fuchs wheel restoration shop in europe

[fourteenten]

http://www.felgen-service.de/

Andreas Schumann

[mazza]

Thank you Moito!!

Great infos!

Wow!
Thank you fourteenten!

Anybody tried schumann?
Is his work at Keller level?

[Darren65]

Thank you guys for your help!

I heard about art restoration in Strasbourg, they have a nice web-site and they invest lots of money in advertisement on french press.
I will contact them and the restorer in Koln too.

I heard about a very expert restorer in UK too.
It isn't canford nor car and classic: i'm sure a specialist makes fuchs for them but I can't remember his name...

Thank you!

.....you may be thinking of Biagio Chrzanowski, all the best restorers in the UK use him.....he's done a couple of sets for me in both standard and racing finish...

Recently I was fortunate to acquire a couple of sets of very straight genuine 7R's which I've matched with Deep 6's and took these to Biagio Chrzanowski who magically transformed them from this......



....to this .....



.....I decided to go with a regular finish on this set with Biagio now refurbing the second set in a racing (RSR) finish as per my originals......and not only the finish that's new as I decided to give these a try ....



....although looking a little like truck tyres compared to the Avons I was a tad concerned if they'd fit....



....interesting to compare the worn Avons with new CN36 and CR6ZZ.....



....car now looking fab again .....



Not had a real chance to try the Pirelli's yet although looking forward to comparing them against the Avons which I love.

Have to say a huge thanks to Biagio who's work is absolutely sublime and very authentic 8)

If anyone is looking for some top end Fuchs now's the time to catch him as he currently has finished sets of every size available from......and if you need a set refurbished I couldn't recommend Biagio highly enough, top end work at a fair price......oh, and he's also about two years quicker than other people I could mention! :wink:

Cheers Biagio, you are indeed a Master Jeweler

I'm picking up these beauties this week ......







These will be paired with Avons CR6ZZ's and will be going straight on the orange car, as nice as the original finish is I think the racing finish just suits the Mongrel better

So what started off as a money saving exercise to buy fake Fuchs for track days and use old worn Avons rather than destroying good road tyres has ended up with acquiring two full sets of original 6 & 7R's, freshly refurbished with new rubber whilst retaining my original HarveyW widened 7R's with a pair of Group4 deep 6's for track days!

The original plan was always to sell one set of originals but then I'm thinking if the market continues to fall I may eventually be able to afford a SWB project and I've read somewhere that 6 & 7R's with 175/70 fronts and 185/70 rears look mighty fine and go pretty well on one of those early twitchy cars!

Time will tell.

Cheers,

[Darren65]

....and with rubber....

Avons now fitted to my racing finish wheels, again gorgeous work from Biagio ....



....although this time I asked him to leave the backs in their original never restored glory...the back on the wheel furthest right is Harvey's faithful reconstruction....



....pretty cool being able to see the original ink stamps .....





....these will now be first choice on the Mongrel which I think looks better with racing finish wheels.

Cheers,

[mazza]

Thank you Darren!

Great infos!

Just one question.
What about your fuchs conditions before restoration?
Were they fine or Biagio had to weld them?

[MPST]

I know Mr.Gebhard and I know his shop.

I also know Mr. Keller and I have also made my experience with Weidmann.

Gebhard is doing a very solid craftmanship. He is not the guy who remanufacture a complete bended wheel to a shiny optic. The same with his shop, it's not a shiny showroom, it looks like a lot of hard and dirty work.


I fully recommend Gebhard!!

[mazza]

I know Mr.Gebhard and I know his shop.

I also know Mr. Keller and I have also made my experience with Weidmann.

Gebhard is doing a very solid craftmanship. He is not the guy who remanufacture a complete bended wheel to a shiny optic. The same with his shop, it's not a shiny showroom, it looks like a lot of hard and dirty work.


I fully recommend Gebhard!!

Who is Gebhard?
Where is licated his shop?

[oliver-911]

It‘s the shop I mentioned in my post#5

[mazza]

Thank you oliver.

I saved your link.
I will send him a set of 6' to see how he works.

https://www.aasesales.com/products/b...0bd05f6b&_ss=r

Here is a pair of wheels currently for sale.
The defective wheel shows what I'm afraid of.
Hope an expert restorer can avoid this kind of problems.

[fourteenten]

Welding will always show through the anodized layer.

Cees