Re: why wire wheels?
The only spoked brake drums I ever saw were Rocky Mountain brake drums. They were after market for early thirties cars, I have one for a 35.
I’ve been around a lot of model A, a few thirty to 34 and a ton of 35 and later original cars an never saw spoked drums, although where I grew up very few folks bought that type of goody got their car.
I always heard that sports car racers like wire wheels because they are lighter and will give more than a disc wheel when hitting a curb or rut.
They way ‘36 through 39 were bolted directly to the brake drum must have been stronger.
VW did it that way, Porsche too, for many years.
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