Another wheel question
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Another wheel question
My 1965 F100 has a mis match set of wheels and I have found a set that is on a 1957 1/2 ton. The owner says that the wheels are from a Lexus but they look good and if they will fit mine I am going to buy them. Is there a reason they won't work? Thanks in advance.
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I saw these wheels on a listing from Craigslist. The wheels are 15" and have the correct bolt pattern. They are 150 mi. away so anything else is unknown. I thought that another member may have some experience with this.
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Lexus' are basically reskinned Toyota's, AFAIK both have metric wheels. There are quite a few different models of Lexus & Toyota, so their wheels are not all the same sizes/bolt patterns.
F150's have metric wheels beginning in 1997. No Econoline of any year has metric wheels.
5 lug wheels on a 5.50" bolt circle: 1940/47 Commercial (1/2 ton truck) / 1940/48 Ford/Merc Passenger Cars / 1948/52 F1 / 1953/79 F100 / 1966/96 Bronco / 1969/74 E200.
1975/96 F150 / 1975/2014 E100/150 / Some 1980/83 F100 (some have 5 lug wheels on a 4.50" bolt circle).
1940/47 Commercial & 1940/48 Ford cars have 16" wheels, Merc's have 15" wheels. 1948/52 F1 & 1953/54 F100 have 16" wheels.
15" wheels became standard equipment in 1955 F100's, 16" wheels were optional thru 1979.
1956/66 F100's also available with optional 17" wheels.
F150's have metric wheels beginning in 1997. No Econoline of any year has metric wheels.
5 lug wheels on a 5.50" bolt circle: 1940/47 Commercial (1/2 ton truck) / 1940/48 Ford/Merc Passenger Cars / 1948/52 F1 / 1953/79 F100 / 1966/96 Bronco / 1969/74 E200.
1975/96 F150 / 1975/2014 E100/150 / Some 1980/83 F100 (some have 5 lug wheels on a 4.50" bolt circle).
1940/47 Commercial & 1940/48 Ford cars have 16" wheels, Merc's have 15" wheels. 1948/52 F1 & 1953/54 F100 have 16" wheels.
15" wheels became standard equipment in 1955 F100's, 16" wheels were optional thru 1979.
1956/66 F100's also available with optional 17" wheels.
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Because typos live forever on the web, the above should say 17.5". A small difference makes a real difference. Stu
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The details would have included the fact that the front fenders with the 45" opening radius would required to install these wheels.
17" wheels cannot be used with the 36" opening radius fenders that were used with 15/16" wheels on F100 2WD's, 1966 F100 4WD 15/16" or the 16" wheels used on F250 2WD's.
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Marmon-Herrington Man
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Generalizing by saying a 17" instead of 17.5" is just incorrect. The two are entirely different animals. Stu
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They're probably as hard to find as Jimmy Hoffa, Amelia Earhart and Judge Crater, 3 well known 20th century disappearing acts.
And besides, I've typed the correct specs for these wheels countless times. It's not my fault that members don't use the search function.
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There's another problem associated with all Ford wheels, because most people don't know how Ford measured the widths.
For example: 8C-1015 is the 1948/52 F1 wheel: 16" x 4.5."
Then when this info is posted, along comes a clueless "chimer-inner" that says my original wheels are wider than that.
They are, but only because the chimer-inner measured across from the outside lips, instead of how Ford does it...across from the inside flanges.
For example: 8C-1015 is the 1948/52 F1 wheel: 16" x 4.5."
Then when this info is posted, along comes a clueless "chimer-inner" that says my original wheels are wider than that.
They are, but only because the chimer-inner measured across from the outside lips, instead of how Ford does it...across from the inside flanges.
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Yup, measuring across the rim lips used to be the industry standard, but that changed in the 1940s. The inner rim width measurement has been the industry standard since, not just Ford standard. On older Fords that we discuss on the 47 and under forum it gets confusing because the Green Bible citations are in some instances based on the old criteria. Stu
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Yup, measuring across the rim lips used to be the industry standard, but that changed in the 1940s. The inner rim width measurement has been the industry standard since, not just Ford standard. On older Fords that we discuss on the 47 and under forum it gets confusing because the Green Bible citations are in some instances based on the old criteria. Stu
I currently have an ancient Green Bible, but the green is missing.
The covers fell apart, the pages were inserted in a Ford 3 ring binder that has Genuine FoMoCo Parts and the 1953/56 hood emblem shield on its cover.
Got it from Pasadena Ford when they closed August 2008. I've had many others over the years, sold 'em at swap meets. It's since been reprinted and is also available on a C/D from hipoparts.com
