In a message dated 96-04-24 22:14:38 EDT, rootes1@best.com (Norman Miller)
writes:
>>> You are all absolutely right, except, both the Tiger and Alpine wheels
are
>>> the same.......
>>>
>>>.....If you bought a 64/65 Tiger, or Alpine, you got the early style
wheel.
>>> If you bought a 66/67 Tiger, or Alpine, you got the late style wheel.
>>Norm
>
However, if you remember Gary Winblad's post:
> .......the raised surface of the '64 Tiger rim is
>higher and has the diameter of 1.5 inches. The '66 Alpine one is raised up
>above the suface thinner and has the diameter of only 1 inch.
>From Gary's observation, his EARLIER, '64 Tiger wheel, has the higher, 1.5"
diameter raised surface around the lug holes, but not his LATER, '66 Alpine
wheel.
You wrote previously that the LATER wheel (allegedly used on both Tigers and
Alpines from around 1964-65 onward) was beefed up to prevent lug pull-through
due to greater stresses from the Tiger.
Sorry, Norm, you can't have it both ways. Gary's heavier-duty '64 wheel
should not predate the thinner '66 wheel described above if they were used on
both cars as you suggest.
Tiger wheels are different, despite having the same factory part number.
Hope you haven't been running around on non-stock (GASP!!) Alpine wheels
all these years.
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