inter change model t wire wheels

I want to know about any other wire wheels or disc wheels that could be used with stock Model t ford spindles...I want to do a speedster, need something cute for wheels...cant spend 250.00 apiece for authentic t wires. {too cheap}, there must be a mc wheel or foreign car wheel that will interchange..or perhaps someone has made wheels from parts...if you know or have any ideas about swapping, interchange,make from scratch,retrofit different spindles, use model a wheels because they are every where cheap..please respond with your knowledge Thanks

 

18 inch wire wheels from a 1932 Plymouth share the same lug bolt pattern as a '26/27 Model T Ford (that originally came with 21 inch wire wheels). In 1932 the Downey brothers created a T roadster swaping on these Plymouth wires.
That roadster has stayed basically the same these 75 years later and is quite famous (owned now by Hank Becker, I believe). So keep your eyes open for 18 inch Plymouth wires, and find me a set while you're at it (kinda like a finders fee, heh, heh).

 

Good to know. Sounds however, to be even harder to find ,and surely just as expensive.Being the eternal optimist, I know that all of this stuff is out there...just where?....I will watch for you....is that the same roadster that set a record in the 50's?

 

Hank Past Jan 2md 2015...George Hood has the car now.

 

Won't A wheels bolt up on a T? I got a set you could be into cheap if they will, and I am pretty sure that they will. You could really keep your price down if you can find a relay from here to there.

 

It is my understanding that there is a bolt circle difference. 5-1/4 vs 5-1/2. Not absolutely certain, so confirm before reaching a conclusion.
Farmalldan

 

The 26-27 Model T and the Model A wire wheels do have the bolt pattern difference that is mentioned above. The Model T parts vendors sell hubs that will allow you to put Model A wheels onto T spindles and axles but they are not cheap either. I have seen people adapt British and European wire wheels ( Jaguar, MG, etc) to fit Model Ts but these aren't cheap either and take some doing to make usable hubs. I think the most economical solution would be to find some disc wheels from the 1920s and adapt them to Model T hubs.

 

I ***ume you have wire wheel hubs which are 5 1/4 bolt circle. Don't know of anything else that will bolt up. A lot of guys take the wood wheel hubs and modify them to take a bolt on wheel. Not much meat to work with though.