Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Steel Wheels

While I was fixing the broken power window regulator on my Rover this afternoon--in the freezing cold--I got a package from the postal carrier. I knew what it was as soon as it was delivered, but I had to contain my excitement with the annoyance of fixing the second broken regulator on the Rover (I still love her despite her faults).

After I fixed the regulator--tweaked it to work until getting a new one is more like it--I helped clean up the house with my wife and then jammed back into the garage to open my treasures.

In the box were 4 Bugeye steel wheels I bought used from eBay!!

They will need a bit of restoration (sandblasting and a repaint), but they all seem straight, though I will likely take them somewhere to have them "trued" to be sure.

Here they are:


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