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John Barlow used to make and sell the three spoke castings.
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Patrick Chaussat at Carcassonne uses a detachable wheel. At Montlhery I sat in his car which has limited body space, being narrow but not a single seater as such. Patrick uses a standard splined wheel with a wing nut in place of the original hexagon type. It would have been very difficult to get in without removing the wheel.
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Hi Mark
After some clearance problems with a flattish steering
wheel with the dash and windscreen I’ve fitted a deep dished wheel to
the AllAlloyCup, I can get in OK , just, but getting out involves a lot of
manoeuvring as the clearance problem is now transferred to my
Waist and the space between the B post and the steering wheel!!
I may need to lose a few pounds or more accurately inches!!
Regards
Bill G
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22-05-2019, 07:42 PM
(This post was last modified: 22-05-2019, 07:59 PM by Mark Atkinson.)
Hi Ruairidh,
Thats brillant thank you, I will give John a call.
Kind regards, Mark.
Hi Robert,
It is possible, but also very difficult to get into my car with the wheel in place, it is even harder to exit, especially in a hurry, which as this is a track car makes a quick release wheel somewhat of a necessity.
I have a design in mind which will keep the original appearance with the levers still in the centre.
Kind regards, Mark.
Hi Bill,
Keep the inches and make the wheel removable! Until I figured out how to make a QR system work on the Austin wheel, I was looking at pictures of Jappic which just like my modern Audi has a flat bottomed steering wheel.
All the best, Mark.
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so will the levers etc in your planned design be quick release too? Intrigued...
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The Pea Green Special (the mini ERA single seater) has a removable wheel.
I'm sure that someone at Wiscombe Park earlier in the month must have taken a photo of the fitting
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Hi Mark
I’m a slow learner and have realised that I
have the option of using the passenger door,
so that’s one problem solved but not for you!
Regards
Bill
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