WIRE WHEELS

I don,t remember if I did, but if I didn,t , here,s a heads-up on some very sweet wire wheels. I had been having a conversation with ERNIE PETIT of LINDBERG and I asked about the wire wheels that come in the fifty-three ford VICTORIA kit. I don,t think you could do it now , but you could call their customer service and see. ERNIE just gave me the name and address and I took it from there.I was able to go to their outside source for a dozen sets of those babies. You will see them on my BUICK ELECTRA(MODEL KING ) and a few others..I was desperate as ALL my REAL BUICKS and T-BIRDS always were ordered with KELSEY -HAYES wire wheels.Yes , they are a pain to clean , but, they look so darn good.I have one set that I know came with an AMT kit but I can,t remember which one! Those were better , but , there is a problem. Over the years I lost one so I only have three! The reason I have wire wheels on the brain, is , I just got my re-release of REVELL,S AUSTIN-HEALY-100-six. They still haven,t chromed the  wire wheels that on the real car are chrome.!!  I did , don,t laugh , foil chrome one and it didn,t look bad.Remember these wheels are molded in halves WITH the tire molded on each half, and they are definitely SKINNIES !! So , I can,t use the LINDBERG wires without changing the tires. I Will !! Well , there you have it ! chao---oldcarguy   P.S. They won,t fit the CADDY ELDORADO BROUGHAM KIT.

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Peter Gethin Piercarlo Ghinzani Bruno Giacomelli Dick Gibson