yes, the paper inside is hardly there.

these look awful close.. are listed as Econoline and pickup 15"
F2UA-1130-TA ?

Are my wheels 15 or 16? The tires are r16...so are they already sized up? Or are the 15s for f150 and 16s for f250?

 

No 1953/98 F250; 1967/98 F350; 1969/74 E300; 1975/2014 E250 came with 15" wheels. All these trucks/Econolines have 8 lug wheels on a 6.50" bolt circle.

15" F100/150 wheels have 5 lugs on a 5.50" bolt circle, excepting some 1980/83 F100 15" wheels that have 5 lugs on a 4.50" bolt circle.

I looked at all the car/truck hubcaps thru 1989, but not afterwards.

My 1990/2001 Ford light truck parts catalog is on microfiche, so I cannot post pics from it. There's no ID numbers to Ford part numbers inre to hubcaps.

There are two different diameters of these introduced in 1992 stainless steel w/Ford oval emblem hubcaps:

F2UZ-1130-C .. 10 1/4" diameter: F150/Bronco & E150 / F2UZ-1130-D .. 12 1/8" diameter: E250 with SRW

These F2UZ hubcaps were used thru 1996 on F150/Bronco, thru 1998 on E150/250.

Bronco's cancelled at the end of the 1996 model run, F150's went to metric wheels in 1997, F250/250's went to metric wheels in 1999, but no Econoline of any year has metric wheels.

 

what? Now you're just trying to confuse me, right? heehee
What wheels came on a 62 f-250?
And by your picture... The bottle cap looking hubcaps originally... right?

 

I had a '77 E-150 with a similar cap, just wasn't as deep as yours. As I remember they were a fairly light gauge aluminum.
Seems that mid 90's F-series has a similar cap as well.

Due to the depth of the cap I would venture to say it is off a 250/350 series rig.

Do as Number Dummy suggests and see if there are any markings or labels. That will give you a definite answer.

 

I see what used to be a paper sticker.
not the focus anyway..I just asked because it was brought up.
I like the looks of them..don't need to replace them... actually was thinking about finding matching ones for the trailer sometime. But that's going to be a different size also.
I am still interested in finding out if the r16 tires are already larger than the original. Is it a 15 rim? or 16?
and is it going to get me to 60mph with a change in rear gear?

 

1961/66 F250 ~ 8 lug wheels on a 6.50" bolt circle:

16" x 6" wheels were standard equipment. 17" x 5.5" Split Ring wheels & 19.5" x 5.25" wheels were optional.

 

I changed gears in my 62 F-100. Mine came with the Dana 44 rearend and 3.92 gears which I swapped to for a 3.23 ratio. Before, with my y-block and T-98, 50 mph had the engine howling (and the temp guage climbing). After the swap, I cruise around 60 - 65 and get around 12 mpg at that speed.

~Steve

 

That is an awesome looking Wrongbed. With a new paint job it will be even more so !

 

No 1953/98 F250; 1967/98 F350; 1969/74 E300; 1975/2014 E250 came with 15" wheels



Don't you mean "came with 16" wheels" ?

 

Somebody swapped out your original F 250 " innie rims" and replaced them with late model 16" bump wheels ( this is very common when truck originally came with 16" 2 piece innie wheels) About the hubcaps, tripleframe is correct , they are Econoline 12" caps, circa 1992 to mid 2000's.

 

If the truck is not going to be pulling heavy loads in hilly areas, there will be a tremendous difference in overall driveability. The 3.73 is a great ratio that combines crusing and hauling for smaller cu. in. 6 cyl pickups. There are some tire sizes available on F 100's that had the same diameter as tires on F 250s, so that really is not a big factor.Ford expected most people who bought F 250's to haul 3/4 ton of stuff on a regular basis, and expected most people who bought F 100's to haul 1/2 ton of stuff on a regular basis, so they were geared accordingly. Now, if you don't plan to haul 3/4 ton of stuff, but rather a 1/2 ton of stuff, you could set up a 3/4 ton to be geared the same way as a 1/2 ton ( with same engine and trans). Yes. 3.89 was a standard 6 cyl ratio on a F100, but you had a choice when vehicle was ordered new to go up or down from there depending on needs, a 3.73 or a 4.11. There was not this coverage of ratios for '62 F250's when new ( the market for '62 was mainly farmers and commercial users who were interested in economy and weight hauling at slower speeds.

 

ok... a y-block. that's bigger, right?
would it make that much difference?

 

oops... didn't refresh before posting.
Good news then...
I so appreciate all the info and opinions. Really not historically an old truck guy, just fell in love.

Not planning to paint...just some more polishing, then a clear coat.
I am planning on painting the trailer to match eventually.

 

The caps physically are about 10 1/2 inches. Assuming that the 12s would be about 12?

 

Yes...I love that name...wrongbed. SOOO Wrong. heehee!