I have LAT-70's on my car, & while they are a good looking wheel & a good
period piece they are a pretty lousy wheel from a functional standpoint.
They require a tube, in a tubeless tire world. there is about nothing
avalible in the way of high perf. tube type tires, & using a tube in a
tubeless tire pretty well wipes out the speed rating, so now I'm running
around in a 130 mph car that I can't get suitable tires for my cool
original type wheels. No I don't drive it that fast, or at least haven't
recently, but that is not my point. I sure hope these wheels are better
than they look, cause they look like they were some high school kids
metalshop project, with rough castings, a big parting line & only the
outside machined. But, like I said, they look cool, & are apropriate for
the car, so they stay on.
Doug Leithauser
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> Richard Atherton writes:
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> >OK, so what happened to the original molds for the LAT-70 wheels?
>
> While I do spend some time on the LAT wheel story in the book, I'm not
> certain there is mention of the final disposistion of the "70" molds.
>
> Rick McLeod purchased them with plans to put the wheels back into
> production. DOT regs forced completely new patterens and for the dead
> purest, another wheel altogether.
>
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