Hands Steel Wheel Halves
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Mike Reller
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- Vintage Karting items owned: 1961 Bantam, 1962 McCulloch
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- Location: Hudson Ohio
Hands Steel Wheel Halves
The steel halves of my Hands five inch rims are so rusty I feel they shoud be replaced. I've looked all over the internet with no luck. Does anyone know of an over the counter six bolt rim that will work? I know as a last resort that many off the shelf rims can be modified to fit, but would like to save the time?effort. Thanks Mike
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Rod Hytonen
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- Vintage Karting items owned: vintage sprints and laydowns
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Re: Hands Steel Wheel Halves
Mike, this is the same issue I have with my 6 inch wheels. I need one more steel half.Mike Reller wrote:The steel halves of my Hands five inch rims are so rusty I feel they shoud be replaced. I've looked all over the internet with no luck. Does anyone know of an over the counter six bolt rim that will work? I know as a last resort that many off the shelf rims can be modified to fit, but would like to save the time?effort. Thanks Mike
- Has anyone yet figured out a yard kart source steel wheel half that can be modded with the least effort?
I got the last two, or rather 1 1/2, lol of 'Ol' Dave's' Hands 6's,
to use for a 1960 Evans Spl. (-not MTS-) I'm restoring.
I had always wanted an Evans (even before the GK, back then) to complement the GK800 I drove in 1961-3, and now that I've re-entered karting in vintage, recently lucked into a possumized, *almost* unrecognizable rat frame nobody else seemed to want to do the work to restore.
It will be a helluva job, but I'm retired.... just a little worried about the cost of 1960 acccessories these days.
I also need the 5" HandS fronts..... and of course the tank - and those PEDALS, *ouch*...
I'll be gritting my teeth and using some Fox pedals and a McCulloch-ized pair of (actual vintage) Tristars in front, until and unless I get lucky again. Realistically on the hopelessly rare pedals, I'm moving toward what I preferred on my GK back in the day - LadyBugs. Easy enough to build from SS rod & plate, vividly remembered if you've seen them, and they look absolutely great on ANYTHING.
Maybe once I start going to REAR vintage events someone will take pity on the parts prices (I do RR vintage laydowns now...)
Rod