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Re: [Tigers] LAT70 Wheels

To: "Tigers@autox.team.net" <tigers@autox.team.net>, Joe Brown <jbbrown1980@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Tigers] LAT70 Wheels
From: D or G at sbc <orr4sale@sbcglobal.net>
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2025 17:34:30 +0000 (UTC)
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 Many companies made aftermarket LAT 70 style wheels. These copies don't ha=
ve the spinner mount cast as part of the wheel like an original LAT wheel. =
The same goes for the original Corvair or Porsche wheels.
David Franchi
http://www.jackmcafee.com/resources/SidebySide.jpg
    On Monday, September 22, 2025 at 09:04:52 AM PDT, Joe Brown <jbbrown198=
0@gmail.com> wrote: =20
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 I took my Tiger to a car show this past Saturday and a guy walked up and s=
tared at my wheels for a long time.=C2=A0 He finally came over and asked me=
 if they were "Dan Gurney" wheels.=C2=A0 He pulled out his phone and showed=
 me a picture of his Porsche 914 that had a set of wheels that looked just =
like the LAT70s.=C2=A0 I thought that the only other car that had our HandS=
 made wheels was the Corvair.=C2=A0 When I got home I pulled out my book of=
 Norman and read up on the history of these wheels and it does say that Dan=
 Gurney and some other companies made their own versions of this wheel late=
r in the '60s and '70s.=C2=A0 From Googling around it looks like a lot of 9=
14 guys are using this style of wheel.
I learn something new every day.
Have Fun,Joe Brown_______________________________________________

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        <div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Many companies made aftermarket LAT 
70 style wheels. These copies don't have the spinner mount cast as part of the 
wheel like an original LAT wheel. The same goes for the original Corvair or 
Porsche wheels.</div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">David 
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                        On Monday, September 22, 2025 at 09:04:52 AM PDT, Joe 
Brown &lt;jbbrown1980@gmail.com&gt; wrote:
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                <div><div id="ydp1b6f90f0yiv1258509484"><div dir="ltr">I took 
my Tiger to a car show this past Saturday and a guy walked up and stared at my 
wheels for a long time.&nbsp; He finally came over and asked me if they were 
"Dan Gurney" wheels.&nbsp; He pulled out his phone and showed me a picture of 
his Porsche 914 that had a set of wheels that looked just like the 
LAT70s.&nbsp; I thought that the only other car that had our HandS made wheels 
was the Corvair.&nbsp; When I got home I pulled out my book of Norman and read 
up on the history of these wheels and it does say that Dan Gurney and some 
other companies made their own versions of this wheel later in the '60s and 
'70s.&nbsp; From Googling around it looks like a lot of 914 guys are using this 
style of wheel.<div><br></div><div>I learn something new every 
day.</div><div><br></div><div>Have Fun,</div><div>Joe Brown</div></div>
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