They have been outlawed for a reason....even after they are inflated you
never know if and when they will blow! The lip that hold's the two halves
together will get rusty and corroded causing the rim to fail and split
apart. You don't want to be around when it goes.....
Mike B. '56 8400 Wrecker :)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Pewterbaugh" <dpewter@email.msn.com>
To: <ADvent@thuntek.net>; "Woody" <woodrow@w-link.net>
Cc: "oletrucks" <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2000 10:42 PM
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] 49 3600 Suicide Rims
> I remember an earlier discussion on the list that mentioned this method
also
> &, if I remember correctly, they said DON'T even do that. (what goes up,
> must come down).
>
> Regards,
> Doug Pewterbaugh
> dpewter@msn.com
> Denton, TX
> 49 3104 216 5-window
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <ADvent@thuntek.net>
> To: Woody <woodrow@w-link.net>
> Cc: oletrucks <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2000 9:05 PM
> Subject: Re: [oletrucks] 49 3600 Suicide Rims
>
>
> > thats true, but those other wheels were ten hole wheels, not eight. I
have
> the
> > widow maker wheels. if anyone ever airs one up after a f;at repair,
> install the
> > wheel like the front and use an air chuck that will stay on by itself
and
> stand
> > a good distance away while airing it up
> > new mexico jim
> >
> > Woody wrote:
> >
> > > I had a 50 3800 with 8 hole rims, and the rims from my 75 Dodge pu fit
> with
> > > no spacers or clearance problems.
> > >
> > > Woody
> > > 51 3100
> > >
> > > oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and
1959
> >
> > oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
>
>
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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