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The plate that I am referring to is the one manuf. & sold by the gentleman that makes the custom offset/width/diameter 8 lug rims. This is the most common piece that I have seen for sale @ Norwalk and various POCI National Conventions. It's nominally 3/8" thick aluminum w/ 8 short wheel studs pressed into the perimeter and a 4" hole in the center. It looks like a lighter duty version of the above pictured Mainely unit.
The spare tire hold down plate is a black-painted stamped steel disc, w/ a notched perimeter to fit around the wheel's stud positions, and is available from our Host for $39.
The Mainely unit in post #7 appears stout enuf to do the job, but why not use the existing drums for balancing and save the extra expense since all modern tire machines clamp the lower bead of the wheel rim to anchor the rim for tire changing?
Les
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Les Iden
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'68 Grand Prix/455, dual AFBs, T400, 2:93 posi (sold)
'72 TA tribute/461, T400, 3.08, (Russ's as of 9-16)
'97 Mitsubishi Eclipse Spyder Turbo, Konis, 5 speed
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Last edited by wheelspin; 02-10-2009 at 06:37 PM.
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