I always felt artillery wheels should be on Gm and Chrysler cars and Fords should have steelies....nothin looks better to me than Chrome reverse and spyder caps....
It's been a couple of years since I found them, one by one, but they come from the larger Mopar products, possibly even SUV's. I wish I'd paid more attention. Three of the four wheels I have on the '33 have the little five-sided Mopar logo next to one of the lug holes. Why the fourth one doesn't have it is beyond me, because the wheel is identical to the others. There are two versions of the wheel. You want the one where the center part of the wheel does not protrude beyond the plane of the rim edges. The wheel's center should be about 1/4" below the plane of the wheel rim edges. They are 4.5" bolt circle, by the way, which is common for Mopar stuff. The wheels are very similar to the hard-to-find shoebox Ford 16" wheels, which had the 4.5" bolt circle. Ironically, I was at the boneyard the other day, a small one with only modern stuff, and don't I find one lying right in the path between a row of cars. I look in my wallet & I don't have enough cash to by it. So, I stick it in the trunk of a really nice car & make a mental map of where it's at. I come back five days later (& you guessed it) they crushed the car. He who stalls is lost.
Lil32 do like those K-H's. RustyNCA those steelies look great.Are those a 5" -6"rim.I need a 1 1/2"-2" backspace on the rear.
et drags....the only way to fly. in drag race mode....looks fast. real fast right before leaving for a 2 day race...gotta drive there to race
go 1932 18"wires in front with a little ass tire & 1935 16" with 235/85r16 in back. 5x5-1/2" bolt pattern though.
Thanks, they are just your typical 16x5 40 Ford rims. When we started with them, they were painted cream and had bullet lugs only.... I like the center cap and trim ring much better. I have no idea on the backspacing, I've never checked it.... I thought about running wires also, I actually assembled a set of center caps, but have never gotten the wires to try.
Well just an update on wheel purchase as I finally made a decision.Actually came to that decision after talking to Jimmy(Wheelkid) at Rally America.He gave me such a good deal on Streetrod wires that I couldnt pass it up,also he had all my questions answered and then some so do appreciate the advice from those of you that pointed me in his direction.They have a 10% off sale at the moment on wires and he also gave me another 10% off for being an Alliance member.So 20% off is Sweet!Now the next decision is tires!
I'm going with black steelies, no trim bands, center covers and (if the wallet allows) Coker Firestone blackwalls on my newfound A tudor! Sinister and simple! Thanks for the affirmation, JJ!
Had wires on mine at first, then switched to wide 5's. They're great looking and not everyone is running them.
Take a page from Kirbys book,,his coupe with wire wheels looks great,,not to mention his beautiful girlfriend. HRP
Yeah, those ten spokes with lug nuts, backed up w/ disc brakes, just says Fake, False, & Phony! Strictly poser stuff! Everybody knows that only the twelve spoke spindle mounts w/ no brakes are the real deal. Yeah, I'm sure you know the difference, and don't give a crap, either. I like the look of those Rockets, even if they're not historically correct. Later, Kinky6
Is the car full fendered? If so you can't go wrong with 5 spoke Americans. You did price the Excelsior tires and recover from sticker shock, right? Great looking tires that I'll run someday myself. Bob QUOTE=rpkiwi;7717133]Buying wheels and tires for my 29 Sedan and would like Artillery but am having trouble finding 16,s with custom backspacing.Most artillery wheels are 15's but would like to use the Coker Excelsior or classic tires and they come in 16's. Would like something a little different other than the norm.Wires would be great but they are quite expensive.[/QUOTE]
this might make you feel a little better about your 10 spokes. there's nothing new under the sun. they've been around longer than most people know.
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