[Fot] ARE "Le Mans" - 6"x15"

[Duncan Charlton]

Photo of an ARE Silverstone (pay no attention to the hand...):

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Duncan
(Texas)
1952 Morgan Plus 4 #6 red


On Aug 22, 2011, at 8:43 AM, Robert M. Lang wrote:

> On Sun, 21 Aug 2011, Bobby Whitehead wrote:
>
>> is it the 'classic' wheel you are referring to as LeMans style?
>
> No. The VTO classis 8 is a minilite reproduction. American Racing sold an 8
spoke and called it the Silverstone, but it looks completely different than
the Minilite and the various repro / copy minilite wheels. The Retro 4 is a
repro of the "Libre". The latest one (not illustrated on the site yet) is a
repro of the LeMans which IS illustrated here:
>
> http://www.acmespeedshop.com/wheels.html
>
> (down at the bottom of the page).
>
>> Bobby Whitehead
>
> I hope this is clear.
>
> FWIW, I'm not sure that American Racing had the LeMans in 13", but I could
be wrong on that. I know they had them in 15" 'cuz I have a dozen or so of
those. :-)
>
> Regards,
> rml
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