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Have two front wooden wheels on my C-cab truck that are in sad sad shape.
Would appreciate any recommendation of who could make them well again.
Thanks

What about Vintage Wheel Shop in Sonora? I used to hear good things about them. Eight hour drive for you each way though according to google maps.
I had a wheel done by them for a Studebaker a long time ago. they did great work then, and I have continued to hear good things about them. Seems I saw someone else mentioned in California about a week ago?

Pulled it out of my pea-brain. On Steve Jelf's posting under ""fixing" our wood wheels".
See;

https://mtfca.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=29440

Is a "Dave's Wood Wheel" in Brea California. I know absolutely nothing about them???? But they are a lot closer to you?

For me? I wouldn't mind having your wood myself to rebuild. I have gotten pretty good at mixing and matching refitting and making a good wheel out of the best pieces of two or three bad wheels. But that is me. I don't recommend trying it without a lot of background and/or training.

Tom Desert is also here on the west coast. He is just north of Vancouver, Washington does nice work.

: ^ )

Keith

Wayne and Keith:

Thanks for the heads up on near-by wheel rebuilders.

I will check out Vintage wheel, Dave’s Wood and Tom Desert tomorrow.
Dave in Brea is not far from me.

Thanks again,

Ed

Keith T, I knew there was someone up in your area, but I did not know who it was. Now I know. (Now if I can just remember it?)

Dave's a great guy. Fairly close, as well.

Dave’s Wood Wheel
Dave Seiler
412 South Flower
Brea, CA 92821
(714) 501-7080
wheelguy221@yahoo.com

Sean Butler wrote: ↑

Sat Jun 11, 2022 12:46 pm

Dave's a great guy. Fairly close, as well.

Dave’s Wood Wheel
Dave Seiler
412 South Flower
Brea, CA 92821
(714) 501-7080
wheelguy221@yahoo.com

Very cheap!. No overhead for the home workshop. He charges hobby pricing, not business make a living prices. The wheels he did for me cost less than buying spokes from venders. I dont think he makes wood fellows yet, but, if the wood is still good, he can make a wood fellow shim & tighten them up like new. Call him directly.

You can't go wrong with Tom Dessert. I have known him a very long time, and have seen some of the wood wheels that he has rebuilt, and they are a work of art. Tom Elliott

Calimer's is the only place to go.

Hello,
First Forum thank you, I found George's name in the postings and I called him do a set of wheels for me I dropped them off back in June and I pick them up last week. I live in Sacramento area so it was worth the drive up to Sonora. I thought I could sand out and redo my old spokes but after reading about wheels on this site I called Geroge.

Thanks
Tom

Ed, I agree with what Speedy T John and Sean said about Dave Seiler's Wood Wheel shop. It's an easy drive from where you are and the cost of shipping could be close to what Dave might charge. I would bet that Original Larry has never had any work done or talked to Dave about wheels.
I had my '12 wheels replaced by George many years ago and the wheels looked super but after several years of driving with the front wheels out of round causing a vibration a slower speeds I finally decided that I was going to fix them or have them replaced. I was able to true up the wheels after removing and taking a cut on the mill of the outer felloe to get it into a perfect circle. We glued a thin wood shim to the newly cut felloes and then cut the finished wheel to a correct size that we could press into the steel rim. Now the wheels run smooth at all speeds. No more slow speed shaking and the tires stay on the surface at highway speeds as well!

Give Dave a call and he might be able to help you. His work is First Class and super reasonable. All the club members around here have had great work done by him.

Steve, you forgot to include Keith Wilson on your list:

Keith Wilson
26 South St
Allora, QLD 4362
Australia

https://www.allorawheelman.com/

I just got my 1915 wheels back from Tom Dessert, beautiful!
Ridgefield, WA
1915 Model T Touring

Don't forget Johnson's wood wheels in Ardmore Oklahoma.
They built four new wheels for my 1915 Runabour with excellent results. Ron Patterson

Check out Johnsosn's website.
They provide an excelent tuorial on their complete wood wheel rebuilding process that impressed me.
Ron Patterson

Very interesting Ron. I’m glad you suggested Johnson’s Wood Wheels. They finally have a website. I’ve been trying to contact them for 15 years and left a dozen messages. Many forum friends will remember that I’ve been gritching for years that we don’t have a mid America wheelwright. So I called them again today……and left another message.
They did beautiful work on my ‘07 REO 28x3 round felloe wheels.

Check out Johnson's website.

I realize the website is still up, but I suspect Steve Johnson isn't. He hasn't been at Chickasha in several years, and like George I've never received an answer to my emails. My guess is that his website is on autopay and he has left the building. That's why I took him off my wheelwright list.

Are there any in the northern Colorado area?

I recently had four demountable wheels re-spoked by Stutzman. They are beautiful, I am 100% satisfied.