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« on: February 26, 2009, 00:30:25 am »

some wheel manufacturer  gave a name to their alloy , but to mahle have they spell the gasburner by this name or is it about ' one of the other one
because on the 70's magazine they named  the gasburner by the 10 spokes wheels name
  Huh
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« Reply #1 on: February 26, 2009, 00:36:01 am »

I think it is a slang name for the Mahle magnesiums.

This is why
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« Reply #2 on: February 26, 2009, 00:39:13 am »

Fabian, the term originated from the similar look between the face of the Mahle wheel and the steel grate that holds a pot from touching the flame on a gas burning stove.
A well known Porsche junkyard in Orange County, where I bought my first set, told me that back in the 80's.
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Sam K
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« Reply #3 on: February 26, 2009, 02:32:16 am »

I always wondered about the origins of the name until one day last year. I pulled up next a nice early 911 that had them and I told my girlfriend that I would love a set of "gasburners" like that for my car. Right away she says "they do look sort of like the burners on a gas range". I felt real smart.
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Bruce
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« Reply #4 on: February 26, 2009, 03:02:38 am »

I've heard some P guys call them "stovetops" too.
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« Reply #5 on: February 26, 2009, 11:08:10 am »

... A well known Porsche junkyard in Orange County, where I bought my first set, told me that back in the 80's ...

Was that the Aase Bros place?
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jamiep_jamiep
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« Reply #6 on: February 26, 2009, 11:20:33 am »



Was that the Aase Bros place?

aka Porsche heaven
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Dave Galassi
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« Reply #7 on: February 26, 2009, 14:46:08 pm »



Was that the Aase Bros place?

aka Porsche heaven

It was.
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