17” solid rims
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No, that’s a widow maker. A basic fact about old 17” wheels having the 8 x 6.5” pattern, there were no one piece versions. All Ford and Dodge wheels were RH-5° WMs, the GM version was a three piece version having a side ring with small locking ring. Called the Firestone/Kelsey Hayes “AR” design, Stu
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[QUOTE=truckdog62563;21018764]No, that’s a widow maker. A basic fact about old 17” wheels having the 8 x 6.5” pattern, there were no one piece versions. All Ford and Dodge wheels were RH-5° WMs, the GM version was a three piece version having a side ring with small locking ring. Called the Firestone/Kelsey Hayes “AR” design, Stu[/QUOT
Ok thanks , I never crawled under to get a closer look. I didn’t know all 17” rims were made the same way. Thought maybe there were different manufacturers.
doug.
Ok thanks , I never crawled under to get a closer look. I didn’t know all 17” rims were made the same way. Thought maybe there were different manufacturers.
doug.
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Checking the books the Budd 49380 widow maker was also used by Studebaker in addition to Ford and Dodge. Importantly it’s only the SRWs with 8 x 6.5” pattern that this applies to. Stu
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Over the years I’ve built a library of original paper references covering the 1920s to early 2000s, when everything went on-line. In this example a really good original Motor Wheel Corporation catalog from 1964 is on-line and included on the Old Car Manual Project.com site. Old timers here might recall that this has been referenced here a number of times. Link below. Stu
https://www.oldcarmanualproject.com/...tes%20000.html
In fairness, this one on-line catalog won’t give all the answers. You’ll find the NWRA cross reference code X-45047, which will take you to the Budd 49380 manufacturer’s number, but it’d require other Budd or NWRA references to identify it as an RH-5°. Stu
https://www.oldcarmanualproject.com/...tes%20000.html
In fairness, this one on-line catalog won’t give all the answers. You’ll find the NWRA cross reference code X-45047, which will take you to the Budd 49380 manufacturer’s number, but it’d require other Budd or NWRA references to identify it as an RH-5°. Stu
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