V

Hi guys.

This was actually yesturday but didn't have time to write then. My usual monday but thisone was rough. Lot's of things do to at work. Day just got better when I found something browsing the Swedish equivalent of Craigslist. Phoned him right away and went to pick it up after work.

Single RUF 10x19" one-piece wheel in the traditional RUF hypersilver finish . Turns out the swedish RUF subsidiary just shut down and this was one of the things they had left. This wheel has been used in their shop as well as on motorsport fairs, representing some of the products that RUF has to offer. Never mounted on a car though but perfectly useable. Man this wheel is heavy but very good looking. It's shining like a piece of jewelry .

My GF thinks I'm crazy. I came home with a big smile on my face and the wheel under my arm. She goes: What the hell are you going to do with one wheel?? . She has a point though, any ideas?

- Send the wheel to Andreas (AOW...) for a good clean and make make a RUF clock out of it?

- Use it in the garden as a waterhose pulley(?)

- Put it in the book shelf or hang it on the wall in the garage?

- Get another 3 (don't know if it's possible) and put them on the car?

- Put in on the floor in the living room, order a custom piece of glass and put it on the wheel, making it a table to have by the sofa?

No HTwo O

Very cool. I vote for a custom table.

ZombiePorsche44

+1 with a thick glass top

mongrelcat

+2, great find

FisterD

Awesome find Viggo!

Keadog

Table is the first thing I thought of before I read the rest of your post!

Full Boost

Viggo,

See here - its the ONLY right thing to do ....

https://rennlist.com/forums/993-foru...art-yet-d.html

Simon.

AOW162435

Herr Viggo,
I'll gladly make one of these and ship it to you - just tell me the backspacing of the wheel:








Andreas

Cactus

Send it to Cactus and he will take you to Victory!

timothymoffat

Great score Viggo. I like the table idea but you need a tire on it for that IMO.

Kein_Ersatz

+5 on table, may need to build a base to raise it up a bit, I bet Andreas can come up with " a leg under the wheel design from his garden hose wheel mount (with legs) design.

Sweet find!

AOW162435

My quick solution: I would use the same 1/4" plate steel disc as shown in my picture, weld on wheel studs in order to affix the RUF wheel with Porsche lug nuts, and weld that to a longer/taller version on the thick-wall steel pipe shown in my pic. Then I would have a large-diameter plate steel disc cut to serve as the base (to which the pipe is welded. Presto! Bomb-proof RUF wheel table base.

Like this, but with a longer/taller section of pipe and a large-diameter, round base rather than the square mounting plate shown:








Andreas

Robert Collins - 96 993TT

You could always send it to me as a spare!!

V

I was somewhat expecting this guy to chme in ..
Yours are 18" though, right? ..
US trip for 2010 in planning mode right now.. Probably looking at July but no dates set yet.. Will get back to you on that one.. Oh and yes, I will be spending some time at Victory..

Either that or what Andreas said below. I agree that a tire would work as well!

Thanks Andreas, that's very generous of you! I'm liking the "RUF coffee table" idea . Something like a 26" diameter glass piece on top of the 19" wheel.. The wheel is 10" wide (or high in this case) so I'm thinking a coffee table by the sofa should be low, maybe like 17-20" high? I understand the idea of making a stand that bolts onto the wheel, but what will the glass rest on?

The hose reel is cool as well but a table would be much more useable

Robert, I agree that this would make the most sense. But these RUF wheels are very solid, so I don't see anyone bending one anytime soon . The hypersilver coating is tough to replicate though so if you scratch one of your rear wheels you know who to call ..

onboost

Nice work Andreas..

You're giving me ideas here and I'll be contacting you in a month or so!

Paul