Won't matter. The same wheel was used across a wide range of years by all these manufacturers. The wheel is probably a Budd product and will have a part number on it if you want me to see if I can look it up, just to put your mind at ease. Stu

 

I will look to see I there is a number on it.My Dad had bought a 65 F-350 years ago and the guy gave it along as a spare and I can remember he did say it would fit.He had 2 f-350 and one IHC the same size as the F-350s

 

I was wondering if the outer part of a F350 hub, the part that bolts to the outside of the drum and the inter part of the hub, could be changed out? It bolts to the drum with eight bolts and the brake drum shows the same into the early seventies. If you could swap a post 66 F350 outer wheel adapter onto a earlier one then you can go with a eight lug wheel on the front.

 

No such thing as 16" DRW's for any 1953/66 F350. The following was all that was available:

B6TZ-1015-A .. 17.5" x 5.25" 6 lug 7.25" bolt circle pattern non Split Rim Dual Rear Wheel / Stamped with ID number: 79120 / Use with tube or tubeless tires / Obsolete
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Ford offered another 17.5" x 5.25" 6 lug 7.25" bolt circle pattern non Split Rim wheel for F350's, but for SRW's only: B8Y-1015-A / Stamped with ID number: 73230

Then...there's another that is: 17" x 5.5" 6 lug 7.25" bolt circle pattern Split Rim Wheel for SRW's only: B5Y-1007-B / Stamped with ID number: 68600-1

 

My 64 has 16" locking rings on it. I've looked at two 60 F350's and a 66 F350 and they all had six lug 16" locking ring rims with 7.50-16 tires. They all are dual wheels.

 

My 65 F-350 is the same,16" split wheels with 7.50-16" tires,dual rear wheels

 

There are no 16" DRW's listed in the 1948/56; 1957/63 & 1964/72 Ford Truck Parts Catalogs for 1953/66 F350's.

All that is listed is the above.

 

Bill - there's got to be something you're not seeing. Specifically, part #TCAA 1007-B is listed as a 16" x 5.5" DRW, 6 x 7.25" pattern (Model Y), in both the '54 edition and '64 reprint edition of the Chassis Parts and Accessories Catalog. It is the only 16" DRW shown, I'll grant. My wheel references show it is Budd #65340D1 and has a Firestone "RHP" mounting. The Budd number cross refers to NWRA # X-45065. It is also shown being used by Studebaker with their part #682773. Stu

 

Hmm - my wheels are 20". I found them at a local truck scrap yard and Lancaster Farming (a weekly newspaper in PA) I now have 3 extra rims. In all I got 9 and sandblasted and painted all. My truck is now gorgeous. I also have a ton of 7.50x20 tires. And 2 8.25x20 tires with not much tread. Were your original wheels 17.5? If not, your engine will be working really hard. In all, I paid $315 for the rims with tires. But I had already bought tires for $191 ea plus shipping. Then I needed all new break cylinders. This has been a long haul job. I don't know about body parts. Haven't gotten to that yet.

 

Your 20s are unusual, and I'll say probably rare, wheels. I've found very few references to 20s having the 6 lug x 7.25" pattern. The 6 lug x 8.75" pattern wheels used on big trucks are real common, but not the ones like yours.

Am I interpreting your comment about the 17.5s vs 16s correctly? Are you suggesting that the 16s will be a smaller wheel/tire combo than the 17.5s which will make the engine work harder? If so, that is a common misconception. Actually a 16" wheel/tire combo will be a slightly taller combo than the 17.5", and will thus give the same or better road speed than the 17.5. The 7.50 x 16 tire will have about a 32" outside diameter while the 8 x 17.5" will be about 31.5". The below link the the Universal Tire catalog shows these figures. Stu

Truck - Truck and Military

 

Stu, thanks for this. My truck is 14000gvw - not big as trucks go, but it is what it is. A previous owner could have changed things?? The lug ring is 8.75 and the hole is 6". My engine runs at pretty high rpm, so I doubt if it had smaller tires in the past. Anyway, I finally got it through PA inspection and am on the road again after too many months.
Jim

 

So that makes your truck an F-500 does it? That would explain the 6 lug x 8.75 bolt pattern. Stu

 

TCAA-1007-B: I missed seeing the ref to DUAL in the 1948/56 truck parts catalog, but...

This wheel is not listed in the 1957/63 nor in the 1964/72 Ford truck parts catalogs (nor is it listed in the manufacturer's ID number charts in these two catalogs).

Which means...the original applications were for 1953/56 F350's only.
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20" 6 lug 8.75" bolt circle pattern. TEN different wheels like this are listed in the 1964/72 truck catalog!

Most of the part number prefixes are C4TZ. There are two C3TZ's, one B4T and one B4Q also listed.

 

Bill - Not sure how the Ford books work, that's your domain, but my NWRA catalogs from '57, '62, '64, and '70 all show that wheel used through '66. I wonder what the Hollander Interchange shows for the latter years. My Hollander only goes up to '56, and it shows it was used through '56. Stu

 

I have no Hollander inter-changers, so I dunno what's listed...what's not.

All I know is, there's no TCAA-1007-B wheel listed for 1957/66 F350's, nor is there any ID number listed.

The 1957/63 & 1964/72 Ford Truck Parts Catalogs are available on CD's from hipoparts.com / Ditto 1948/56, 1973/79 Light & Heavy and 1980/89 Light & Heavy.

A pal of mine owns a large truck dis-mantlers yard (which I've made ref to here on FTE, and a member bought some wheels there). Upstairs, there's a huge stack of greasy ol' Hollanders.

I doubt they are used any longer, so the next time I'm there, will ask if he wants to get rid of them.