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One other thing to note about original LAT 70s, they did not have a bead =
lip around the edge for the tires to hook into. When Sunbeam =
Specialties remanufactured the wheels, they had that lip added.
> On Sep 22, 2025, at 10:34=E2=80=AFAM, D or G at sbc =
<orr4sale@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
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> 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.
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> David Franchi
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> On Monday, September 22, 2025 at 09:04:52 AM PDT, Joe Brown =
<jbbrown1980@gmail.com> wrote:
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> 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. He finally came over and asked =
me if they were "Dan Gurney" wheels. 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. I thought that the only other car that had our =
HandS made wheels was the Corvair. 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. =46rom Googling around it looks like =
a lot of 914 guys are using this style of wheel.
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> I learn something new every day.
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> Have Fun,
> Joe Brown
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-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">One other =
thing to note about original LAT 70s, they did not have a bead lip =
around the edge for the tires to hook into. When Sunbeam =
Specialties remanufactured the wheels, they had that lip =
added.<div><br></div><div><br =
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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=3D"ltr" data-setdir=3D"false">David =
Franchi</div><div dir=3D"ltr" data-setdir=3D"false"><br></div><div =
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dir=3D"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. He finally came =
over and asked me if they were "Dan Gurney" wheels. 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. I thought that the only =
other car that had our HandS made wheels was the Corvair. 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. =
=46rom 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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