Sitting on it's own 4 feet

[Aussie Mike]

Well It's about 11:30 and I just got in from the shed and feeling fairly happy with my efforts.

The courier turned up at my work with my wheels today at about 4:15!! I imediately un packed them out of their boxes whilst my work coleagues gave me strange looks. Setting all 4 out on the floor in a rectangle shape and sitting in the middle making broom broom noises will generally be a cause for strange looks. The rims look awesome and are beautifully made.

I had thrown Garretts old rear tyres in the back of the ute this morning just in case the wheels turned up. I loaded the rims into the back of the ute and was at the tyre joint by 5:00PM. Some fast talking and a few customers in the shop saying "Would you look at the size of those!!" and I had secured a set of good second hand 245/45/17 front tyres and had the whole lot fitted for $78. Every one loves a Cobra.

6:00PM and I pick up the wife from her work and we head off home. 7:00PM arrive home, Give my little girl a big hug and then sneak out to the shed to bolt the wheels on.

Hmmm all is not well in the Murphy shed. Despite the wheels being awesome Tom has made a bit of a blunder when he built them. The bolt circle on the rear was supposed to be Ford and the bolt circle on the front was suposed to be Jag. I've got some very nice 17x11 rims with a Jag bolt circle and some 17x8 rims with a Ford bolt circle.

A quick call to Tom and he's not happy with the guy that's helping him in the shop. After a bit of discussion on what to do I decide to unbolt the centers out of the 3 piece rims and swap them front to rear. The offsets and the center to rim bolt patterns being almost identacle means I can carefully dismantle them and swap the centers over. The only problem is that the rim will now not run completely true. I can fix this or Tom can fix it when I pull these old tyres off to replace them with new ones. I've got access to a lathe that'll spin a 17" rim and I can lightly skim the mounting flange to true it up.

Time for dinner and spend some time with Lauren before she goes to bed.

9:00PM and it's back to the shed to dismantle these wheels and swap every thing around. 10:30PM and all 4 wheels are on the car, spinners tight. Now it's time to get the car down off the trolley. Some careful working back and forth with a trolly jack and some jack stands and the car is sitting on it's wheels.

The offsets are absolutely spot on. It was worth the effort of borrowing Leeroys wheels to check the clearances (Thanks again Leeroy). So after double checking, tripple checking and checking the measurements some more to be sure before placing my order then biting my nails for 4 months, I've managed to squeeze some 11" wide rims under the back of a Classic Revival with clearance to spare.

The spinners look pretty menacing hanging out there on the shallow dish wheels but it looks pretty cool to me. "Ben Hurr, Your Charriot awaits"

I'll post some pics tomorrow night, right now I'm off to bed to have Cobra dreams.

Sorry Phil, I'll have to machine your hubs tomorrow night as I've been a bit distracted

Cheers

[WILDAC]

Hi Mike,

Way to go mate Can't wait to see what they look like on the car.

Bummer about the screw up, it seems to happen all the time, Simmons are pretty good at it too..lol

Hope you get it all sorted, no doubt you will!

Cheers Robo

[pneall]

Mike,

Great to hear those wheels finally arrived, I know you have been hanging out for them.

Thats a big job to swap the centres around lots of bolts aren't there!

I will have to make sure Tom gets my new centres right. At least if he dosen't I am not as far away as you are.

I will have to get details of that rear off set. 11" sounds good for the rear.

Look forward to some photos.

Congratulations another step closer to Wakefield.

Phil

[Rebel1]

Hiya Mike....Putting the wheels on is like a major milestone in the life of a cobra builder.

Congrats mate


Cheers

[Edley Rondinone]

Christmas came early!! Post some pics, so we can all have a peek!!

[PCC]

Well done Mike, looking forward to seeing the pics.

Hey, what are you going to do with your time when this beast is finished?

I can say it never stops - mine's to the paint shop to fix a few dings here and there.

There's always something that maybe does'nt NEED doing, but gets done anyway!

Well done again

[Leeroy]

Happy Easter Mike sounds like the easter bunny came early. You'd get a job in an F1 team changing wheels over no problems. Cant wait to see the pic's , well done again.
Leeroy

[justbetter]

Yippiee, I know how keen you have been on recieving those rims, week after week with me asking " Are they here yet, Are they here yet " and your frustrated reply "%#@$ and i dont hear you swear much.

But what a sh1t about the centers, you should of given me a " Hoy " and i could of come over and pointed alot

With that quick change of the centers its official your on the team for support at the LS1 drags coming up

Will send off the entry form this arvo,

Talk soon

[NASSTY]

Congrats Mike!
Post those Pics
Wheels maketh thy Cobra sweet!

[Aussie Mike]

Originally posted by PCC


Hey, what are you going to do with your time when this beast is finished?

Already picking up parts here and there for the next project. I've had a Big Block Chev in the back of the shed looking for a home for about 15 years now. Don't tell my wife I'm thinking about another project

Cheers

[pneall]

Mike,

Isn't that what its all about. If you haven't got a project you haven't got a life.

Bring on the AWD Cobra.

Phil

[boxhead]

Well done Mike, make sure you show us these pics asap as I think all the enthusiasts here are excited for you too.

seeing it stand on its own should be enough to keep ya going for awhile now.

Hmmmmmm 11's in the back, sure sounds good.

[BMK]

-- OO --

Wheels on, one step closer to Wakefield Park now Mike.

Will you be ready?

Bernie

[Aussie Mike]

I took some pictures tonight. They are a bit dark so I'll have to roll the car outside this week end and take some better shots.

Wheels 1
Wheels 2
Wheels 3
Wheels 4

Cheers

[STASIK A4]

Verry nice.......
What are you going to do about the spinners sticking out far?
are you going to have flatter spokes on them?

Might have to organise another time with Garret to come and see them again and in person...

[BMK]

Hey Mike

Look good there.

Stasik A4

Any reason for another ride - aha

- just hang on and look for cameras.

Cheers

Bernie

[Aussie Mike]

Originally posted by STASIK A4


What are you going to do about the spinners sticking out far?
are you going to have flatter spokes on them?

I'm just going to leave them like that, I kinda like it now. If I have a problem with the engineer I'll machine up some big hex nuts to get me through. The car looks like something out of james bond, all set to shred the tyres on the bad guys car next to me.

There are some flatter spinners available and that is an option too.

Cheers

[boxhead]

Hey there Mike, she sure is looking good you teasing bast@rd.

Cant wait for more pics, can you get one showing the whole car?

[STASIK A4]

Originally posted by Bernie Knight



Stasik A4

Any reason for another ride - aha

well i have my everyday car.... Now i need a nice weekend car....

[BMK]

Mike



The ride height looks pretty good if final set is at that level.. Also the pipes look far better on the car now.



Did you see the question on the other Thread? When is Les Rebel 1 in Melbourne?

Cheers

Bernie