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I am ..still... in the process of not restoring my fathers 1959 Dexta.

I learned to drive tractors on it, an on my first crash, I stoved in the nose cone, and 40 years later I have now 'fixed ' it, these things take time

I have painted replacement girls blue ..for now, though dad insists they were orange from new ..despite the many debates!

But I am trying to fit the right (correct) front rims.

I have two sets of 4 inch rims.
One set has 3 round holes in them in the dish, and quite large gaps where the dish meets the rim,
the second set has 4 square 'wheel weigh noles' and narrower gaps around the edge.
Which set are correct?
Sorry about poor photo quality

Dexta front wheels have 4 square wheel weight holes.
Good luck with the resto!

Thanks

Not planning on a full restoration on this, just a tidy up of bits that are rusted out or damaged.

I have seen many that have supposedly been restored, and unless it is a full nut and bolt strip down and clean and respray, they always look worse to my mind than just left with the old paint work.

I have re pain ted the tin work, as it has been subject to much beating, welding and patching, so it needed new paint.. but the main structure has been left ...one day maybe..but want to get it mechanically sound again, with all correct parts fitted, original and repaired rather than, patent part wings, nose cones etc.

Pretty much done ...just correct good wheel sand a tool box to find now. I have a tool box here, but it looks more Fergie than Dexta, and its mounting holes do not match up with the original tool box holes,,so it can't be the right one

i just spotted these that I can probably have

no square holes..do the look like Dexta?