10-09-2022, 10:35 AM
(This post was last modified: 18-09-2022, 07:01 AM by Frank Stoll.)
Hi Duncan,
that's a huge step forward... an attempt to reproduce the metal wheel cover. I still hope for some detailed photos of the WB covers shown in this thread. Especially some photos of the inside and lock / closure mechanism. If possible even with dimensions.
Yesterday I went to two trimmers that concentrate on restoring cars and one of them even on DKWs and cars of the very early days. The latter listened to my introducing sentences, got up, went to his huge and perfectly organised warehouse and reemerged with boards showing samples of vinyl, leather, fabric from the late 1920s until the the 1960s. The two photos that are available (and shown in this thread) made him take out catalogues / notebooks that show similar wheel covers and solutions to some of the aspects we have been discussing here.
He completely excluded the option of a hole in the cover - "only for cars or motorbikes which had a central locking mechanism", "very difficult to keep the wheel's cap in the center of the cover when mounting it".
He will produce a version with a cord - if I insist on a "non-authentic elastic band version", he will provide me with a cord anyway... "no compromise". The price... less than 100 Euros without printing or stitching... "because of the size and the shape - stitching very likely". When I asked him whether the white piping could also be a white reflective material known from satchels or suitcases... he rolled his eyes "no compromise".
I am looking forward to the final result
Regards
Frank
that's a huge step forward... an attempt to reproduce the metal wheel cover. I still hope for some detailed photos of the WB covers shown in this thread. Especially some photos of the inside and lock / closure mechanism. If possible even with dimensions.
Yesterday I went to two trimmers that concentrate on restoring cars and one of them even on DKWs and cars of the very early days. The latter listened to my introducing sentences, got up, went to his huge and perfectly organised warehouse and reemerged with boards showing samples of vinyl, leather, fabric from the late 1920s until the the 1960s. The two photos that are available (and shown in this thread) made him take out catalogues / notebooks that show similar wheel covers and solutions to some of the aspects we have been discussing here.
He completely excluded the option of a hole in the cover - "only for cars or motorbikes which had a central locking mechanism", "very difficult to keep the wheel's cap in the center of the cover when mounting it".
He will produce a version with a cord - if I insist on a "non-authentic elastic band version", he will provide me with a cord anyway... "no compromise". The price... less than 100 Euros without printing or stitching... "because of the size and the shape - stitching very likely". When I asked him whether the white piping could also be a white reflective material known from satchels or suitcases... he rolled his eyes "no compromise".
I am looking forward to the final result
Regards
Frank