Mystery Machine
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I've got in my garage a complete set of wheel covers from the RT01/RT02 Transporters from the movie.
These have all been well used and as well as having the usual 'weathering' paint to dull them down, make them look more authentic, they also have the battle scars from being used on set. Some have cracks and chips in, most have scuffs and scratches. All of them look cool!
They are made from thick GRP from an original mould and have rubber spokes to allow them to flex when mounted on the wheel. Apparently, on set, the trucks were driven over rocks and boulders which caused the tyres to flex enough to crack the surface of some of the wheel covers, despite them having the flexible rubber spokes. My friend built the orignial trucks (as well as the quads) so has plenty of stories to tell about them as well as quite a few cool photos as they were being constructed.
The covers were centrally bolted to the wheels with M16 bolts (with 4mm thick spreader plates each side) and then had a cast centre cap which sat over the bolt head and was velcro'd onto the outer spreader plate.
Here are the wheel centres after giving them a quick wash....to remove all the dust and dirt from storage.
These have all been well used and as well as having the usual 'weathering' paint to dull them down, make them look more authentic, they also have the battle scars from being used on set. Some have cracks and chips in, most have scuffs and scratches. All of them look cool!
They are made from thick GRP from an original mould and have rubber spokes to allow them to flex when mounted on the wheel. Apparently, on set, the trucks were driven over rocks and boulders which caused the tyres to flex enough to crack the surface of some of the wheel covers, despite them having the flexible rubber spokes. My friend built the orignial trucks (as well as the quads) so has plenty of stories to tell about them as well as quite a few cool photos as they were being constructed.
The covers were centrally bolted to the wheels with M16 bolts (with 4mm thick spreader plates each side) and then had a cast centre cap which sat over the bolt head and was velcro'd onto the outer spreader plate.
Here are the wheel centres after giving them a quick wash....to remove all the dust and dirt from storage.