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Another Great Weekend

Started by chetbrz, October 07, 2007, 07:05:29 PM

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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.



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. 



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.



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.

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