OK. How's this thought. Spinners may have come in contact with concrete
curbing on city streets. The results? Maybe the spinners came loose from
this contact? Anyone dare guess the result?
Alan Schultz
HBJ8
GSFuqua1@aol.com wrote:
> Well, it seems we have the date, person and car reasonably pinned down
> but the reason for the change from eared spinners didn't happen until
> 1967. I believe we have the DOT to thank for that change but in
> reality it probably came about more from the Corvette and American
> Marques than the British Marques. The difference being that the
> spinners on Corvettes required a small pin to be inserted to keep them
> from coming off. As most know the British wheels are set up to
> actually tighten when driven. Not so for the American models.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Gary Fuqua
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