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Title: ET original BRM
Post by: banditina on November 25, 2011, 08:51:05 am
hi guys ..
can you tell me what is ET of original BRM rim?
BR


Title: Re: ET original BRM
Post by: Hotrodvw on November 25, 2011, 18:17:11 pm
The ET?????????


Title: Re: ET original BRM
Post by: Rennsurfer on November 25, 2011, 18:20:32 pm
Elapsed Time?
Overall (or Outer) Diameter?
Estimated Weight?

 ???


Title: Re: ET original BRM
Post by: JO TYPE 3 on November 25, 2011, 18:54:50 pm
In german "ET" means "EinpressTiefe" in english: Offset

heres a picture from a 1965 Speedwell brochure, unfortunately a bad scan...

(http://www.oldspeed.net/images_speedwell/page18_g.jpg)


Title: Re: ET original BRM
Post by: empicolector on November 25, 2011, 18:59:02 pm
Look the price  ::)


Title: Re: ET original BRM
Post by: Rick Meredith on November 25, 2011, 19:21:00 pm
Look the price  ::)

I'll take 50 pairs... could you deliver them in 2011?  ;D


Title: Re: ET original BRM
Post by: Rennsurfer on November 25, 2011, 19:43:00 pm
Jo, thanks for the German/English lesson... I never knew that.

Rick, you can have those wheels. I'll take the ones on Schwimmer's car over those original ones ANY day. Bring yours down to H.B. so we can re-live our mag fires from thirty years ago. HAHAHA!!!


Title: Re: ET original BRM
Post by: benssp on November 25, 2011, 20:40:17 pm
I think it's 5mm as the latest Flat4 reproductions have retained this as well ;D


Title: Re: ET original BRM
Post by: Zach Gomulka on November 26, 2011, 01:23:08 am
In german "ET" means "EinpressTiefe" in english: Offset

I knew that ET = offset, but I never knew it was German. Thanks for the explanation :)


Title: Re: ET original BRM
Post by: Hotrodvw on November 26, 2011, 17:05:11 pm
I only speak English.......maybe I should broaden my horizons  ;D