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<blockquote data-quote="Nigel Doe" data-source="post: 98857" data-attributes="member: 4009"><p>Hello,</p><p></p><p>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:</p><p></p><p>1. That the aluminium hubs were left unpainted. But were they polished or left in a machined finish?</p><p>2. The spoke flanges and bearing carriers were black painted.</p><p>3. The rims were chromed but with no central painting</p><p></p><p>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 <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> and I seek guidance. And yes, what on earth is a standard Vincent..</p><p></p><p>Many thanks in advance</p><p>Nigel</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nigel Doe, post: 98857, member: 4009"] 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 [/QUOTE]
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