Was there a 5x5" bolt pattern 14 inch rim ever made?

I have this like new set of wide whites that are 14 inch, I want to put them on a 48 Pontiac. The problem is Pontiac is 5x5". I have 2 sets of rims for the car already. The stock 16" and a set of 15".
Does anyone know of any 14 inch steel rims with a 5x5" bolt pattern? Thanks

 

Just about every big Pontiac from 1958 through 1970 had 14" rims with a 5x5 pattern, except for those with heavy duty chassis options and those with disk brakes in 1968-1970. If you're coming over to Back to the 50s in St. Paul this weekend, I have a whole bunch of 14" steel rims off 1961 Pontiacs and I'd give you a killer deal on a set of four. Either that, or give me that set of tires.

 

The '57-58 Chrysler Imperials had 14" rims, and for some reason I think the B.C. on those was 5 on 5". I know Chrysler products are typically 4 1/2" bolt circle...

I may be wrong about the bolt circle...dad has a '59 in his yard I can measure unless someone says for certain I am wrong. I am right about the 14" rims though...

 

had a 55 merc with them

 

ok, since I know the rims I need are out there, I'll steer this thread right into the ditch, funny you bring up the imperials, I spent the day at the junk yard digging through a pile of steel rims about 15 ft high, I've seen this car there many time, but brought my camera today. The writing on the window says "413-G" and "Auto-G"--- I think its a neat car,

 

That there is a 1961 Imperial...

Dad & I have one of those too...

 

Nice tires, Sears Allstate?

 

Yes, 4 ply, 8.0 x 14 gaurdsman, I found them at an antique store of all places, $100 bucks for all 4. They look like they have never been mounted.

 

1960 Oldsmobile

 

My '64 Olds 98 has 5 on 5 in a 14" too. Should have several options there for wheels.

Dig that '61 Imperial, where is that one?

 

mmmmmmm. 413 That makes me warm and fuzzy...

 

Imperials always had the early Ford bolt pattern 5 on 5.5" circle.
The rim sizes varied but the bolt pattern on ALL Imperials is 5 on 5.5".

The New Yorker, Saratoga, and other V8 and 6cyl Chryslers had the 5 on 4.5" pattern which is the later 49-up Ford bolt pattern for most cars.

 

I'm glad I made the disclaimer...

I should have remembered about the late 50's through 1960's BOP's as my first car was a '63 Olds 88...

 

55 merc stock was 5 on 5 15"

 

Imperial is 5 1/2" same as early Ford. And those wheels will fit over Ford 12" drums too.


58 to 64 Pontiac, and 68 to 67 Olds had 5" bolt pattern by 14" wheels

 

it's sitting in a junk yard in Neshkoro WI 54960
motor and tranny are in it yet
Its a very neat yard, all the cars are lined up under pine trees, no sun and lots of ticks

 

Here's the skinny - 58-up Pontiac, but at least through '62 the center is flatter and requires a clip to hold the small cap on; where '58-up Oldsmobile, or at least the '59 I had, have a more modern center with nubs for a snap-on small cap. They seemed like they were wider, too, but that might just have been different backspacing because Pontiac had the wide track and Olds didn't.

At some point ('64) that goes out the window as GM standardized things across the makes.

And of course that's only the full size cars, the compacts had a different pattern.


As for the Imperial, later Imperials are 5x5" for some reason, early ones are the big Ford pattern, by the 57-63 models I'm pretty sure it's 5x5" and definately by the 64-up models.

 

lots of options I guess, but i'm having a hard time finding any close to me

 

If you can get some late 50's early 60's Pontiac wheels, they have the snap in wheel clips for the poverty caps if thats what your using where the 48 wheels have the rivited clips for the centercap. The 48 caps should fit those rims , I know at least the 55-6 Pontiac dogdish will fit my 41 Pontiac 16" wheels. They should all interchange somewhat.

Oh and I wouldn't stack the tires like that especially with the armor all or whatever, could turn the sidewalls brown and make it harder to get them clean.

 

the Imperials were 5 on 5 and a half they were the same as early fords and trucks ,i ran a set on a 56 f100 many moons ago

 

After '66 they're 5 on 5" until '73, but always on a 15" wheel.

 

edelbroke... did you email me with them tires for sale last week?? i posted a add on craigslist, looking for 14'' white walls... looks just like the ones the guy/or a guy emailed me offering me for the same price..

anyways, my 65 olds delta 88 is a 14 inch on 5.5

 

Can't be 5.5, but I'd believe 5" -

 

ops 5 x 5 i know its the same bolt patern as my old 61 caddy fleet wood, and the same as a 64?65? star fire? star cheif.. which ever looked simmaler to the impala of that time ( cant reember off hand)

 

HAMB member Engine-Ear is in the Milwaukee area, he has a ton of old Pontiacs and may have some 14" wheels to spare - if not he may know other Pontiac guys in the area who can help you out. Send him a PM, tell him I sent you.

 

I parted out a 60 Olds many years ago. Had 14x6 wheels with 5 on 5 bolt pattern. Just to widen your search to Oldsmobile also. I could not hardly give those wheels away, everyone wants 15 inch. You should be able to find some 14 inch without much trouble.

 

nope not me, just bought these on saturday

 

As far as 5x5 pattern, GM full size BOP and Cad are 5x5" from like the mid-30s through 1976, Chevy full size is 71-76, Chevy 2WD full size trucks from '71-up. 77-up GM cars get more complicated - only the biggest full size cars and wagons are 5x5", you kind of have to know your models to know what's what.

What that means is there's a lot of wheel variety out there for factory rims. It's interesting that for instance while Chevy, Pontiac and Olds went to 14" wheels in '58-'59, Buick stayed 15" through at least '61. And Cadillac is still another story, although still 15 inch the rims have a different shape to the lip, the Caddy caps I have won't fit any other GM rims. At least not easily.

 

im wondering if them are the ones i was gonna guy off a guy, from wautoma area, if the are.. that sucks i couldnt get them, but cool you did!

 

My 1967 Catalina had 14 X 6" wheels and I parted out a 1964 Olds 98 with H78's on 14 X 7's many, many years ago. Wish I had that one now, had a running 394 in it and power EVERYTHING........