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Old 03-31-2005, 07:50 PM
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Default Re: Yenko Wheels

To make the matter worse, these wheels were so poor in quality that they would not hold air. The only way to use them today is to install a tube, as Ed & Phil have done on their deuces with their NOS Atlas wheels.

The quality, and the DOT product liability risk may have been the reason why Atlas didn't even put their name on them. You won't find the mfg name anywhere on those rims.

The centercap was interesting as well, the A/a decal - was it already in use on their other products? I know the centers and the decals came with the wheels, as the NOS sets included them. I find it hard to believe that Atlas or Yenko would have spent the extra dough for the centercap decal when the YENKO version was already available.
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