Gotta love life in George Poteet's world...!

[buickfunnycar.com]

Must be nice to have the means to do things the way you want...and George is right,these are as correct as possible.

From the current HMR eight-page feature...pics speak for themselves:
http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p3/topfueljohn/DSC01630.jpg


http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p3/topfueljohn/DSC01631.jpg

[awr68]

Those look real nice!

[NEVER ENOUGH]

Impressive, that's for sure.

[monza]

Crazy thing to do for sure.

What's the deal with Minilites, is there some thing I'm missing? Sure a light wheel period correct and all that, yes it looks good but it also very similar to other wheel styles- like a Torq Thrust for example. School me on it.

[BritishGreen68]

If he had the tooling made to cast his own wheels in "THE USA" Id be impressed... wheels are way cool though. WAY better then TTII's...

[skatinjay27]

Crazy thing to do for sure.

What's the deal with Minilites, is there some thing I'm missing? Sure a light wheel period correct and all that, yes it looks good but it also very similar to other wheel styles- like a Torq Thrust for example. School me on it.
its cause they were widely used on the trans am series cars in which most people feel are some what the granddads of the pro-touring/g-machine style.
and yes cause they are bad azz!:D

[Northeast Rod Run]

I was almost afraid to open this thread, just because I was afraid of total jealousy on my part

[XcYZ]

Very nice. :unibrow:

[awr68]

Looking at this pic the car doesn't look mini-tubbed...am I right?

[buickfunnycar.com]

Crazy thing to do for sure.

What's the deal with Minilites, is there some thing I'm missing? Sure a light wheel period correct and all that, yes it looks good but it also very similar to other wheel styles- like a Torq Thrust for example. School me on it.

Back in the day,the T/A cars were generating such lateral movement,they were blowing the centers right out of the wheels,especially the magnesium AR 200S wheels,which were so popular with the teams during the 1969-70 seasons.If you go back to those races and look at the final standings,you'll see many DNF results due to wheel-related issues.

It was Roger Penske who spent the money to do the research which led to England's Minilight wheel as being the strongest/lightest option available.
It's all in Dave Friedman's book on early T/A racing...

[rwhite692]

If he had the tooling made to cast his own wheels in "THE USA" Id be impressed....


Probably more a matter of finding a supplier that was willing to do it.

[T-Type]

Probably more a matter of finding a supplier that was willing to do it.

i'm willing to bet costs of having it done in china were a fraction and turn around times much much faster.

but great build!

[96z28ss]

Looking at this pic the car doesn't look mini-tubbed...am I right?

Tony,
Tisk tisk tisk, has your car been gone that long that you can't tell a front from a rear.

The more curious question, Why is it at Troy's? It was started at DSE. I would have thought it was going to be finished there.

[skatinjay27]

Tony,
Tisk tisk tisk, has your car been gone that long that you can't tell a front from a rear.

yeah i was gonna comment on that! its a firebird tony!:lol:

[coolwelder62]

I had talked to the person in charge at Team III wheels about the mini lites on his web site.I was wanting to have that look for my 69 camaro but I needed 18's to clear my brakes.He told me that he had a customer pay for all the tooling cost so he could be the first one w/18 inch mini lites.And as soon the customer's car was finished and shown to the public he could release them for sale.He said he would be making them in a 18x10 & 18x12 w/6.125 b.s. and 5 on 4.75 bolt c. They would cost around $800.00 each.He was kind of rude about it. Like he could care less about me,my wants or needs.So I just thought I would keep my fikse on my car,besides they are 100 times better,stronger,nicer,and I bet straighter then any pc.of crap made in china.By the time he gets around to selling them to the rest of the public Vintage wheel works will already be selling there V48 at half the price.

[Sandbagger]

They could call it the Wallmart wheel . China ? dont want it

[evilzee28]

Whole lot cheaper here

http://www.superlite-wheels.com/

cheers...Nige

[kennyd]

They could call it the Wallmart wheel . China ? dont want it

you would be suprised , almost all cast wheel are made in china . i dont know of a wheel co. that makes them in the US . they might assemble them here but cast the centers there !

[awr68]

Tony,
Tisk tisk tisk, has your car been gone that long that you can't tell a front from a rear.

