<div dir="ltr"><div>I checked the wheels yesterday: no missing bolts, no visible cracks from the outside. The tire pressure is okay. I drove the car around town, keeping the speed under 60. Is there a way to check for cracks without removing the tires; i.e. is there any value to inspecting the rims from the inside? (I am in socal / ventura county: does anyone know of a shop with the expertise to evaluate the wheels?)<br>
<br></div>Dave; what do you mean by "my wheels were not tracked"?<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Feb 9, 2014 at 6:16 PM, Dave <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dave@damardirect.com" target="_blank">dave@damardirect.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="EN-US"><div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Geneva","serif"">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<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Geneva","serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><p><u></u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings"><span>Ø<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Geneva","serif"">I agree completely. No one should drive a car with these wheels. My wheels were not tracked. 3 0f 4 wheels had cracks.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Geneva","serif"">IndyDave<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></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""> <a href="mailto:MikeLDrew@aol.com" target="_blank">MikeLDrew@aol.com</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:MikeLDrew@aol.com" target="_blank">MikeLDrew@aol.com</a>] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, February 09, 2014 4:34 PM<br><b>To:</b> Dave; <a href="mailto:pcajthaml@gmail.com" target="_blank">pcajthaml@gmail.com</a>; <a href="mailto:jderyke@aol.com" target="_blank">jderyke@aol.com</a></span></p>
<div class=""><br><b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:detomaso@poca.com" target="_blank">detomaso@poca.com</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [DeTomaso] Hall Ultra Wheels<u></u><u></u></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Geneva","serif""><br></span></p><div><div class="h5">In a message dated 2/8/14 14 15 30, <a href="mailto:dave@damardirect.com" target="_blank">dave@damardirect.com</a> writes:<br>
<br><br><br><u></u><u></u></div></div><p></p><div><div class="h5"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Geneva","serif"">I don’t recall the name of my Hall wheels, picture of front & rear wheel below.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Geneva","serif""><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""><u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div>