Laughing out loud...
I told you my car's a toilet... and I'm just the big turd driving it...maybe I
should get a brown driver's suit...
WST
Flounder
Black Bart wrote:
> Sorry Ulix, but I had to laugh at WST's response. He is correct, they are AR
> wheels, specifically AR Libre wheels. If you are interested, I may have a
> source for them in Washington state.
>
> What I had to laugh about was WST's "the fenders slightly pulled out with no
> lip on the inner edge of the fender" statement. This "slightly pulled out"
> set-up is quite the sight, however, with just the right placement of the
> crowbar, WST has achieved the required clearance. It is a piece of work.
> Actually, it is all part of the "cultivated" look he refers to all the time,
> and the rear fenders do compliment the front ones. You see, they too have
> been "slightly pulled out". In this case though, not for tire clearance,
> but rather to fish out the myriad of wrenchs and sockets that have found
> their way between the fender and the body. The lower parts of the fender
> are no longer welded to the body, for easy access to this tool basin. Just
> pull the fender out, reach in and Wha La! you have your lost tool. In fact,
> if you follow WST, you will actually witness these fenders flapping in the
> breeze. Ever see his car? Its always front end high, like its about to
> launch into outer space and I think the front wings, er.. I mean fenders,
> help with the areodynamics.
>
> Oh ya, the modified radius arm mount. Another piece of work. Have to see
> this to believe it too. You really need to get to a Team Thicko race event.
> One look at WST's car and you will wonder, along with the rest of the
> vintage race community, "How the hell does this guy go so fast in this car?"
>
> See all the grey hair on my head? WST is responsible for 90 per cent of it.
>
> Thanks Bill.
>
> Gary Speckman
> Team Thicko
> MOD (and proudly so)
>
> At 06:51 PM 2/5/98 -0600, Wm. Severin Thompson wrote:
> >Ulix,
> >
> >Those are 4 spoke American Racing wheels. They came out after the 8 spoke
> >magnesium wheels (similar to Minilites... see
> ><http://www.thicko.com/bishop3.htm>). They came in a variety of widths. I run
> >a 70 series Hoosier, 1/4 eliptic MKII Sprite with offset springs, and a
> >modified radius arm mount, the fenders slightly pulled out with no lip on the
> >inner edge of the fender.
> >
> >
> >WST
> >
> >Ulix Goettsch wrote:
> >
> >> Bill,
> >>
> >> I just saw pictures of your race acr and it has the types of wheels that I
> >> have seen around a lot but I don't know anything about them. I know I
> >> have seen them on Z cars and on Fiats. I think they came as an option on
> >> US market Fiat 124 Coupes.
> >> Could you tell me what they are?
> >> How wide are they and the Milliondollarquestion: Do they fit the rear of
> >> a stock square-wheelarch Sprite?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Ulix __/__,__
> >> .......................................................... (_o____o_)....
> >> '67 Sprite
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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