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Apr 27, 2012 7:32 am
Apr 27, 2012 7:32 am
Subject: Spare wheel mounting
Here is a question Laurence asked me:
"Perhaps you might be able to help me? My spare wheel mounting has somehow gone missing, & I need to show people what it was like so that it might jog memories or aid getting one made. On many V12s, the mounting is simply a dished steel disc fitted to a rod which passes through a roughly 1 inch diameter hole in the wheelcase, to bolt to the scuttle. On mine, the same rod went into a conical aluminium casting instead of the steel disc, meaning the hole in the wheelcase is much bigger, 4 or 5 inches diameter. The outer face of the aluminium cone had a steel plate held on by two countersunk screws; that retained a captive nut which the thumbwheel with conical plate for the wheel hub bolted to.
Any chance your mounting sounds the same as mine? If so, I'd really appreciate some photos."
I am not sure how his mounting should look like, His V12 is a very late one from 1940. I have attached photos of mine (V12 Saloon De Ville built in 1939 with the standard mounting Laurence described above)
Anybody else has suggestions or a very late V12?
Laurence: can you post a photo how it looks like on your car now?
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Here is a question Laurence asked me:
"Perhaps you might be able to help me? My spare wheel mounting has somehow gone missing, & I need to show people what it was like so that it might jog memories or aid getting one made. On many V12s, the mounting is simply a dished steel disc fitted to a rod which passes through a roughly 1 inch diameter hole in the wheelcase, to bolt to the scuttle. On mine, the same rod went into a conical aluminium casting instead of the steel disc, meaning the hole in the wheelcase is much bigger, 4 or 5 inches diameter. The outer face of the aluminium cone had a steel plate held on by two countersunk screws; that retained a captive nut which the thumbwheel with conical plate for the wheel hub bolted to.
Any chance your mounting sounds the same as mine? If so, I'd really appreciate some photos."
I am not sure how his mounting should look like, His V12 is a very late one from 1940. I have attached photos of mine (V12 Saloon De Ville built in 1939 with the standard mounting Laurence described above)
Anybody else has suggestions or a very late V12?
Laurence: can you post a photo how it looks like on your car now?
Attachments: