Correct me if I'm wrong (Chris) but I think these are 37 V8 60's? .....Because they are raised not inset....correct?
Hey Chris, are yours repops? I just got some and they are two piece but yours look like all one stainless stamping?
The caps on this car are '39 Standard car and '39 pickup. '38 Standard and pickup cap is similar but the V8 logo is longer and wider and painted black rather than blue on '38.
All '37's used the same cap--the V8 logo and circle are raised on '37 instead of recessed like '36. On '37 Deluxe cars, the area inside the circle around the V8 is painted black; on Standard and pickup it's left bare stainless.
Yeah, old JC Whitney or something, they are steel and plated, and had paint on them to look like a factory cap. They were NOS when I got em, I used laqure thinner to take the paint off. I got them at a yard sale, and buying them made me run wide 5's on the truck! I think wide 5's look so *****in on the right car!!
Chris - The Model A coupe is in post #4 and Jeffrey James car is in post #5. I know you were poking fun at JJ's 35 coupe...but the Model A owner might have taken your comment the wrong way... Now back to our regularly scheduled programming. Neal
I have about 12 more wide fives wheels 1 is more narrow any info on this wheel.....sorry to high jack thread
v-8 60 3 1/2 in. reg v-8 4in. truck 5 1/2in i have them on my rdst. pu, had my rears widened befor i knew about the truck rims.
Yep! 3.5" were V860's. I'm running them on my '35 with 5.50 tires which is what Ford called for back in the 30's. The regular 4" wide wheels got 6.00's.
Chris, would you happen to have one of these to spare? I lost one on a road trip today and I am in desperate need of 1. Fryguy
don't kno how to post pix, but i took 4 wide 5 full floting hubs and cut the gut out of them and cut to 3/8 in where they bolt to the hubs, put in longer studs. looks like i have w/5's w/full floting hubs......
To muddy the water a little: These are '39 Std caps on '39-47 3/4 ton truck wheels. They are wide 5s, same bolt pattern, but are 5 1/2" wide and don't have the scalloped center that most wide 5s do. Edit: Thanks for the correction, 38FordPU.
The caps you have are '39 Standard and pickup. '38 Deluxe cap stainless portion is shaped sort of like a World War I Army helmet, much larger stainless part and less of the painted base showing.
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