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Re: LAT 70 MOLDS

To: "Dave McDermott" <dave.mcdermott@cusys.edu>
Subject: Re: LAT 70 MOLDS
From: "JAN HARDE" <harde@cyberesc.net>
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1998 21:25:24 -0700
Dave,
You are probably talking about original LAT 70's, if you have the repop
ones, they do tend to leak, from the 2 sets I bought, I had to return 2
rims, and still 2 more have slow leaks...
That is probably what he is talking about, better fix is to paint the inside
of the rim with a rubberized compound.
Take care,

See Ya'       Jan....


-----Original Message-----
From: Dave McDermott <dave.mcdermott@cusys.edu>
To: Doug & Rett Leithauser <dleit@mintcity.com>; Norman C. Miller
<rootes1@best.com>; tigers@autox.team.net <tigers@autox.team.net>
Date: Tuesday, April 07, 1998 8:01 AM
Subject: Re: LAT 70 MOLDS


>        Doug,
>
>        Why do you think you need to run tubes with LAT 70s? I'm sure many
>of us on the list including myself are running them tubeless. I anyway have
>had no problems running tubeless tires on the LAT 70s.
>
>        Dave McDermott
>
>
>At 07:50 PM 4/2/98 -0500, Doug & Rett Leithauser wrote:
>>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
>>
>>----------
>>> Richard Atherton writes:
>>>
>>> >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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