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Can someone confirm the original spoke thickness for a 71 HQ steering wheel... is a 5mm spoke original or were the the 3mm wheels early and then the whhel uprated tp 5mm later in production... I am getting conflicting stories as I have always thought the 5mm wheel was standard and the 3mm was the reproduction..
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Al
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To my knowledge, the GTS Steering wheel with 3mm spokes was introduced for ADR29 in early 1977.
The GTS steering wheel with 5mm spokes would be original for an HQ.
Both are genuine.
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ive got 2 nos 3mm wheels still in there bridgestone boxes..not repro...they are for hx on and 5mm is for hq hj...basically what terry said.. going to church makes you no more a christian than standing in a garage makes you a car... www.classicozwreck.com.au |
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thanks Greg and Dr Terry... any ideas why they would de-engineer something... usually you would uprate something because of quality issues.
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Al
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My guess would be for "collapsability" (if thats a word) in the event of an accident. Basically for safety reasons and design rules as stated.
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Originally posted by classic oz wreck
ive got 2 nos 3mm wheels still in there bridgestone boxes..not repro...they are for hx on and 5mm is for hq hj...basically what terry said..
going to church makes you no more a christian than standing in a garage makes you a car...
www.classicozwreck.com.au
well, put em aside my friend, when i come up, im puttin em in me boot..hehehe ching ching$$$..hahahaha "We wreck = KNOWLEDGE" lolololol
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My guess would be different manufacter or finacially cheaper but I dont think they were into..."collapsability"...great word thou.!
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Dr Terry... what was ADR 29 introduced for....
we have outstanding collapsability issues here...
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adr29 is side impact...not steering collapsability.. going to church makes you no more a christian than standing in a garage makes you a car... www.classicozwreck.com.au |
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