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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]...
If the wheels in the original picture are what you're referring to, those are "Street Rod Wires", originally made by Wheel Vintiques in the 90s...
I've cut apart 100s of these exact wheels and you're going to want to stick with the riveted ones. The welded ones are actually pretty hard, the...
The one with the 5.75" hole is a Ford wheel, it looks like it's a 17" so '33-'34 The one with the 6.5" hole is a "mid-range" wheel made by Motor...
There are a few theoretical problems with reverse wheels, but in practice, they never seem to cause any issue. The Lowriders are all running...
30% would be really, really good especially for a forum as old as the HAMB, if that's anywhere close to what it actually is. I would venture to...
The most recent set of pictures are all cut-downs-compare the welds to the welds on the hub. Also all the spokes should be straight, any bend in...
I've put these bumps in rims to hold the wheelcovers on into new rims and it's actually really difficult to get it in the right spot. The front...
If the wheels have a manufacturing defect you should send them back.
That's not correct, if they're all 15" they should all take the same size hubcap. Did you maybe order two different kinds of wheel?
The wide fives are the same size as the modern 16" large ID wheels, they're very common, almost any 16" wheel from the 90s or newer will work.
Late 50s-early 60s Plymoth
I like it overall, but I don't really understand the wheel choice. If you want it to look like steel wheels why not just use steel wheels? I like...
What info are you looking for? Yes, there were plenty of 15" aftermarket wheels available pre-war, even some 14". Like you said, they were made to...
Modern wheels have a different shape on the backside to clear disc brakes better. Are you using 15" wheels?
I wonder why it has such a hard time making wire wheels that look right. Every one I've seen looks like it has bent spokes.
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