It is October and the weather here in Virginia is 90 degrees at 5:00 PM with clear blue skies. I took the 29-U out for a spin and turned 300 miles on the odometer since I brought her home last year. She is getting to be a regular driver in that the last couple of times I took her out I didn't have to fix anything. Ya.!!! Actually on my adventure today I forgot to take the usual tool bag and didn't even give it a second thought.
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Well my winter project besides the restoration work I am doing to my 48 Plymouth Special Deluxe is to respoke the wheels on the 29.
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I plan on providing a step by step description of what I will be doing including diagrams and pictures. It costs somewhere in the $300 to $400 dollar bracket per wheel to have someone do this. Most of the cost is labor so I think I can accomplish this for about $75 to $100 dollars per wheel. Including the tools purchased.
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I installed a spindle duplicating device on the wood lathe I purchased from another car buddy. Cost $40 plus the duplicating device which was $150. So I am into this at the moment for about $190 which is less then the cost for one wheel.
The wood is Kiln Dried Hickory and can be purchased form a couple of Pennsylvania wood shops cut to size and planed square.
Chet...