Questions on 9inch backing plates and the most common vintage mag wheel bolt patterns

Finalizing my winters quick change rear, I have a choice between the truck and Torino flanges for my backing plates I know they have a different bolt pattern and mounting bolt size along with a slight difference in back spacing
Is there any real advantage I am not thinking about with either choice?

My axles can be ordered with 2 different bolt patterns, I for sure want the 5 on 5.5 But not sure about my second pattern is 5 on 5 or 5 on 4-3/4 a more common pattern in original vintage mag wheels?
I am running steel wheels now but some day I may want something cool and would like to make my hunt for something vintage easier, any opinions?
Thanks
Dave

 

4.75 would be more common on older mag wheels...they fit chevy cars from 49 up. 5 on 5 was used on bigger GM cars in the 50s-60s, but mostly they didn't get so many mag wheels. Also 4.5 is pretty common, fords and mopars from the 50s-60s mostly used them.

I would go for the earlier style flange, not Torino, but that's because I have them on the 9" rears in my Chevys, and I think the Dana 60 in my chevy truck also uses it.

 

Thanks squirrel, yeah the more I think about it it seams like 4.5 was a very popular size on many cars, maybe that's my best choice

 

I have been looking for 15x6 5 on 5 five spokes for a year, have pretty much given up at this point, will re-drill my hubs instead.

 

Guess it depends on the car. If your running a winters, your probably in a early Ford of some sort?? I will have 5.5 patter hell or high water just so I can run original Ford steel wheel if I want. I had to search like hell to find some 15x8 and 15x6 5.5 pattern torq thrust as another option. The aftermarket multi-bolt pattern wheels just dont have the "look" to me. Plus you can run the Merc wheels too with the big Ford pattern. Not a fan of the Torino pattern either. Rocket wheels is making smoothies, and lots of other cool wheels in all bolt patterns.

 

and it will depend on if u run lug or hub concentric wheels

 

Being a GM guy that messed with chevelles and Camaro's 4-3/4 seamed like the logical size but since I have been trying to keep my Model A project on the traditional side I questioned if maybe the style of rims from the 50's and 60's might have been different
I found a nice list of wheel bolt patterns used here : http://www.roddingroundtable.com/tech/articles/boltpat.html

 

is that the list that was in the old "How to make your car Handle" book?

 

For me, I am not so much on mixing and matching different eras. If I am putting tork-thrust type wheels on a car, its going to be using lots of other sixties styling cues, so ford steel wheels aren't really going to be part of the equation for me.