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racingreen
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Posted: Monday April 21st, 2008 01:27 am |
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| I have recently purchased a 1965 Cooper S that I am rebuilding as a CCC circuit racer to post '66 spec. Would anyone have leads to help me acquire 6J Rosepetal Cooper wheels?
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COOPERCO
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Posted: Monday April 21st, 2008 08:19 pm |
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Hi,
Nick at Vortz has produced the vast majority of rosepetals in the UK. There is a notoriously long wait to get anything from him, a year plus! & counting. I'm not sure anyone has reproduced them in 6J, i think 5J is the limit from the tooling available. How accurate do you want to be?
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racingreen
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Posted: Tuesday April 22nd, 2008 01:32 am |
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| Thanks. I am aware of the Vortz wheels which are 4.75J and I am already in the cue, however I really do want the car to be correct and so I want to find 6J Roseptals to fit the correct Dunlop Racing tyres.
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Glen Ponder
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Posted: Tuesday April 22nd, 2008 09:30 am |
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Some original 6's did turn up on Ebay in the U.S in January, I could invisage waiting a few years before that happens again though ! Another alternative to Vortz would be to get them imported from Japan , where they're being remade by 'Work Wheels'. Pretty similar cost to Vortz and possibly more predictable delivery date !?  You can order them from Sabu at 'Turtle Trading' in Bath.
A set turned up recently on Ebay, but I'm sure you can import them for less than the seller got for these..........
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SET-OF-4-NEW-ROSEPETAL-WHEELS_W0QQitemZ120231473636QQihZ002QQcategoryZ43122QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
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rougeleo
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Posted: Wednesday April 23rd, 2008 10:43 pm |
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 strewth .!!! I've got a new set of those Japanese 5" Rosepetals and a new set of 4.75" Vortz ones that I bought off Nick five years ago ...better than an ISA from the look of that ebay sale .
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racingreen
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Posted: Thursday April 24th, 2008 04:59 am |
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| Glen, Thank you so much for the leads on possible suppliers of the Rosepetal wheels out of Japan. I will follow up and report back on how I get on. Best.
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sjb38
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Posted: Thursday May 1st, 2008 08:45 pm |
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Glen Ponder wrote: Some original 6's did turn up on Ebay in the U.S in January, I could invisage waiting a few years before that happens again though ! Another alternative to Vortz would be to get them imported from Japan , where they're being remade by 'Work Wheels'. Pretty similar cost to Vortz and possibly more predictable delivery date !? You can order them from Sabu at 'Turtle Trading' in Bath.
A set turned up recently on Ebay, but I'm sure you can import them for less than the seller got for these..........
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SET-OF-4-NEW-ROSEPETAL-WHEELS_W0QQitemZ120231473636QQihZ002QQcategoryZ43122QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Do you have contact details for Turtle. I have also been on the Vortz waiting list forever, and got carried away bidding on the ebay ones above (luckily someone else wanted them a bit more than me)
Thanks
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