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dinglem wrote: ↑Fri May 31, 2019 8:31 am Well I am very happy to report that 'aircooled' very kindly agreed to let his set of three-hole alloys go, and they are now in the post on the way to me as I type. To say I am chuffed about finding these is a bit of an understatement.
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It also directed me into contacting Umberto Pernice (TAG Coyote team driver) and asking for more information on these wheels and why he used them. He gave a very simple answer, and also confirmed that they were in fact Gisom wheels, and not Polaris as I had originally thought. Gisom were an Italian brand based out of Milan, and Mr.Gisom was in fact a close friend of Umberto and also his team mate Marco de Marchi. These two had access to as many Gisom wheels as they required, so selected the 3 hole versions as their alloys of choice. When looking at the team Coyote cars, you can safely say if they have 3 hole alloys then they were the cars of either Marco or Umberto.
Getting hold of these wheels means I can now try out fitting the team one-way hubs that I was sent a while back. These are basically like the plastic Tamiya variants, but have built-in one-way bearings. The TAG team developed these for their team drivers very early on, and I was fortunate enough to get sent a pair by a friend of Umberto a few months ago. They require a thinner stub axle over the standard Coyote version - i have managed to track down a set of four TAG Jet stub axles, which are also in the post, so i am keeping everything crossed that they are direct swap and the one-ways will be an easy fit. We shall see....
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