aarondupont Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 Hi all: Does anybody make dragster front bicycle wire wheels and tires? Photo etched, styrene or what have you? I'm building 3 or 4 60's style front engine dragsters. Thank you in advance! Aaron Dupont Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
von Zipper Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 When I built Grampa Munsters Drag-u-la , I went to the local hardware store and found rubber "O" rings in the plumbing department for the front tires, I think they were .30 cents each and looked better than the plastic tires they give you in the kit-----> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Brown Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 Hi all: Does anybody make dragster front bicycle wire wheels and tires? Photo etched, styrene or what have you? I'm building 3 or 4 60's style front engine dragsters. Thank you in advance! Aaron Dupont They're actually motorcycle wheels and tires - I doubt bicycle items would last very long at 200mph! Machined Aluminum Specialties makes a photoetch kit. http://www.mas-parts.com/cart/indexframe_phetchwhlcentrs.html Here's a way you can make yours from scratch - not terribly difficult and they look great. http://www.straightlinemodeler.org/wirewheels.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aarondupont Posted February 22, 2011 Author Share Posted February 22, 2011 Zipper, O-rings. Great idea. Mark, I checked out the site for the photo etched wire wheels. They are really nice, but a little too pricey for my retired self. I checked out the tutorial on scratch building them. I had thought about that. Not rocket science the way he does them. May try that way. And your right, motorcycle wheels. The brain was still frozen from out blowing snow at 0500 this morning. Thanks for your replies! They are great! Aaron Dupont Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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