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Re: Silver Stone Wheels

To: RMEbstein@aol.com
Subject: Re: Silver Stone Wheels
From: Steve Laifman <SLaifman@socal.rr.com>
Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 15:38:51 -0800
Rodney,

If you go to http://www.tigersunited.com/ and look at the car on the 
first page, the car shown has the Silverstone wheels made by American 
Racing, in Los Angeles.  This is my car, and those wheels were a dealer 
option when it was purchased.  They are aluminum.  Another version 
looked the same, but was magnesium.  Unfortunately, though lighter, the 
magnesium got brittle with age and were disallowed for racing as they aged.

This wheel is no longer made, but some "look similar" wheels are, 
depending on one's criticality.  There is a page of wheels on the site, 
as well, on other Tigers, 
http://www.tigersunited.com/techtips/tech_threads/tt-wheel.asp and I 
have hidden one with strong wire wheels (not Alpine) on the site. 


Steve Laifman

RMEbstein@aol.com wrote:

>Hi Listers,
> 
>I have a question. On page 53 of Bill Carroll's book and on page 58 of the  
>BON, the AHRA champion Tiger has a set of wheels that I like a lot. Are these  
>wheels called Silver Stones? Are they rare? Can they be found? Are they  
>currently produced? Are/were they made in the US or England (or somewhere 
>else)?  
>Does anyone have them for sale?
> 
>Any info would be appreciated. Thank you. 
> 
>Rodney
>  
>
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Steve Laifman
Editor
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