Wire wheels - next steps

I finally got round to ordering the bits to enable the wire wheels to be fitted.  I phoned a very helpful chap at Motor Wheel Service who talked me through all of the additional bits that I needed.  And the list become longer and more expensive than I had first thought; 4 inner tubes, 4 hubs, 4 rim band, 4 spinners and one hammer.  £616 in total.  Now all I need to do is get the wheels sorted and on the car.

I confess to being a bit excited - a bit strange for a chap in his 50's

Wire wheels - hubs

I have been spending some time trying to sort out which hubs I need to fit wire wheels to a 1969 Daimler with the the flat, as opposed to the curly rim.

The best bet looks to be MWS, the only other supplier via ebay is Jagman.  The issue appears to be that they use different part numbers.  Does anyone know anything about this?  Or are there any other suppliers of hubs out there?

A bit of a twit ?

One of the benefits of the very mild weather we have enjoyed this December in the UK has been that I have had the car out more often.  However it gets dark early in December which meant I had to use the lights for the first time.  No problem - I just turned them on and immediately people started flashing me.  At first I thought it was because I was driving an old car, but I quickly realised that I was on full beam.  However I couldn't find the dip switch.  I felt very stupid, I had had old cars for many years.  Eventually I remembered that one old car I had previously owned had a floor mounted dip switch.  How daft did I feel?

Fluid leak?

As it was dry (if a bit windy) this weekend I took the Daimler for a run which included brightening up the local Tesco carpark.

The downside was that I have found a fluid leak on the garage floor - there is a small puddle of clear fluid, I guess either power steering fluid or from the gearbox.

Looking forward to spring 2016

I have been looking at some of the classic car runs that you can go on.  So now I need the spring to come so that I can get the car out in the sunshine.

I just need to get the parts bought so that I can fit the wire wheels ready for next year.

A bit of an outing

This weekend was dry and bright and we had to go to a couple of local small market towns to collect a few things.  So it seemed a good opportunity to take the car and try to persuade my wife that it is ok to go out in an old car.

The car ran faultlessly and that lovely v8 sounds continues to charm me.

We had a drink and read the papers at a local pub.  A chap came over and had a lengthy chat about his Triumph TR6 which had been imported from Texas.

Altogether a nice run.  See pic of the car parked in Brigg, Lincolnshire

Petrol plus what?

I was talking to someone recently about adding additives to petrol to counter-act the effect of the lower octane and the increasing use of ethanol in petrol.  When I started looking at all of the options I came away confused.

Any thoughts on what works?  And the relative cost of these additives?

Thanks