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1924 Graham Bros truck.
shubys tractor farm:
G'day all - as previously mentioned- I am trying to restore the origional W.APPELTS delivery truck from Nuriootpa S.A. 1924 model. This truck was used for delivering W.APPELTS COOLDRINKS around the Barossa - Tanunda, Angaston Greenoch and Nuriootpa, in the 1920's and 1930's. It also travelled to LOXTON -every Saturday with a load of full drinks and brought back the empties from there.
The main hold-up is that the rear wheels have deteriorated beyond repair - these were 24 inch- wide heavyduty wooden spoked wheels - with balloon heavy duty tyres.(6 " wide) Later Graham Bros trucks had steel spoked artilliary type wheels- these will not suit my truck. I would really appreciate ANY HELP WHATSO-EVER to locate 2 x 24 inch wooden spoked artilliary type Heavy Duty rear wheels TO FIT TO THIS UNIT. They had a "GB" hubcap similar to DB fitted to Dodge models of this era.
I would appreciate any help here -any contact with other owners of "24 GB " Units, ANY HELP TO FIND USEABLE REAR WHEELS FOR MY UNIT, or for GB trucks this era,ANY CONTACT-ANYWHERE. Chears DS.
ianoz:
You may find some usefull infomation here Shuby .
http://www.hcvc.com.au/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1327525026
shubys tractor farm:
Thanks Ianoz for the tip-I find that Forum VERY VERY good. I had not thought about rebuilding the wheels as this truck sat for many years in a creek and the rim, the steel fellow and other parts have actually rusted away at the bottom -So I thought if I could come across a Better pair of heavyduty wheels I would be on a winner. Thanks again for yr help- shubys tractor farm.
shubys tractor farm:
Howdy all- to keep this topic alive- I have now found a pair of Front wheels off a 1923 to 25 Dodge/Graham Brothers truck which are fairly heavy duty wheels. I am sure I can make these work for the back axle- they were on an old spray cart of a spray unit at the sale at Callington SA 9/11/12 BUT they cost me a fortune as someone else wanted them as much as me.
I am keeping my options open - still on the lookout for these wheels-Also still seeking any info on the W.Appelts delivery truck of 1924 for the Barossa Valley S.A.--- especially any photos of this unit in it's working clothes or doing deliveries around the Barossa - Nuri, TANUNDA OR ANGASTON or even LOXTON . Any help what so-ever would be greatly appreciated - to help me restore this origional W. APPELTS delivery truck"Graham Brothers " 1924.era. Happy Christmass to all Forum members. Chears Dean s.
franco:
Dean,
If you have the original hubs, a section of an original felloe in good enough condition to determine the cross sectional shape, and a couple of reasonable original spokes to use as patterns for new ones, I would suggest you would be better getting new felloes rolled and the wheels rebuilt. If you are lucky enough to come across original wooden wheels for a relatively uncommon 88 year old vehicle which are still in good enough condition to use without rebuilding anyway, it would indeed be a miracle!
Frank.
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