[DeTomaso] Original Magnesium Wheel Failures?

Garth Rodericks garth_rodericks at yahoo.com
Wed Mar 7 22:28:28 EST 2012


The wheel/tire was taken off the car and thrown into the weeds in the side yard where it sat for a number of years.



________________________________
 From: LS <lashdeep at yahoo.com>
To: Roland Jaeckel <pantera874 at t-online.de>; Garth Rodericks <garth_rodericks at yahoo.com>; "MikeLDrew at aol.com" <MikeLDrew at aol.com>; "detomaso at realbig.com" <detomaso at realbig.com> 
Sent: Wednesday, March 7, 2012 10:50 AM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Original Magnesium Wheel Failures?
 

http://www.poca.com/index.php/gallery/?g2_itemId=35478

Is this the wheel in question? I wouldn't even sit in a car with a wheel/tire that looked like that!

Where did the paint/finish go?

LS
 



central 
wines-spirits   est 1934


625 e street nw

washington, dc 20004

centralwines.com


facebook.com/CentralLiquors 


202-737-2800




________________________________
 From: Roland Jaeckel <pantera874 at t-online.de>
To: Garth Rodericks <garth_rodericks at yahoo.com>; MikeLDrew at aol.com; detomaso at realbig.com; lashdeep at yahoo.com 
Sent: Wednesday, March 7, 2012 1:43 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Original Magnesium Wheel Failures?
 
I only can see a totally rotted tire on a totally rotted rim. A well maintained rim will last way longer. I have seen several cracked campys as i have seen several cracked alloy wheels. All of them where in an all in all very bad condition.

Roland

--------------------------------------------------
From: "Garth Rodericks" <garth_rodericks at yahoo.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2012 5:12 PM
To: <MikeLDrew at aol.com>; <detomaso at realbig.com>; <lashdeep at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Original Magnesium Wheel Failures?

> No "insult" or curb contact. That separation is on the inside or
 backside of the wheel, away from curbs or contact of any kind. I'll double check the face tonight, but I don't recall any indication of damage or contact to the face.
> 
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> From: "MikeLDrew at aol.com" <MikeLDrew at aol.com>
> To: garth_rodericks at yahoo.com; detomaso at realbig.com; lashdeep at yahoo.com
> Sent: Wednesday, March 7, 2012 7:28 AM
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Original Magnesium Wheel Failures?
> 
> 
> 
> In a message dated 3/6/12 23 00 21, garth_rodericks at yahoo.com writes:
> 
> 
> 
> It does happen...  Pics of a Campy wheel failure in my Miscellaneous album:
>> http://www.poca.com/index.php/gallery/?g2_itemId=23271&g2_page=2
>> 
>> I wouldn't want to have this come apart on a high speed turn, on or off the race track!
>> 
> 
> Garth--didn't that wheel suffer an 'insult' there, i.e. it whacked a curb or something, and was bent slightly?
> 
> Mike
> _______________________________________________
> 
> Detomaso Forum Managed by POCA
> 
> Archive Search Engine Now Available at http://www.realbig.com/detomaso/
> 
> DeTomaso mailing list
> DeTomaso at list.realbig.com
> http://list.realbig.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso 


More information about the DeTomaso mailing list