The more curious question, Why is it at Troy's? It was started at DSE. I would have thought it was going to be finished there.

Oh man! I need to get more sleep! I though I was looking at a custom rear quarter.........:lol: :faint:

[buickfunnycar.com]

you would be suprised , almost all cast wheel are made in china . i dont know of a wheel co. that makes them in the US . they might assemble them here but cast the centers there !

Completely true...:yes:

[HRBS]

The more curious question, Why is it at Troy's? It was started at DSE. I would have thought it was going to be finished there.

I was curious of the same question. It looks like DSE was making nice progress. Its also off their website completely as if it was never there. :_paranoid

Here is a another bit of info on Poteets world.
My good friend and machinest was involved in the Nascar Cup Engine build that Jesel placed in a Dodge P-up for Bonneville and set every record imaginable in.
Poteet saw this mother run and had to have one like it for Blowfish. Jesel stated "I am not in the engine building business". Poteet then said, "well I want that one then". Eventually that exact engine found its way into Blowfish.
Poteet is the man !

[dhutton]

[QUOTE=HRBS;307104]I was curious of the same question. It looks like DSE was making nice progress. Its also off their website completely as if it was never there. :_paranoid

QUOTE]

It's still there, you have to look hard to find it:

http://www.detroitspeed.com/projectpages/georgepoteet/gp1969firebird.htm

Don

[96z28ss]

[QUOTE=HRBS;307104]I was curious of the same question. It looks like DSE was making nice progress. Its also off their website completely as if it was never there. :_paranoid

QUOTE]

It's still there, you have to look hard to find it:

http://www.detroitspeed.com/projectpages/georgepoteet/gp1969firebird.htm

Don

nope not there. It disappeard a while ago from there website. I thought maybe it was cause he wanted to keep it a secrete. like Stuart's 69.
Maybe he had a falling out with DSE and pulled the car.

[DOOM]

Was that car started at DSE:question:

[groovyjay]

http://www.team3wheels.com/ac/LT-price.html

Man's gotta do what a man's gotta do... :rolleyes:

[DOOM]

Sorry guys .... Maybe I sould read before I open my yap...Was that car started at DSE:question:

[skatinjay27]

http://www.team3wheels.com/ac/LT-price.html

Man's gotta do what a man's gotta do... :rolleyes:
already mentioned...

I had talked to the person in charge at Team III wheels about the mini lites on his web site.I was wanting to have that look for my 69 camaro but I needed 18's to clear my brakes.He told me that he had a customer pay for all the tooling cost so he could be the first one w/18 inch mini lites.And as soon the customer's car was finished and shown to the public he could release them for sale.He said he would be making them in a 18x10 & 18x12 w/6.125 b.s. and 5 on 4.75 bolt c. They would cost around $800.00 each.He was kind of rude about it. Like he could care less about me,my wants or needs.So I just thought I would keep my fikse on my car,besides they are 100 times better,stronger,nicer,and I bet straighter then any pc.of crap made in china.By the time he gets around to selling them to the rest of the public Vintage wheel works will already be selling there V48 at half the price.

[coolwelder62]

At the KC. goodguy's I had a nice long visit with Kyle Tucker on a bucnh of differant things.I was going to ask him why Poteet's firebird was not in the project section anymore but as I was just about to ask,his phone rang and he steped a side to take the call.And rest of the weekend he was super busy and only had time for a quick few words.But the time he spent talking w/me I could tell he he really cared about what were chatting about.Then later in the day I saw Stacey taking the time to visit w/my 3 son's. I just waited off to the side and looked on,and when my son's walked away they were smiling from ear to ear,and my middle son Bryce (17 years old) looked at me and said wow she is a really nice person.My two younger son's had been telling her about the hot rod project's they wanted to build someday when they had job's.She stood there and listened to them as if they had hundred dollar bill's falling out of there pockets.Sorry about getting off the subject but wanted to ad these thought's. To DSE, KYLE & STACEY :thumbsup: :hail: Thank's Scott Mock.

[speedshftr]

in my newest goodguys it says george poteets old green pickup build was started at one shop then moved to troys.

[Kendall Burleson]

When Dan left DSE the firebird was pulled.