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wire wheels
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george perry
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just looked into availability of the 15x6 repros. coker tire could not give me an available date at all, but probably wouldn't be until "next year sometime". $497.00 each plus shipping. the guy at coker told me they were made by vintique AND that vintique was a sister company. on the vintique web-site the wheel was listed at $346.00. tried to call them and got bad music for 15 minutes and gave up. placed an order for 4 wheels and 4 caps to see if there was any notification of availability, short answer, no answer. any ideas of where to go to have my originals redone? thanks

Posted on: 2021/7/13 18:06
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Re: wire wheels
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Owen_Dyneto
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Randy Berger had his factory Motor Wheel wires redone by Dayton Wheel. That was some years ago. 15" repros of factory 51-56 wires also being offered by Dwight Heinmuller, see his description and ad in the current Packard Club newsletters. I don't know what his source is but from the shipping costs quoted, I suspect it is on the West Coast.

Posted on: 2021/7/13 19:31
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Warren Smith
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Smithwheel

Posted on: 2021/7/28 13:44
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Do you have a set of wire wheels already? If so Dayton Wheel can completely rebuild them with all new stainless spokes.

If you don't have a set, contact me. I have a set that needs to be redone that I would sell.

Posted on: 2021/7/28 16:52
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george perry
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thanks for the offer but i do have a set. i talked with dayton and decided i'd probably have them done over the winter. not cheap at $675.00 per wheel, but not that much more than repros that aren't available anyway.

Posted on: 2021/7/30 19:28
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longjohn
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I have feedback from a couple of Packard guys that the original wheels are stronger and easier to keep straight (aligned) than any of the reproductions. So probably worth the expense.

Posted on: 2021/7/30 21:58
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