These wheels were put on my TR4-A soon after the car was purchased by S.A.H., a performance tuning company in England that worked closely with the Triumph factory. These wheels are quite unique in several respects: although it is a knock-off wheel, this is accomplished by a bolt-on steel adapter that appears could be removed and the wheel bolted on normally. It is a 'four spoke' design, but does not resemble any of the other wheels I have ever seen on an British car, though I have been told they resemble Italian wheels of the same period. On the back the words 'Made In England' are cast. I was suprised to find out that these are 15" x 7" wheels , but show no signs that they make contact with the suspension or body on my TR4-A.

Before cleaning:

After Cleaning:

UPDATE: In January of 2003, I was contacted by a Roger Butt(Triumph connection: works for company that used to make water pumps for Stags!), who lives in England and was interested in buying my wheels. We struck a deal, and in the process I received the following information from him:

"MGCs are quite rare. They made a total of 8,999 including the GT version. About half went to the USA. At the end of the production run which finished in 1969, University Motors (London's main MG dealership) bought a large batch of MGCs. They marketed a MG GT Special which was basically a modified MGC GT with a Downton (who were to MG what SAH appear to have been to Trumph) Stage 3 engine and various body mods. These were offered with JA Pearce wheels as an option, all fully backed by the factory warranty. These together with other MGCs which were modified to customer order by UM are known as University Motors Specials. They're all a bit weird and wonderful and no two are exactly the same. Some just had special paint jobs, and two are known to have had the front wings modified to take square headlamps! Downton themselves would also convert cars for customers. I could go on....."

So the wheels made a trip back over the Atlantic to return to their homeland, and I recently received the following from Roger:

"The wheels are (at last) on the car. We welded a new ear on the one R/H spinner, and then we welded a reverse threaded sleeve in one of the L/H spinners to get two R/H spinners."

"The spinners were all then "bobbed & polished" to get rid of all the blemishes and to give them a highly polished finish. The wheels have been stove-enamelled in the correct paint and lacquered."

"I also treated the wheels (!) to a new set of Michelin XAS 165 HR15 tyres, which is the correct spec. for the car. These are now a low volume classic tyre and are therefore relatively expensive, but look right on the car. The combination of the wider stance of the wheels and these tyres really fills up the arches, making the car look much more businesslike."

"I'm attaching pictures of the car and a close up of one of the wheels on the car."