hubs? Maybe cars built with wire wheels? Were spline hubs ever used for racing? I'm asking this because a statement was made on another board. Cobras raced with spline drive hubs and the wheels would seize up from brake heat.
Thanks,
Ralphy
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Leaf spring cars used splined hubs. Coil spring cars such as the AC 289 Sport also used splined hubs. So, 'most' originals were actually spline drive.
Yes, cars were raced, including drag racing, with wire wheels and spline drive alloys.