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"Best of Show"
"People's Choice"
"Thanks for six great wheels"
Don Lyons
When Don Lyons called, we discussed
the process and cost to restore the
six wheels for his 1932 Auburn
Speedster.. He decided that
chrome plated spokes be used.
He will send the hubs and rims
to the plating shop doing the rest
of the plating for the car.
After the wheels arrived, they were
inspected and bent rim flanges
straightened. Next, lateral and
radial run out dimensions were
documented, spoke lacing patterns
photographed, and spoke
samples removed from each wheel.The
wheels were disassembled and
returned to him.
New chrome plated spokes were
fabricated during the time the hubs
and rims were being chrome plated.
Once the chrome plated hubs and rims
arrived, the new spokes were laced,
and the assembled wheels trued and
spokes tuned to OEM specifications
.The completed job was shipped out
immediately to meet his deadline.
It gave me great satisfaction to
help return one of the finest
automobiles ever made to its former
glory. This job is a perfect example
of the wire wheel restorations we
have done at Wheel Repair Service of
New England during the past fifty
years in business.
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