Oog. Grisly anecdote, but good point. Wood rims for the race track should be
considered on a par with polo shirts and "skull-cap" helmets -- a nostalgic
memory of bygone heroes -- not something you'd use yourself.
On the street I think I can live with it...
on 3/6/02 12:42 PM, Rocky Frisco at rock@rocky-frisco.com wrote:
>
> Just a mention here: back in the mid-60's I installed the wood-rim
> wheel on my Mini racer that I had taken off my MGA when I sold it.
> Then a few months later I removed it and replaced it with a
> rubber-rimmed wheel.
>
> This was because of seeing what a wood-rimmed wheel can do to a
> person in a bad accident. One of my friends at the track was stabbed
> really badly by the wood on the rim when he flipped his Sprite. It
> made a bad injury accident *much* worse; they were picking splinters
> out of his innards for hours, according to the doctors.
>
> Hope you all don't mind, but I thought this worth a mention.
>
> -Rock http://www.rocky-frisco.com
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If you're near Mountain View, CA,
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