Thanks for the info, Pete. After I got new tires mounted, I realized that I
didn't have quite the clearance that I thought I had, at least when I turn
the wheel hard to either direction. The drag link rubs one way, and the
tire rubs the other. So I guess I'll have to find some wheel spacers for
the front.
To look at them, it appears that the clips should fasten okay, and that the
hub caps will work, but I won't know till I install them. And I bet the
beauty rings would look great!
Thanks again-
Smokey
'50 3600 5-window
-----Original Message-----
From: PJMONES@aol.com <PJMONES@aol.com>
To: oletrucks@autox.team.net <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Date: Sunday, May 02, 1999 4:57 PM
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Update on 16" 8-hole wheel
>Smokey, my '53 3600 has 8 lug Ford wheels on it. The rims clear the tie
rod
>ends only by 1/4 inch, but work fine. Due to the close clearance to the
tie
>rod you cannot place wheel weights on the inside of the rim. Have them
>install the stick on type if they need to add weight to the inside. Also, I
>could not get the Chevy hub caps to fit these rims. The Ford rims have four
>lobes on the area where the hub cap go and this area is also slightly
>smaller. I tried to notch a hub cap for the lobes and found out that I
still
>could not get them to fit. I then got involved with other things and did
not
>have a chance to try something different to get them to fit. Let me know
if
>you figure something out and I will do the same. I recently picked up a
set
>of beauty rings that really dressed up the wheels. The hub caps would be
nice.
>Pete
>'53 3600, "Ole Betsy"
>http://chevytrucks.org/users/wayne/peter53.jpg
>oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
>
>
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