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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Geneva","serif";color:black'>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<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Geneva","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>Ø<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Geneva","serif";color:black'>I agree completely. No one should drive a car with these wheels. My wheels were not tracked. 3 0f 4 wheels had cracks.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Geneva","serif";color:black'>IndyDave<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> MikeLDrew@aol.com [mailto:MikeLDrew@aol.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, February 09, 2014 4:34 PM<br><b>To:</b> Dave; pcajthaml@gmail.com; jderyke@aol.com<br><b>Cc:</b> detomaso@poca.com<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [DeTomaso] Hall Ultra Wheels<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Geneva","serif";color:black'><br>In a message dated 2/8/14 14 15 30, <a href="mailto:dave@damardirect.com">dave@damardirect.com</a> writes:<br><br><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Geneva","serif";color:black'>I don’t recall the name of my Hall wheels, picture of front & rear wheel below.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Geneva","serif";color:black'><br><br>>>>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.<br><br>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!<br><br>Mike</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>