Many thanks all for your swift responses. Much food for thought in your advice which I will now consider but I am now wondering whether the Moto Lita wheel was made especially for this car.
I will still be looking for the offset wheel but thank you, BobTT, for letting me know that you have a spare wheel.
It may sound daft but I have also considered binding the wheel in string in the fashion of the vintage racers. I tried a section but I thought that it looked a little bit too mannered. I don't sail but I found lots of good advice about this technique from sailing websites and noticed that it is called coxcombing and that there were many different traditional patterns for yacht wheels.
I have slightly arthritic finger joints and I am looking for a thicker rim and more comfortable connection between the rim and the spoke which the leather wheels provide. Thanks again.
