Dayton Wire Wheels

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I just returned from Visiting a friend in Kettering, OH. When I set up for the visit(about a month ago) I thought "Why don't I try to get a tour of the Dayton Wire Wheel factory.(I have an Alpha 1 GTO (Ferrrarri GTO Body) I built on a '77 280Z chassis that I want some real knock-off wire wheels for)-before some of you shout "Blasphoemer!", label me a ricer, and generally get off on how much of a wanker I am, the body was gone-the rear fender lips were 2" strips of air, the doors were missing more skin than was left, the hood, front fenders, and metal ahead of the radiator was fubar by a moron PO who is right up there with the maker of the Catepillar yellow snowplow ZX.

I emailed DWW, and asked for a tour, and a measurement sheet. I called DWW on Tuesday and arranged to meet Mike (one of the sales managers) at the factory, he informed me that while a "tour" was not some thing they offerred, but, he would see what he could do. I drove over Wednesday afternoon, and while Mike did not give me a tour, He did give me tons of info, and some serious insight into how their wheels are made. He asked abot my project and went over the measurement sheet that I need to fill out and return to be certian that m wheels are fitted just the way I want. He also informed me that DWW was getting ready to take a set of vintage looking, but larger wheels to market. I expressed interest in them, and He said with a wink in his eye, that he would send me application data and pictures after I sent back the measurement forms.

I will post pictures of the new offerings as soon as I get them. Hopefully we will get a few more options on wheels to fit our cars!

I am taking the measurements tomorrow, and emailing them to Mike. Hopefully I will figure out what I want, and pick the set of Knock-offs up at the Factory about 6-8 weeks from now.

Will

PS, among their historical DWW artifacts, there is an absolutely huge honkin' wire wheel in the lobby, it must be 26" in diameter by 12"-16" wide-somebody just try to fit that to a Z!