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vince · **Posted:** Mon Oct 21, 2013 11:19 am

a nice T59 replica :

vince

sjordan47 · **Joined:** Tue Oct 19, 2010 7:24 pm **Posts:** 86

They did a nice job. On a similar subject, I have a 1/32 Matchbox kit of the T59. It has a separate part for the tail section, and I can't find reference for the Bugatti that had this. Does anyone know a chassis numbr?

Uwe · **Joined:** Wed Aug 22, 2007 1:12 pm **Posts:** 2285

could be BC159

vince · **Posted:** Sat Oct 26, 2013 6:58 pm

Yes, it's BC159

Uwe · **Joined:** Wed Aug 22, 2007 1:12 pm **Posts:** 2285

Udolahr · **Posted:** Sun Oct 27, 2013 3:05 pm

Nice wheels . Anybody has a close up foto from this wheel's ? What kind of car is in the back ?

barttore · **Joined:** Wed Jul 15, 2009 5:38 pm **Posts:** 642

57248 is the Yellow/black car
(I gues you recognise the Golf and Mercedes yourself :wink:

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Udolahr · **Posted:** Sun Oct 27, 2013 8:40 pm

is it a T59 ?

Uwe · **Joined:** Wed Aug 22, 2007 1:12 pm **Posts:** 2285

59/57S

vince · **Posted:** Mon Oct 28, 2013 7:14 am

Udolahr wrote:

Nice wheels . Anybody has a close up foto from this wheel's ? What kind of car is in the back ?

like that ?

Udolahr · **Posted:** Mon Oct 28, 2013 4:32 pm

Yes , very nice .
Can I see tooth between the rim and the center part ? Same tooth like the hub has , just bigger ?

vince · **Posted:** Mon Oct 28, 2013 6:57 pm

Yes, it's teeth. but I can't tell you more !

Udolahr · **Posted:** Wed Oct 30, 2013 1:50 pm

was the 59 wheel successful , or was it a troublemaker ?

Lazarus · **Posted:** Wed Oct 30, 2013 10:17 pm

Udolahr wrote:

was the 59 wheel successful , or was it a troublemaker ?

The idea seems to have been to take the driving load off the spokes and transfer it directly from the drum to the wheelrim.I would imagine that it worked well enough.Every T59 still uses this system and I have never heard of anyone fitting different wheels because of a problem.They could apparently develop slight wear between the drums and the rims and "click "on takeoff but this happens with ordinary wirewheels and hubs as well.

davids · **Joined:** Sat Dec 05, 2009 3:10 pm **Posts:** 143

fascinating design..is there a photo of the hub and rim separate ?
with such surface area I would think a "click" would take longer to wear in compared with standard wire or alloy wheel acting on steel splines direct in the smaller hub....

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