Now in stock! In any 15" size (4.5"-14" widths) with 5 on 4.75" Bolt pattern (5 on 4.5" bolt pattern to follow shortly) Raw steel, painted, or chrome. No Extra Charge for custom backspacing, Raw steel starts at $75ea. These wheels have a single bolt pattern and take an outside knob (10 1/8") hubcap like stock '49-up Fords and stock '54-up Chevy. Thanks, Jimmy
Cool Jimmy, I got a buddy's project that will need a set of the 5 on 4.5 right about the time you guys pop em. Thanks for putting in the work to bring these out. Terry aka Yapp Posted from the TJJ App for iPhone & iPad
The chrome version of this should be one of the nicer looking chrome steel wheels around. Will reversed wheels be available?
What size will the center hole on the 4-1/2" wheels be? I need the later 2-3/4" hold to clear my disc brake hub.
Yes, they will be available, I'll get a picture of one up as soon as I get one done. The center bore is just under 3" so they should fit over pretty much everything. Jimmy
you wouldn't happen to know if my 61 Dodge dog dish caps will fit on the 4.5" bolt pattern wheels?? will it be 10 1/8" like the 4.75 bolt pattern wheels? 14x5 or 6 on a huge car looks wrong and later mopar wheels have smaller caps and won't work.
We could use old rims, and do it just like they did in the old days, but it does get pretty expensive to chrome all that old metal and the parts are getting hard to find. We probably won't make a new stamping for a long time. The original Ford Pickup wheels are still pretty easy to find and we can make all the 5 on 5.5" we need wheels using that center. Same thing as above, the original centers are still easy enough to find so we build wheels by using those as cores and putting new outer rims on them. Yes they will. Thanks Jimmy
Are these wheels, lug centric, or hub centric? Will any of them have brake cooling slots in the centers? If not can a customer provide his own wheel centers? I have a good set of 55 Chevy 15" wheel centers in search of some nice 6" and 7' rims. The end result being a sharp set of 15" chrome reverse wheels.
My 4.5" bolt pattern centers will have the same 10 1/8" hubcap as the chevys because thats what the Fords had. But, are you talking about the caps that are about 9.75" across? I could make you some wheels using original dodge centers that would fit. I think I even have some cores right now. These wheels are Lug-centric. The 4.5" and 4.75" will not have slots, but cooling is not really what those are for anyway. The vents are to let the wheel flex a little when using thinner-gauge material. And there is no problem with using your centers, but chroming costs are typically drastically more when using old centers as compared to new ones. Thanks Jimmy
Funny... ive been pouring over my options. How soon are you talking on the 4.5? I would like to get a set headed my way in a couple weeks.(powdercoated) I'm not in a huge hurry just trying to get a plan together. Do you stock the spyder rings and trim rings that fit these?
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