Bart:
Those are precious wheels, indeed. They are American Racing "Silverstone"
wheels. They may as well have been made out of "unobtainium," as they have
been out of production for years. I know of noone who is reproducing those
wheels. I had a set for one of my old Tigers back in the mid-80's and,
like an idiot, sold them when I sold the car (I could shoot myself right
about now for that). I have seen sets advertized for as much as $1200.00
to $1500.00 per set, which is out of reach for guys like me.
Good luck in your search. Maybe one of these days they will get
reproduced. I would definitely be a buyer!
Andy Walker
B382001600
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> From: Bart Sneary <bsneary@gateway.net>
> To: Bob Palmer <rpalmer@ames.ucsd.edu>; Dave Binkley
<dbinkley@argotech.com>; 'Tiger List' <tigers@autox.team.net>
> Subject: RE: Picture of Miles prototype
> Date: Tuesday, May 18, 1999 10:13 PM
>
> Can anybody tell me what kind of wheels are on the Miles prototype and
where
> a guy might pick up a set?
>
> -Bart Sneary
> MK1A
> Sioux City, IA
> bsneary@gateway.net
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-tigers@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-tigers@autox.team.net]On
> Behalf Of Bob Palmer
> Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 1999 1:35 PM
> To: Dave Binkley; 'Tiger List'
> Subject: Re: Picture of Miles prototype
>
>
> Dave, et Listers,
>
> It certainly looks nice in the photo. So that's the famous Candy Apple
Red.
> Now, I suppose to be absolutely correct, the car should have been painted
> the original color first, and then the Candy Apple Red applied kind of
> quick and dirty on top. Seriously, I can imagine it was difficult to find
> answers to a lot of questions about just how the car was when Miles did
it.
> Not too many who saw it left around, and probably not nearly as much
photos
> and documentation available like Dick has for the Coupe and without
which,
> the restoration could not have been nearly as "correct". I guess both
cars
> will be at SUNI in July.
>
> TTFN,
>
> Bob
>
> At 12:27 PM 5/18/99 -0700, Dave Binkley wrote:
> >The following link is a picture of the Miles prototype at Bo Cheadle's
open
> >house on May 1. Looks fantastic! Go up one level and there are pics of
> >Fords at the Blackhawk tour.
> >
> >http://members.xoom.com/fastfords/blckhawk/14c.JPG
> >
> >Dave
> >
> >
> Bob Palmer
> UCSD, AMES Dept.
> rpalmer@ames.ucsd.edu
>
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