Those wheels are still on that SV withits new owner.. have heard lots about
that car, apparently THE autocross sunbeam
On 20 May 2010 10:02, David T Johnson <djoh797014@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I had a set of JA Pierce (JAP) MAGNA wheels. The MAGNA meant they
> magnesium/aluminum. I sold them to Uncle Wally who used them on his
> autocross Alpine. He loved the wheels and knew quite a bit on their
> history. I wish he had written it down. Tiger Tom has two sets. One on
> his race Tiger and another on trailer which towed it. Log at the picure
> of his Tiger towing a Tiger. You'll see the Magna's
>
> I found a set of plastic chrome caps from American racing. I pealed the
> decal off and weather strip glued them to the wheel. The I wrote CAT
> and got 4 deals, Cut out the center and stuck them to the caps. Wally
> said the glue held great and he never lost a cap. TT was always after
> where he got the caps.
>
> Used the money to buy my LAT-9s.
>
> --- On Wed, 5/19/10, wsamouce <wsamouce@kc.rr.com> wrote:
>
>
> From: wsamouce <wsamouce@kc.rr.com>
> Subject: Re: [Tigers] ARE Libre wheels
> To: "'David Sosna'" <sosnaenergyconsulting@cox.net>, tigers@autox.team.net
> Date: Wednesday, May 19, 2010, 6:46 PM
>
>
> Hey David,
>
> I believe I have the non-magnesium wheels. Some time back I came across
> info on the JAP wheels and mine did not have the markings of the racing
> magnesium wheels. It a good thing as I am able to still use them.
>
> I sure would love to find some center caps. I have spinners right now but
> would like to have the original center caps. Do you have some that you can
> take a picture of as I don't even know what I am looking for?
>
> Duke
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tigers-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:tigers-bounces@autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of David Sosna
> Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 9:25 AM
> To: tigers@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Tigers] ARE Libre wheels
>
> Hi Duke:
> My Tiger also came with a set of JAP wheels--Tiger's gone, but the
> wheels remain. One of 'em has a small crack, and I've not been able to
> find someone locally who will weld it for me--it's magnesium or
> magnalume or some such, and they're concerned it'll catch fire and do a
> china syndrome since magnesium provides it's own oxygen for burning.
>
> The wheels are really light, but there were some concerns expressed on
> the list about the strength of 40 year old magnesium ( I gather it rots)
> and the wisdom of actually having them on the car for daily use, so I'd
> replaced 'em with steelies. Looks like yours are holding up well, though.
>
> I like the pattern. I saw a picture of a Healey 3000 with a set, but
> until you mentioned it, I didn't know of anyone else with a set, so they
> must be pretty rare.
> :-)
>
> Best Regards
> David Sosna
>
> wsamouce wrote:
> > I have JAP wheels on my Tiger and many think they are ugly as hell too.
> >
> > Each to their own as the maid kissed the cow.
> >
> > Duke
> > B382002037
> >
> >
> >
>
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