[DeTomaso] Pantera GT5S *seventeen* inch wheels

[Mike Thomas]

Completely agree Asa, thank you.  Take a look at side shots of Mike Dailey's
car.  He has the 16"f/17"r Campy clones, and it just looks RIGHT.

Mike Thomas
VP, POCA
VP, Panteras Northwest
Yellow '74 #6328



-----Original Message-----
From: DeTomaso [mailto:detomaso-bounces at poca.com] On Behalf Of Asa Jay
Laughton
Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 8:38 PM
To: detomaso at poca.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Pantera GT5S *seventeen* inch wheels

On 9/30/2014 8:17 AM, Mike Drew via DeTomaso wrote:
>    (and the cars look infinitely better with the
>    short 24-inch tires they were intended for, rather than the 27-inch
>    tires that the larger-diameter wheels restrict you to)
>

I'm throwing down the bullshit card with regard to the rear wheels.
The Pantera -came- with a 27" wheel/tire combo and the larger diameter combo
looks infinitely better filling the rear wheel wells than a 24"
tire.  Yes, it may be true that an 18" or 19" wheel looks blingy and goofy
in the rear but it comes down to tires.

Most rubber available for larger diameter rims still falls -under- 27"
diameter.  The larger diameter wheels are in no way "restricting" you to 27"
rubber.  Oh how I wish that were the case, because then I could find
properly sized rubber for the rear of the car and keep the speedometer close
to being accurate.

24" rubber is nearly the max you can find for a 15" wheel these days, and it
looks stupidly small on the rear of a Pantera.  The Pantera looks proper to
me with smaller diameter wheel/tire combo in front and larger diameter in
the rear, in the diameters that are the same as the factory intended (about
24" front and 27" rear).

Asa  Jay



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