Projects id these wheels, please

they were givin to me by a buddy of mine that just had them settin in his backyard and im wanting to use them on my truck but i have no idea what they are from

so i was hoping some of you guys here could id them for me

 

Looks like 63-64 Cadilliac wheels to me.

 

How can you tell without the bolt pattern????????????????

 

5 on 5

 

Those could also be early '60s Imperial wheels. I'm****uming the pictured wheels are 15".

 

calibrated eyeball...

 

but my eyes are metric... I know , I know , but American standard eyes cost too much.

 

15inch wheel, 5 on 5 bolt pattern, about 3inch backspacing with the valve stem on the backside of the wheel

 

It is my humble opinion that if the hole for the valve stem is on the inside it is a wheel that has been reversed. Thats how we did it when I wore short pants.

 

Imperials had a 5 on 5.5" bolt pattern, and the 60-61's had holes all around the edges... Like on this T:


I would guess reversed Cadillac, no nubs for hubcaps, no need with full wheel covers are standard.

 

That's how they came from the factory. It's not reversed, the side with the valve stem is the front. They welded it on the front side. It's like that to clear a hubcap

 

so they welded the insert in backwards to clear hubcaps?

 

Kinda, It depends on how you think about it. Really, it center was just made to be welded from the front.

 

This is the front of the wheel

 

ok, im just used to seeing the other side of the center as the front

so what they were on originally?

do i have caddy wheels or what?

thanks for all the help so far guys

 

ok so they actually have 4in of backspacing

any pics of these wheels on caddys?

 

what are you trying to use them for? do you need that much backspace?

 

That is a Cadillac wheel !

Any of you guys ever tried to put one of them DEEP Caddy caps on a standard wheel ?

They made them pretty much Backward to clear the DEEP caps.

Look at the chamfer on the Lug nut holes...

 

I have one of those wheels, I knew it was made that way, but I never knew why.

 

Yes, that is correct. I have a set and they are 63-4 caddy. 5 on 5 bolt pattern, made especially to clear extra deep cadillac full wheel hubcaps which came factory on those year cars. Im also told that it was a fad for like 5 seconds in the early to mid seventies around the socal area to run chrome reverse rims like these for your rears on your hot rod. -GothY-

 

thanks for the help guys

itll be pretty cool havin caddy wheels on my truck, well 3 of them anyway, lol