[DeTomaso] Hall Ultra Wheels

[Dave]

It's worth mentioning that when Hall was selling these wheels, he did so in a very earnest and sincere manner--that is, he didn't deliberately go out and produce wheels that would fail


Ø  I agree completely. No one should drive a car with these wheels. My wheels were not tracked. 3 0f 4 wheels had cracks.
IndyDave


From: MikeLDrew at aol.com [mailto:MikeLDrew at aol.com]
Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2014 4:34 PM
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Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Hall Ultra Wheels


In a message dated 2/8/14 14 15 30, dave at damardirect.com<mailto:dave at damardirect.com> writes:



I don’t recall the name of my Hall wheels, picture of front & rear wheel below.


>>>Notice that these, too, consist of centers originally designed for 15-inch wheels, mated to hoops to accept 17-inch tires.  Besides the fact that they always looked a little weird, I always wondered about how that kluge would work from a structural basis?  I haven't a shred of knowledge to be able to guess just by looking.

It's worth mentioning that when Hall was selling these wheels, he did so in a very earnest and sincere manner--that is, he didn't deliberately go out and produce wheels that would fail (sometimes catastrophically) a few years down the road.  He went in good faith to a wheel maker, who produced wheels to his design.  It is that wheelmaker (unknown?) who let the team down; Hall was just stuck in between him and angry customers a few years later.  Not a pleasant position to be in, to be sure!

Mike
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