So I bought what I thought was a set of 4 original '54 chevy steel wheels. 15x5 and 5x4.75 (all that is correct). What is strange is that I've started shopping for shannon center caps for these and I'm being told original wheels should have nubs and mine don't appear to. Also, the measurement of the inner cap area is 8". Are these rallye wheels ?
Those look like early 50's Chevy that somebody took the clips off. The little holes between each lug hole used to have a clip rivetted to them to retain a hubcap. If you wanted to use a center cap you could find the clips and drill/tap those holes to attach the clips, or rivet new clips into those holes.
Does anybody sell just the clips? Those wheels are cheap at the swap meets, and you might be $ ahead to just buy another set of wheels.
This is what you need, American Cl***ic Truck Parts sells them. Most likely sold by other GM restoration places.
"Shannon cones" are typically made for new smoothie and rally type wheels, I'm not sure I've ever seen them or even heard of them made for early 50's Chevy stock steel wheels. The new ones are made with nubs to mount the center caps. Added clips will let you mount the original dog dish style hubcaps, but probably not any type of aftermarket cones.
Thanks for all the replies. Looks like I'll be running hubcaps. Now, which ones ? should be fun. Damn '53 Chrysler Imperial caps I have are too shallow and hit the spindle on my '54. But they sure look good...
Real 54 wheels had the nubs for the small caps. Then in 55 the wheel had small cap nubs and full cover nubs.
I've purchased clips locally from DiOrio's Old Car Parts, but I've made them up also from spring steel. They're not to complicated to build.
Wow they look like early Corvette rallye wheels to me. What are the codes on the wheel if any? Having my own issues tracking down the origin of these rallye rims that were on a '72 MC I recently purchased to restore.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-comfficeffice" /><o></o> <o></o> Some car buffs have noticed the rims and advised me that they are rare and that I should restore them carefully. Others have suggested they are just $25 rims I can get from any s****yard. <o></o> <o></o> I have tried to trace the rim origins and believe they are likely Rallye 2 rims from a '78 Z28. The rims are 5X7 and the code is JJ K18. An "A" and a "13" are underneath the code with a "2" inverted well below the right side of the code. There is no discernable code near the valve stem (maybe what looks like a N). The original color of the rims is gold as you can see in one of the pics. The valve stems appear to be slightly oval as opposed to perfectly circular (hard to tell)<o></o> <o></o> Before I spend $400 for professional sandblasting, epoxy primer and polyeurathane paint, I would like to know if its worth it, or if I should just do it myself with a good etching primer, sealer and AEnamel paint?<o></o> <o></o> Any advice would be much appreciated.<o></o>
70-up Camaro, Chevelle was the first appearance. They used these on and off into the late 70s, standard on some models, optional on others. Pretty much Chevys only, although I think these turned up on a few early 70s Firebirds too.
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