[Tigers] LAT70 Wheels

[Joe Brown]

What I have on my car are the 15" reproductions from Sunbeam Specialties.
I also have an original set of the 13" wheels that the original owner had
on the car.  When I was restoring the car I found that one of the wheels
had a bigger hub opening than the other 3.  The original owner had been
rear-ended on the driver's side and I figured out that the passenger side
rear wheel must have been pushed into a curb or something and he got a
replacement wheel that was a little different.  Another hint was that the
hub on that side was bent a little bit and I had to get a new one made up
by Doug Jennings.

Sorry for the rambling.

Joe

On Mon, Sep 22, 2025 at 12:52 PM Jay <jay.laifman at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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 AM, D or G at sbc <orr4sale at sbcglobal.net>
> wrote:
>
> 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.
>
> David Franchi
>
> http://www.jackmcafee.com/resources/SidebySide.jpg
>
> On Monday, September 22, 2025 at 09:04:52 AM PDT, Joe Brown <
> jbbrown1980 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> 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.  From Googling around it looks like a lot of 914 guys are
> using this style of wheel.
>
> I learn something new every day.
>
> Have Fun,
> Joe Brown
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