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Re: Hardtop Colors

To: Bob Diehl <bob_diehl@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: Hardtop Colors
From: Steve Laifman <SLaifman@socal.rr.com>
Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 14:49:30 -0700
Bob,

Your message is of great interest to me, and I would appreciate further 
details on who had LAT 31 wheels on their car, other than Doane Spencer, 
so as to validate them for inclusion in the TigersUnited.com material.

As of September, 1966, the Dealer Confidential LAT Price List

http://www.tigersunited.com/resources/parts_service/pp-letters.asp
and http://www.tigersunited.com/resources/parts_service/lat.asp

did not list the LAT 31 knock-off alloy wheels and hubs as an option. 
And, unless you were Doane Spencer,
your chances of getting a set were near zero.  They were homogulated, 
but I believe production was limited
to Doane, or just a few top race winners.  If you have ANY other 
verifiable owners of this equipment, or cars other than Doane's race 
car, to disclose, it would be of great interest to the Tiger community.

Lightweight Magnesium Wheels were offered as a Rootes (England) Factory 
Race Department option, and were likely Minilites, though unstated in 
their Factory Performance Options listing:

http://www.tigersunited.com/resources/RootesGrpRacingDept/pp-RootesGrpRacingDept5.asp

Please update our verifiable records, so we may include this interesting 
statement.

Steve

Bob Diehl wrote:

> The dealers also had LAT sales materials, but you could get a set of 
> LAT 31s.
>
> bob_diehl
>
> At 02:49 PM 5/23/2005 -0400, Drmoonstone@aol.com wrote:
>
>> I have two different Dealer sales kits that indicate tops when 
>> ordered as an
>> option can be had in the matching body color. This sales kit was not 
>> offered
>> to the public but to the dealer only. Right as usual Steve.
>

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Steve Laifman
Editor - TigersUnited.com





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