Do these wheels need refurbishment

[Bob Culver]

I doubt if rims would collapse; safer than modern alloy wheels which shatter. Loose spokes and rickety wheels seem more likely danger. In the past things were reused which today would be scrapped. Accident damaged rims with sudden kinks, changes in width etc cannot be fixed by tweaking spoke tensions and are of limited value however rust free.. If heavily rusted in only one place could weld. The main problem is usually freeing spoke nipples; need donor spares. ( gentle hammering against an anvil on the diameter often frees) I am not sure if new spokes are double gauge and therfore suitable to be mixed, or whether new nipples suit original spokes with cycle form threads..Old spokes are often stretched which limits usefulness. The thread is not common but something for tidying later spokes can be made up starting with UNF 10:32
As with all else, there can be considerable satisfaction in diy.