Austin 7 Trials Special

[Ian Williams]

I believe spring spoke Austin 8 wheels fit as well, but not sure if they would help much, although aesthetically ugly a Ruby wheel as mentioned above is the simple answer. the only issue with that could be if you have manual advance retard, but that can be overcome with a little ingenuity. If you have the skills it would be possible to craft a ring onto a Ruby boss thus creating something similar to a Nippy frank ashby type boss, you could then attach various rim spoke configurations. Willie McKenzie was at one time making reproduction Frank Ashby wheels. If a Ruby wheel solves the clearance issue a Frank Ashby wheel will look a dam sight better and put the rim in a similar location relative to the top of the column.