| benjaminfaught |
Fri Feb 25, 2005 8:35 pm |
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Today I parted out a 58 dd panel and behind the front seat was a wide 5 wheel. It looked a little big so I measured it and it is 17.5, it is stamped 12/13/38 ! :shock:
The inner wheel is riveted to the outer. Any info on this? At the same place a few years ago a freind found a kdf engine in an early 60s bug. |
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| j.pickens |
Fri Feb 25, 2005 8:50 pm |
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| Is there a maker's stamp on the rim? |
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| benjaminfaught |
Fri Feb 25, 2005 8:57 pm |
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| Not that I can see. Any ideas? |
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| j.pickens |
Fri Feb 25, 2005 9:00 pm |
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| Detailed photos might help. |
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| benjaminfaught |
Fri Feb 25, 2005 9:26 pm |
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| I have a few photos, but I have no idea how to post them. :oops: |
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| Erik G |
Fri Feb 25, 2005 9:42 pm |
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| maybe an old ford wide 5? |
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| benjaminfaught |
Fri Feb 25, 2005 9:47 pm |
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| Did a lot of cars use wide fives? I have never seen one other than vw. |
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| Rex Surewood |
Sat Feb 26, 2005 1:50 am |
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| Email me the pics, and I'll post them for you. |
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| Rex Surewood |
Sat Feb 26, 2005 10:14 am |
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Here are the pictures..
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| Church Key |
Sat Feb 26, 2005 12:02 pm |
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| Cool. |
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| Vintage Auto Werks1 |
Sat Feb 26, 2005 12:15 pm |
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The rim looks like a early 356 rim?
Dan
Vintage Auto Werks |
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| Rex Surewood |
Sat Feb 26, 2005 12:26 pm |
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Vintage Auto Werks1 wrote: The rim looks like a early 356 rim?
Dan
Vintage Auto Werks
Yeah, wasn't the pre-A's 17 inch..? |
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| benjaminfaught |
Sat Feb 26, 2005 12:46 pm |
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I will be going back out there to get the bumpers off the panel. They look a little like bice bumpers but more hardcore, they make bice bumpers look like girly bumpers! I think I will use them on my single for the summer.
I will look for more of these wheels, it would be great to know what they are. Also in the cab there were two funky hubcaps, I am not sure what the story is with them. I will try to get some photos up. |
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| Rex Surewood |
Sat Feb 26, 2005 12:50 pm |
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| Hey Benjamin.. Have you measured across the lugnut holes to see if it is 5x205..? It looks a bit on the big side I think.. :-k |
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| benjaminfaught |
Sat Feb 26, 2005 1:05 pm |
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| The distance between holes center to center is 1.25'' larger than my bus wheels. |
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| Rex Surewood |
Sat Feb 26, 2005 1:07 pm |
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Bummer.. Then it's not VW wheels.. But sure looks like it tho..!
I always thought VW had the biggest lug patterns.. :^o |
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| benjaminfaught |
Sat Feb 26, 2005 1:12 pm |
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| I wonder what it is then? We may never know. Funny it was in a bus spare tire well. |
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| roadron |
Sat Feb 26, 2005 5:14 pm |
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| old saabs used a wide5 pattern |
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| gearhead |
Sat Feb 26, 2005 5:41 pm |
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| mabey someone else at onetime thought the same thing you did ,that it was a vw wheel |
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| bill may |
Sat Feb 26, 2005 7:29 pm |
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| looks like late30's 40's ford. my 39 sedan had those. |
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