CRACKED WHEELS - UNSAFE AT ANY SPEED...Re: [DeTomaso] DO YOU OWN HALL MX-VIII 17" WHEELS?

[Mad Dog Antenucci]

P.S. While some of you on the List are aware of the history of these wheels I'm confident the majority of you don't know about the history of the wheels.
  This is an issue of safety
   
  md

Mad Dog Antenucci <teampantera at yahoo.com> wrote:
    Dave,
   
  With all due respect there is a reason these modular wheels aren't being built or sold anymore. I get no satisfaction from sharing this information except many of you already know about the wheels.
   
  And one of the reasons (and there are several) that these wheels stopped being build or sold was they had a reputation of "cracking" ..... not on one occasion but on many occasions. At least one track side accident occured that I know of with these wheels on a Pantera. More failures occured on street driven Panteras that were 'never' raced.
   
  The majority of the cracking was difficult to see as the cracking started with hairline cracks  on the inside of the rim halfs where most Pantera owners would never look. 
   
  If any of you have any doubt about this information check with vendors like Steve Wilkinson, Bobby Byers, Larry Stock, or Mike Cook who identified the cracked wheels on  customers wheels. Customers who had no idea there was a problem until a mechanic or tire shop brought the problem to their attention.  
   
  I could say allot more about these wheels but out of respect for the vendor who stopped selling the wheels I will leave it at that. 
   
  Far as I am concerned these modular wheels were unsafe 15 years ago and are  unsafe today at any speed.
   
  Mad Dawg Antenucci   
  Team Pantera Racing
   
  
Dave McManus <Dave at damardirect.com> wrote:
  These wheels were last produced about 16 years ago. If you own a set of
these wheels, you should want to consider spares. The wheels are no longer
available from Hall. I have three good wheels, 2 front 8 x 17 and 1 rear 11
x 17. One cracked wheel forced me to buy new wheels. My car is not tracked,
street driven only. You now have an opportunity that I did not have; I
searched for nearly a month for a spare wheel to keep from buying new wheels
with no luck.



Thank you Gary Walker for posting the pictures
http://www.rc-tech.net/cars/id/



Thanks

Dave

Make offer.
dave at damardirect.com

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  Mad Dawg Antenucci 
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Mad Dawg Antenucci 
Team Pantera Racing 
  The 1st & still the only vintage race team in open road racing 
www.teampanteraracing.com