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SF 33 wide arches thin wheels
Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2019 6:01 pm
by fixer
Found this wide wheel arch body with thin hollow wheels
Never seen one before, has anyone else...saying that J will have half a dozen 6
Unfortunately the door spring keeps popping off so the doors are loose and there's a crack in the windscreen
Re: SF 33 wide arches thin wheels
Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2019 12:16 pm
by motorman
Superb find Reg, I have never seen the likes before buddy, I don’t believe that this has been listed anywhere. Now I will be on the lookout for one, however It may be a futile exercise as I suspect these are super rare.
Re: SF 33 wide arches thin wheels
Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2019 2:42 pm
by fixer
Until J has a look
Re: SF 33 wide arches thin wheels
Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2019 11:51 pm
by motorman
fixer wrote:Until J has a look
Where is he, he has been quiet of late?
Re: SF 33 wide arches thin wheels
Posted: Mon May 27, 2019 1:00 pm
by fixer
Kev following our discussion at sandown the wheels are all hollow M42, N11, N32, N28
Also a better picture of the rivets
Re: SF 33 wide arches thin wheels
Posted: Mon May 27, 2019 4:17 pm
by GHOSTHUNTER
Thanks Reg.
One 'M' wheel and three 'N' wheels are mid to late 1971. The opened up arches for the new wider wheels body first appear during 1972 and the first mould numbers seen so far on the wider wheels is...'O' making your example a very early wide wheel model but fitted with the narrow wheels and I suspect one of a very few to exist in any condition.
The base rivets are the right diameter and actually look more genuine in your very first picture than they do looking square on. If I have any doubt on the base rivets it would be the right side example, as I think it just does not look quite right but I am happy to give this model the benefit of doubt and say it is a good one and a very scarce model.
Ghosthunter.
Re: SF 33 wide arches thin wheels
Posted: Sat Dec 14, 2019 3:22 pm
by nearlymint
Great model Reg, another model that I always look out for. Just added the opposite model to your one,this model has narrow arches with wide wheels.
- MB33
- MB33 Miura 1 copya.jpg (59.46 KiB) Viewed 10062 times
J
Re: SF 33 wide arches thin wheels
Posted: Sat Dec 14, 2019 7:33 pm
by motorman
nearlymint wrote:Great model Reg, another model that I always look out for. Just added the opposite model to your one,this model has narrow arches with wide wheels.
MB33 Miura 1 copya.jpg
J
Loving it J, you are truly the variation king!
Re: SF 33 wide arches thin wheels
Posted: Sat Dec 14, 2019 7:34 pm
by motorman
How does the model roll Jason, any problems with the wheels rubbing against the narrow wheel arch?
Re: SF 33 wide arches thin wheels
Posted: Sun Dec 15, 2019 4:28 pm
by nearlymint
motorman wrote:How does the model roll Jason, any problems with the wheels rubbing against the narrow wheel arch?
Hi Alex,
The model runs fine with these wheels and arches. J