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Originally Posted by GREG
I just like the look of the steel wheels best on the earlier cars.
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I agree, the Avon wheels just wouldn't look right on a 411 S1.
I thought I would do a bit of research on tyre widths vs rim size and came across this very useful resource
Car Bibles : The Wheel and Tyre Bible Page 3 of 4
According to the calculator 215 tyres should be okay on 6" rims.
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Originally Posted by GREG
I like these better - Maybe Jag ?
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I believe they are Britannia/Brigand/Blenheim 1 wheels.
Brian Marelli suggested I buy those instead of the tatty secondhand Avons I bought from him and then had to have restored. With hindsight I wish I had.
However, the big problem with all of these wheels is the wheel nuts. The chrome flakes off the mild steel ones and they go rusty and the stainless ones that Bristol used on the B cars were £20 each when I last checked over 10 years ago. So back then it was £100 for each wheel for the wheel nuts!