On 18 Aug 1996, Keith Bennett wrote:
> An interesting side note is that on some cars of 50s & 60s with
> ordinary steel wheels,
> The theory says that, in this
> case, wheels on left hand side
> of the car would have a left hand thread, and on the right hand side
> would have a right hand thread,
> which is the opposite of the situation with wire wheels. Does anyone
> out there have such a car,
> and can they confirm
this??
> Keith Bennett
hi keith, you'll probably here lots of replies on this, Chrysler products
at least did indeed have this in the 60's. i learned it in a very
embarassing manner. i was on a date in nineteen-seventy (mumble), and
being a poor college student, i hadn't been able to repair my current
(broken) driver. i borrowed a car from my friend, '63 Plymouth Valiant.
went on the date, out late, etc. and upon returning her home, had a flat.
this was 10 below (F) central Missouri USA winter, mucho cold, and was
trying to quietly change it in her driveway (somewhat after her curfew).
after twisting off two of the left-hand thread lug nuts on the left rear
wheel, her dad came out and showed me. and wasn't even too mad about her
being late!
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