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15" LAT 70 Wheels?
Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2011 2:01 pm
by Ash
I have been speaking with ET Wheels of California who may be interested in manufacturing 15" x 6.5" LAT 70 wheels if there is enough of a market? These wheels would retail for $3-350 each.
Any takers?
Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2011 12:58 am
by michael-king
Ash, Tom Hall and Rob Gruera (sp?) of modtiger engineering did the work to make 14 and 15" versions of the lat 70's about 3 years back.. might be worth touching base with them to see where it got.
Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2011 9:23 am
by Ash
Thanks Mike, I did contact them a while ago but nothing has moved forward.
E.T. machined some one off wheels for a customer from a billet so have the specs but need to produce 150 wheels to make a cast wheel affordable.
With 13" tyres becoming hard to find it seems a natural progression to go this route for those who want to keep their cars looking fairly original.
Any feedback welcome
Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2011 1:00 pm
by michael-king
Ash,
You can still get 13" tyres.. not as easy.. but they are available.. and probably will always be.. but may get a bit more expensive/difficult (that said.. 13" are pretty well priced compared to larger tyres)
I dont mind 14's on our cars.. but 15's require a specific design/tyre combo to stop them looking a little "fast and furious" as they can with some15" wheels and low profiles.... just my .02
wheels
Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2011 8:03 pm
by garyv8tiger
i,ll have some 17s
Re: wheels
Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2011 8:25 am
by alpine5gt
garyv8tiger wrote:i,ll have some 17s
Yuck, wagon wheels on a classic. Buy a Chrysler, then you can have 23"s
Re: wheels
Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2011 9:39 am
by gtsmrt
garyv8tiger wrote:i,ll have some 17s
Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2011 9:47 am
by sbt302
I'll have some 17"s gazza....
I think large wheels put the CLASS!! in CLASSIC....
there's no accounting for some peoples taste..
Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2011 4:48 pm
by Tomaselli
Quite like big wheels now it's been mentioned.......
Now where did I put my angle grinder
Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2011 6:26 pm
by tiger331
Tomaselli wrote:Quite like big wheels now it's been mentioned.......
Now where did I put my angle grinder
This is a nice looking kid-car. A Sunbeam Tiger is something else. I would never put something bigger than 14" on a Tiger.
But that is only me.
Hans
tiger
Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2011 8:37 pm
by garyv8tiger
to many purists .who are too scared to experiment ,theres more to tigers than a red 260 with an f4b and 13 inch minilites .
Re: tiger
Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2011 10:08 pm
by Ash
tiger
Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2011 10:53 pm
by garyv8tiger
bet yours is red .
Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2011 12:19 am
by michael-king
Tony,
Thats the 7 litre alpine rod from the states IIRC?
Re: tiger
Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2011 5:54 pm
by tiger331
garyv8tiger wrote:to many purists .who are too scared to experiment ,theres more to tigers than a red 260 with an f4b and 13 inch minilites .
You are right, there is nothing better than an original looking tiger (okay 8x13 on the rear) with a healthy 357 in the enginebay.
THIS is what a Tiger should be (for me, of course).
The big eyes of the Porsche, Cobra or other US-Car or sportscar drivers on the 1/4 mile are the best you can get.
Hans
For me, I do not need 15" or 16", in this case I am oldscool.