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Cork tyre inserts? help needed please

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Well, they arrived today.
One is complete, in the sense that the inner steel bar is connected, the other isn't!

As delivered and unboxed.....
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They're obviously not for the wood sprint rims.....
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This is what I meant by not connected.....
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This is how they join; the 'nut' has two flat spots for a spanner and the other end of the bar is threaded for about 1 1/2 inches......
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I'm so hoping that's some lettering/logo under that crust!
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Here are some shots of one of the sections of cork.....
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I'll try a little gentle cleaning of the 'nut' tomorrow if I have time.

The wood rims are " Laroche Pouchois " by the way, and are true as you like, lovely.....
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Any ideas yet anyone?
 
I cleaned up the nut section of the retaining band, discovered that the section the nut is fixed to has a left-hand thread. Nut has 4 flats, not 2 as first thought.....
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Sadly no logos were found. I filled the nut with penetrating oil and left it for 3 days. Today I freed the nut and managed to attach it to the other threaded end.....
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Have mounted it on this TOC French rim.....
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The rim is this size and it seems to fit well.....
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Will have to make at least 5 new cork segments I think.
Still searching for info?
 
Ok ... looks like Westwood rims made in france by the Gravigny Factory size 70 (700) and i think the 35 is the style number of the rim

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Gravigny is a town located in Normandy.
Looks to have been a foundry in this town around 1900 -
a forge called Sainte-Marie, created in 1859 and bought by the S.A Gravigny in 1905. - this dates the rim approx due to the
crest of foundries Ste Marie de Gravigny, which places them between 1890 and 1910.
 
Ok ... looks like Westwood rims made in france by the Gravigny Factory size 70 (700) and i think the 35 is the style number of the rim

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Many thanks @filmonger.
I've done a little sleuthing about gravigny but I hadn't come across those images before.
As an aside, the rim has pairs of holes punched in it at regular spacings around it. I wondered what these might be for but now I think they may have been a crude attempt at retaining some form of solid tyre using square section tacks/nails. All holes have been punched through from the braking surface side.....
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