[Tigers] Magnesium wheels

[awtiger at cox.net]

David & Steve:

I've got a set of Silverstones for my Tiger.  They are, of course, really cool period wheels but, with all the info that's been flying around about magnesium wheels in the last few years, I've kept them just for show.  I think I've only driven the car once with them on it and had no problems, but I'd sure hate to write off my Tiger because I had an old magnesium wheel break at speed.  True enough, the wheels look fantastic on the Tiger, but they're not worth using and possibly losing the car over.

By the way, the only way I could ever get them to hold air was to run innertubes in the tires.  Otherwise, given a sufficient amount of time, the air just bleeds out through the wheels.

My .02 worth,
Andy Walker
Edmond, OK
B382001600LRXFE TAC #740
B9006857LRX

---- David Sosna <sosnaenergyconsulting at cox.net> wrote: 
> Thanks, Steve--I'll give it a try.
> Looking at what you wrote below, I wonder if that's why the P.O. had 
> installed inner tubes.  I had put it down to a hot rodders' trick from 
> 'the day' to create stiffer sidewalls on the high profile tires in order 
> to help cornering, but now I'm wondering if he kept losing air as well.
> 
> Time to get out the polish (grin).
> 
> Best Regards
> David