[Tigers] LAT70 Wheels

[Will Seay]

I had seen these wheels on the ill-fated Fitch Phoenix (see attached) but I
didn't know that they were an option for the production Corvair.

Will - 382001570
Tigers at embarqmail.com


On Mon, Sep 22, 2025 at 4:54 PM Douglas Lyle via Tigers <
tigers at autox.team.net> wrote:

> I had a set of these wheels in 15 x 5.5 (4 x 130) for a dune buggy project
> I was working on.  I also have seen the same Hands type wheels in old hot
> rod magazines.
>
>
> Doug Lyle
>
> On Monday, September 22, 2025 at 09:03:42 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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