Thread: At long last....................

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Originally Posted by Whiplash23T

.......... what sort of wheel nuts are you using on her as in that photo there is something different about them I think ? ....

This is an old set of Mehelich bolt on wheels, lots of offset as you can see. I actually started the build with these wheels and we chose the chassis parts to make them fit properly within the fenders. Took some narrowed Heidt's front A arms, and special ECI front hubs to keep the track where it belongs.

As for the lugs, Mehelich machined these to take standard lug nuts. Perhaps what is catching your eye is the center mount for the not yet installed center caps. The centers will cover the entire lug area, and are held on with a threaded center cap similar to a knock off without the wings. Once those are installed they look almost exactly like the knock off version of the Mehelich wheels.

I don't have the caps here to take a pic, but found this old brochure that is close......just imagine rather than wings the center is just a large hex nut.

EDIT: okay, I found a big enough pic to crop down to the wheel hub so you could see the threads on the center retainer cap.