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Hickory

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Welcome to the forum! One of my Plymouths is a 29 which is very similar to yours except it has a four cylinder engine and 20 inch wheels. Your wheels look in good shape! My wooden wheels were pretty tired but came up A1 with some care. I stripped off remaining paint then applied many coats of a 50:50 mix of linseed oil and mineral turpentine which absorbed in to restore the timber. Allowed it to dry a few weeks then applied marine varnish. Most of these cars had painted spokes but to show the wood is a very popular feature that gets wows from viewers.

 

If you have loose spokes you can carefully disassemble and insert thin sheet metal washers between end of spokes and rim. I coated them with epoxy for an extra strong result and they are still good over 20 years later. You should get lots of specialist advice from the Desoto club.

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