what to do with wheels

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I recently fitted new SS spokes to the front of my 70 model. I used wheel building instructions from a NOC website, unlike when I did the rear in bygone days when I worked it out for myself.
It was only after lacing it up that I realised that it had been incorrectly laced for the last 30 years or more. So it's a good thing I had proper instructions, rather than just copying what was there. Instead of trying to set up a truing fixture, I just put it into the forks on its own axle. Now it runs centrally in the forks for a change.
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Martin
 
When I had my new rims laced some 14 years ago, Bob Raber, of Raber's Parts Mart, suggested Kelly Moss. IIRC, he charged $40/ rim. It was well worth the $80 just to watch him work. A true artisan. This was when I lived in the San Francisco Bay area. I don't know how to reach Kelly, but Raber's may know.
 
Took a real close look at my wheels today. The chrome on the front rim is in nearly perfect shape and the spokes polish up, so I assume they are SS. I am guessing that the front wheel was re-built at some point. The rear wheel, I believe has not been rebuilt as the spokes are zinc coated. The rim of rear wheel is the one with major gouges in the chrome. So.... I'd like to rebuild the rear to match the front.
Question. What is the best way to match the wheels? Where can one buy an original, chromed, steel rim? Buchanan has some they call "British" rims. They also have some chromed, 19", 2.15 rim on sale.

Seems like most folks are going to polished aluminum rims. Do these match the look of chrome? Also, and this is a real basic question - are the original Norton rims dimpled?
 
Polished aluminum looks real close to chrome, better IMO. Original rims were dimpled.
 
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