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Re: Knock-Off Wheels II

To: Bob Wiedemeyer <boxweed@thebest.net>
Subject: Re: Knock-Off Wheels II
From: HFC <froggi@cdsnet.net>
Date: Wed, 05 May 1999 15:40:08 -0700
Cc: spridgets@autox.team.net
Organization: WFO Racing
References: <1999May05.183159.G1013.1818967@thebest.net>
Reply-to: HFC <froggi@cdsnet.net>
Sender: owner-spridgets@autox.team.net
Fellow Spridgeteers & Bob too!

See pages 82 (small photo caption) & 83 (under "Wheels & Tyres") for the info
on knock-offs.
WFO Herb


Bob Wiedemeyer wrote:

> What page is this information on in Horler's book?  I've never been able to
> find an actual date in his book when they were discontinued, either here or
> in the home market; only that they were discontinued in the "late 60's".
>
> Bob
>
> ----------
> > From: HFC <froggi@cdsnet.net>
> > To: spidgets <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> > Subject: Knock-Off Wheels
> > Date: Wednesday, May 05, 1999 12:37 PM
> >
> > Fellow Spridgeteers,
> >
> > The employment of knock-off wheels, state side, was quite limited.  From
> > my personal experience, the 1965 Corvette aluminum wheel option had
> > ko's, my heavily optioned '67 roadster did not.  The wheels were
> > visually the same, but the later cars bolted on in the conventional
> > manner.
> >
> > My MkIII Sprite, HAN8L-58497 and built between January and February
> > 1966, has knock-off wire wheels.
> >
> > To quote Terry Horler "Wire wheeled cars bound for North America changed
> > from 'eared' spinners to octagonal nuts during 1966 to comply with
> > safety regulations, effectively leaving only right-hand drive cars with
> > 'eared' spinners."  And finally "...home market cars being the last to
> > change to hexagon nuts in 1969."
> >
> > WFO Herb
> >
> >
> >


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