Re: Moving 1922 without tires

Posted by packardsix1939 On 2022/12/31 12:52:32

Wow! All I can say is this is an incredible barn find. Please post additional photos after you extricate the car from the shed.

It appears from the photos that the wooden spokes on right front wheel have become partially detached from the steel rim. With 100-year-old wood, the spokes could be quite fragile, and they could easily come apart while the car is being moved. Owen-Dyneto's recommendation to put the car on dollies is a good one. Wooden spoked wheels of this vintage are built up from several sections and the sections can break apart because the wood is probably very dried out from so many years of storage. In any event, the sections of the wheels are probably loose. An old trick to tighten up wood wheels is to remove them from the car and soak them in a tank of water overnight. I saw this once on an old car restoration TV show where a brass era car was being removed from a museum after many decades of being on display. This will cause the wood to swell. But if the wood is badly rotted, new wheels will the only solution. Unfortunately, this will be an expensive proposition. What is your friend's plan for the car?