Wheels & Hub caps
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Wheels & Hub caps
I am working on my '66 F250 camper special 2WD. I'm thinking about purchasing a set of 16" steel wheels from Vintiques that match the 8x6.5 lug pattern. I want to paint them the same color as the truck and put the dog dish hub caps on for an original look. My question is how do I know these or any other wheels would work for the hub caps?. I only have one original hub cap, so I'll need to acquire some more of the original or find a replacement.
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Did you ask Wheel Vintiques? I seem to remember that their wheels are designed to fit only their caps (don't take my word for it though). Finding original caps for the 250 will prove difficult and expensive (not as common as the F100 and as far as I know, not reproduced) I gave up looking for my '65 and thus went with stock ford steel wheels that would accept any outie hubcap.
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Thanks for the info. I have looked some for hub caps to match mine but have not found any. Glad to know it wasn't just my search abilities if they are rare. I'll call Vintique and appreciate the info
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I ask as I have Vintiques now on my '63 F250 and would love to mount bottles on her. It's a great look. Plmk.
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Those wheels are the old Kelsey Hayes 43552 16" x 6" - 8 on 6.5 pattern.
B9TZ-1015-A was one of the Ford part number, I believe.
Very similar to the split rim style that came on some of these trucks originally, but these are a one piece wheel. They have the innie nubs for mounting the caps and the caps do fit well since it is the same mounting as the originals.
You probably already know this but the F250 caps are a bit larger diameter than the F100 caps, by about an inch or so.
Oddly, the Master Parts Catalog doesn't even list a part number for these larger stainless steel variety but they do for the smaller type 1 - 9 1/2" diameter - stainless of C3TZ-1130-A and they reproduce those smaller ones.
Here's the same one piece wheel with the 10 1/2" white with red lettering Type 1 caps - I scarfed these off of an F350. I also have the same in the argent with red lettering.
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B9TZ-1015-A was one of the Ford part number, I believe.
Very similar to the split rim style that came on some of these trucks originally, but these are a one piece wheel. They have the innie nubs for mounting the caps and the caps do fit well since it is the same mounting as the originals.
You probably already know this but the F250 caps are a bit larger diameter than the F100 caps, by about an inch or so.
Oddly, the Master Parts Catalog doesn't even list a part number for these larger stainless steel variety but they do for the smaller type 1 - 9 1/2" diameter - stainless of C3TZ-1130-A and they reproduce those smaller ones.
Here's the same one piece wheel with the 10 1/2" white with red lettering Type 1 caps - I scarfed these off of an F350. I also have the same in the argent with red lettering.
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The reason why it's not listed, is that your parts catalog is the final printing of May 1975. If you had the 1957/68 loose leaf paper parts catalog that I have, the part number is listed.
What Ford did more often than not is when they obsoleted a part:
They would retain the part number in the price book and parts catalog for a year, then after one year, the part number was dropped from the price book.
The part could also be dropped from the parts catalog after a year when the new edition came out.
There's a gazillion examples of this jazz in the 1964/72 catalog.
I recall when someone wanted a brake pedal for a 1965 F100 2WD .. It's not listed in the May 1975 edition that the hipoparts.com C/D was scanned from.
So, I had to look at my 1957/68 loose leaf paper catalog and there it was. 1965/66 F100/250 2WD is the same.
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That's good to know and it was only odd to the uneducated.....lol
Any chance you would look up the part number for the 10 1/2" Type 1 stainless?
I happened to be looking for the brake pedal for my truck just a day or two ago and noticed there is nothing listed for it in my edition here, too, so that is extra good to know.
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Any chance you would look up the part number for the 10 1/2" Type 1 stainless?
I happened to be looking for the brake pedal for my truck just a day or two ago and noticed there is nothing listed for it in my edition here, too, so that is extra good to know.
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FYI - The folks at Wheel Vintiques told me the 16" 82 Series O.E. 8 lug wheel was designed for their proprietary 11 5/8 'baby moon' cap. Can any FTEer verify?
Also, has anyone tried to mod the 9 1/2 bottle cap to an 82 series rim?
Just looking for options...
Also, has anyone tried to mod the 9 1/2 bottle cap to an 82 series rim?
Just looking for options...
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Edit: Now she says it's today.