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The pair is 16" bent-spoke Kelsey's a farmer welded into a flat base rim. One of the 36 spoke wheels is a "Motor Wheel", and I'd need better...
Is this wheel for sale? OP's wheel is definitely a 16" 40-48 Ford wheel with holes drilled in it
There were a few "mid-range" cars that had 5x5 bolt pattern, but the wheels are pretty hard to find. Nash, Graham, and Rockne had a 5x5 16" wire.
The distance of the mounting surface from the centerline of the wheel itself is practically useless and has to be combined with the width and...
Backspacing is measured from the edge of the rim, they've got that straight edge sitting on the bulge of the tire.
"Offset" is an overly confusing term and almost no one agrees on what it actually means. It's really not useful outside of steering geometry and...
There was a jig sold that helped welding shops do this so they're pretty common. The taller tires were hard to get post-war.
The Mopar artilleries are a pretty cool option.
I got to make a few sets of wheels for him. He was great to work with and a pleasure to talk on the phone with.
[ATTACH] Here's my dad (far right) at an SCCA race
41-48 Cad if it's 5.5" wide, 48-52 if it's 6" wide. The 53-55 wheels had no hubcap clips.
I drove my roadster around a bit with mechanical brakes, before going through them only one wheel was doing much, but after rebuilding them they...
The Riv wheels are some of the most interesting wheels ever made, lots of little differences between the years and a really weird construction....
They're not that hard to keep clean guys, you just use a paint brush. For most designs, if your wire wheels are getting loose that means they were...
If under 40 still counts, I guess I'm still young. I guess I can say I've been a member of this forum for the majority of my life now.[ATTACH]...
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