mattblack Posted April 22, 2011 Share Posted April 22, 2011 Anyone know what a set of BRMs like the ones on Seth's Herald would be worth? 5.5 X 13, Ford fitment... I'm wondering how hard I should kick myself for selling them for £80 a few years ago... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vin Posted April 22, 2011 Share Posted April 22, 2011 Thanks Mr Pillock for giving me a bit of info on the Geminis. I hadn't realised that they were a 'rare' wheel. My intention is to get them properly refurbished, mainly as they are what the van came with, plus I don't have a set of the original steels the van would have left the OM factory with. Also the previous owner said it 'handled' better on the wider Geminis than the original steels... @ Mr Lovejoy - The NOS repair panel didn't come from M Fancy in deepest darkest Devon, but from Italian E-bay, with the assistance of Google translate... @ Pompei - Malcom Fancy closed about 18 months or so ago but has been gradually selling off his vast stock of Italian parts and spares on E-bay under the ID of ' nejgam48 ' - hope this is of some use to you Andy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovejoy Posted April 23, 2011 Share Posted April 23, 2011 What ho, Mr. Vin, many thanks for that snippet of info: Mr. Malcolm Fancy I knew quite well, he went to live in Corfu !I bet there are hundreds of rusty Fiats out there to play with !!But his son still runs the unit at Buckland Newton, (Dorset, Devon's the next one down ) and it's only a pleasant hour's drive for me, past some delightful pubs in even more delightful villages along the River Piddle ( ) in my Pandora, so always a pleasure to toddle over there at 35 -40 mph and hold up all the idiots in their Itchypussi Pajeros ! I am looking for some alloys for mine, and would love to get a set of early X/19 3-spokers, but I am told the stainless centre trims always fall out; what width are yours? they look like 5 1/2's ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shite_meister Posted April 23, 2011 Share Posted April 23, 2011 I am looking for some alloys for mine, and would love to get a set of early X/19 3-spokers, but I am told the stainless centre trims always fall out; what width are yours? they look like 5 1/2's ?? I remember reading an article in Practical Classics about 15 years ago about an old boy who'd done a really top-notch restoration on an X19, he couldn't find any centre caps for those wheels but the nearest thing he found was a paint pot lid so he bought a few of these new lids (from the places that mix your paint up obvioulsy) and they fitted like a glove and looked spot-on, you really couldn't tell they looked anything but standard and it would be a true Autoshite stylee solution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Ross Posted April 23, 2011 Share Posted April 23, 2011 I want to see the return of these, the Wolfrace WT5. Look ace on RR Classics, and I've had a set on a Lightweight too... Scrubbed the springs, but hey.http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Eh72XJImJSA/SobcB ... C2%B03.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Cade Posted April 23, 2011 Share Posted April 23, 2011 Wrap some masking tape round the X1/9 centre caps and they stay put forever. Later ones had plastic caps. be careful with these though as the early Cromodora 3 spokes were'nt designed for tubeless tyres. I remember reading an article in Practical Classics about 15 years ago about an old boy who'd done a really top-notch restoration on an X19, he couldn't find any centre caps for those wheels but the nearest thing he found was a paint pot lid so he bought a few of these new lids (from the places that mix your paint up obvioulsy) and they fitted like a glove and looked spot-on, you really couldn't tell they looked anything but standard and it would be a true Autoshite stylee solution. I remember that article- it was a red one, but was a woman who restored it I think? I'll have to go and dig it out now.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shite_meister Posted April 23, 2011 Share Posted April 23, 2011 I could have sworn it was ano old boy with a dark blue one?????????????????????????????????????????????? if your OCD is particularly bad you could find out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Cade Posted April 23, 2011 Share Posted April 23, 2011 Hmmm, OCD and Alzheimers is a bad combination.. I found the article I thought it was, but these are the later Gran Finale wheels where they used aerolsol caps as centre caps... http://fiatx.com/exxy/mags/pc1299/pc1299.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shite_meister Posted April 23, 2011 Share Posted April 23, 2011 Then its a different article, the one I saw had these wheel is you can see the tiny pic: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warren t claim Posted April 23, 2011 Share Posted April 23, 2011 I read it too! About 1990ish. IIRC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattblack Posted April 23, 2011 Share Posted April 23, 2011 I remember reading about that X1/9 as well. My old boss at the garage had a yellow Fiat 131 on X1/9 3-spokes sans centre caps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shep Shepherd Posted April 23, 2011 Share Posted April 23, 2011 I remember reading an article in Practical Classics about 15 years ago about an old boy who'd done a really top-notch restoration on an X19, he couldn't find any centre caps for those wheels but the nearest thing he found was a paint pot lid so he bought a few of these new lids (from the places that mix your paint up obvioulsy) and they fitted like a glove and looked spot-on, you really couldn't tell they looked anything but standard and it would be a true Autoshite stylee solution. I remember that article, and the name of the paint company whose lids the chap used: Cementone Beaver (how could I forget a name like that?). Apparently, they don't exist any more, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r.welfare Posted April 23, 2011 Share Posted April 23, 2011 Damn straight. And he was a proper old boy, too - pictured with the X1/9 smoking a pipe IIRC! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seth Posted April 23, 2011 Share Posted April 23, 2011 Anyone know what a set of BRMs like the ones on Seth's Herald would be worth? 5.5 X 13, Ford fitment... I'm wondering how hard I should kick myself for selling them for £80 a few years ago... More than in Triumph fitment. I was told they were an option on Lotus Cortinas or something? That might be one for the myth thread though. Anyhow, an easy £200 I'd have said if in decent nick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattblack Posted April 23, 2011 Share Posted April 23, 2011 Anyone know what a set of BRMs like the ones on Seth's Herald would be worth? 5.5 X 13, Ford fitment... I'm wondering how hard I should kick myself for selling them for £80 a few years ago... ...an easy £200 I'd have said if in decent nick. OUCH! My poor shins! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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