Hello,
I'm trying to get a 1936 Meteor back to a practical level of originality and find myself obsessing about the finish and details of the wheels and hope that someone can put me out of my misery/anxiety! My state of play is that I believe:
1. That the aluminium hubs were left unpainted. But were they polished or left in a machined finish?
2. The spoke flanges and bearing carriers were black painted.
3. The rims were chromed but with no central painting
However, I am unsure about the spokes. My front wheel was intact but with a badly buckled Dunlop 20xWM1 rim (black-painted no evidence of chrome, possibly not original) but was laced with single-butted spokes (moth-eaten, painted black) and 3/16th brass nipples. I've no idea whether the spokes were originally butted, and on the front only, or both front and rear? Were they black-painted or generic rustless of the period? I'm sorry to be pedantic but the shiny stainless-spoked wheels commonly seen today just don't do it for me and I seek guidance. And yes, what on earth is a standard Vincent..
Many thanks in advance
Nigel
I'm trying to get a 1936 Meteor back to a practical level of originality and find myself obsessing about the finish and details of the wheels and hope that someone can put me out of my misery/anxiety! My state of play is that I believe:
1. That the aluminium hubs were left unpainted. But were they polished or left in a machined finish?
2. The spoke flanges and bearing carriers were black painted.
3. The rims were chromed but with no central painting
However, I am unsure about the spokes. My front wheel was intact but with a badly buckled Dunlop 20xWM1 rim (black-painted no evidence of chrome, possibly not original) but was laced with single-butted spokes (moth-eaten, painted black) and 3/16th brass nipples. I've no idea whether the spokes were originally butted, and on the front only, or both front and rear? Were they black-painted or generic rustless of the period? I'm sorry to be pedantic but the shiny stainless-spoked wheels commonly seen today just don't do it for me and I seek guidance. And yes, what on earth is a standard Vincent..
Many thanks in advance
Nigel