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Old 06-09-2003, 03:29 PM
Jim Maxwell Jim Maxwell is offline
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I have to say that the article in The Shelby American gave me the willies! I have been running hard at many open track events with my original spline drive American Racing 5 spoke wheels, an option for the 289 Cobras. They are magnesium. This article was the coup de grace for my desire to keep running a 40 year old car with 40 year old mag wheels and a 50 year old driver. I reached the conclusion that any combination that added up to more than 90 total years was dangerous. I plan a scientific analysis in the near future for this equation.
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