Big ass white walls on DIVCO"S !!!

Ever see such big whitewalls before? They are 6.00/6.50 - 18 WWW.

 

you can get them at coker tire
http://store.cokertire.com/600-650-18-firestone-3-3-4-whitewall-tire.html

divco's just don't do it for me.
There was a ratrod at the last episode of Pomona with some large diameter wheels with WWW that had a similar look, I'll have to see if I have the photo.

 

Yes

 

yes sir...

 

< Check the ones on the tucker combat car.

 

Haha, now this is funny!

 

Big ass indeed !!!

 

Guess they missed the rest, HUH

Not looking at the BIG picture.

 

who cares about those tires----those are some of the most coveted wheels in the country and I have a friend who needs them. Want to sell them?

 

Finally,

Someone opened their eyes.

Freind of mine gave them to me............................................................................................




To BORROW. He only has 6 of them. I am gonna use them for some mach up work. Been trying to buy them for 3 years now!

 

forgive my ignorance but whats so special about the wheels?

 

They are special because they are 18" factory steel wheels with a non-6 lug bolt pattern

 

ooh.. okay learned something new... right on

 

18" factory wheels from Ford with a 5 x 5 1/2 BP. Only offered as an option, very few were ordered. The package was for HIGH clearence for running the fields and backcountry. Every Salt flat racer worth a grain of sand had em, now nearly impossible to find. they only sell for about $600 and up each

 

I have BIG ASS white walls for rollers on my tank project. They are also double whites inside and out. 7.00x18's

 

Nice looking project. Wish I had some projects like that laying around.

 

Dude, you didn't have to go there, really. Please remove.

 

Holy shit, that looks like heaven! I would give my arm for a clean garage....oh that tank too!

Love it!

 

I think these are the biggest I've seen in person, on the GM Futurliner. Especially impressive with the dual front wheels.

 

Here are some 700- 20s i got for my car...34.5 inches tall

 

There was a car (I believe it was 32 can't remember) in an issue of Hot Rod Deluxe that had Divco's on it.

 

Those wheels are cool for sure. I tryed to find 2 for a project i was doing,
found these instead. They're from a Crysler 300 trunk, space saver rims.
Found 1 at a junk yard for 10 dollars and bought one new from dodge for
130 bucks, there 18x4.5. I wanted to weld the holes up but never did.
Might be a good alternative. You will need the part number off the rim from actual 300. The chargers have 17's.
Sorry about the VW there on.

 

2 on ebay right now. Milk truck wheels that is.

 

700-20, 34.5" tall

gonna have some tall gears whether you like it or not.

 

Notice the tires are mounted with the whitewalls to the inside in the OG post....because even the guy who originally mounted them knew that WWW on 18" Kelsey-Hayes accessory wheels looks like ass......

 

Beat me to it.

 

Those on E-Bay are 17" with 6 lugs. Very different than the Ford high clearence 18's that are proper for post war LSR cars.

 

I know it probably doesn't matter to most, and most people who know these wheels know what someone means when they say it, but I don't know why people call them Divco wheels.
They are accessory high clearance wheels for Fords, also called desert wheels or milk truck wheels.
I've never ever seen one on a Divco, or heard of one being on a Divco...

I'd love to find a set, though...

 

I first became aware of them in 1980. A pair was on the Original Goldenrod streamliner my buddies and I from Lincoln, Nebraska were running at Bonneville. Tommy Thompson owned the car at that time and always refered to them as Milk Truck wheels.
I suspect the Milk Truck ID morphed into Divco over the years as the Divco trucks became popular, but as Carter correctly pointed out, they were made by Kelsey Hayes for Ford trucks. Other brands also had optional 17" and 18" wheels, but the bolt pattern and design of the center stamping were diffirent than the Ford design.

 

Yeah, I know that they were an Option that Ford offered. I actually know where some real Divco trucks are parked with extra wheels. But in most cases the true Divco wheels are split rim and utilize much larger studs and a different bolt pattern.

I only referred to these as "Divco" wheel as that seems to be the most common name they are currently called. Also note that in my earlier posting I referred to them correctly as "Ford High Clearance" wheels.