Halibrands on 1960 LeMans Corvettes

[Steven B.]

On pages 100 and 101 of Corvette America's Star Spangeled Sports Car there are pics of the Cuningham Corvettes at LeMans, in the garage (Papa Dion's SP?? Garage) and on track. Does the number 3 car on page 100 have a steel wheel bolted on the back? On page 101 does the number 2 car have a bolt-on Halibrand or is it I just can't see the knock-off on the Halibrand? Even with glasses and a magnifying glass I can't be certain. I know Casner's was driven with a steel wheel mounted on the rear on the street and possibly shake down.

Steve

[Dick W.]

Re: Halibrands on 1960 LeMans Corvettes

Jim Gessner, John Neas, or Loren Lundberg would be your best bet for answers

[Loren L.]

Re: Halibrands on 1960 LeMans Corvettes

Sorry, I obviously missed this post totally when it was filed. The Cunningham cars raced with KNOCKOFF Halibrands (I think including spares - because if you changed tires, the rotation REQUIRED inclusion of the spare. Camoradi raced on steel wheels, two white, two black and ran on one set of tires (Goodyear) for the race.