Have you tried using some newer tubeless wheels with the correct back spacing
and installing your own hubcap clips? There used to be tech articles by
Smokey Culver about installing hubcap wheel clips on some F*#d wheels on
Inliners.org, Jimmy carter truck parts, Stovebolt.com et al but I couldn't
find them there. If you Google 'install hubcap clips' there will be many
versions of the Smokey Culver hubcap clip installation listed. I'm thinkin'
that Smokey is a red headed, left handed Texan or Canadian or something
similar, but that don't matter, I guess.
Durwood @ TESRWNN
51 Chevy 1/2 ton Deluxe 5 window
52 Burb
54 Jimmy 1/2 ton Deluxe 5 window
> From: dhckdkcsk@hotmail.com
> To: henry@signalpeak.net; oletrucks@autox.team.net;
old-burb-club@yahoogroups.com; old-chevy-truck@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2011 18:39:14 -0700
> Subject: Re: [Oletrucks] wheels
>
> Henry,
>
> I have taken many stock regular and artillery wheels to a wheel shop and
they
> just cut off the old tube type wheel and weld on a 7" tubeless rim so you
keep
> the original hubcap clips and the original back space. If your original
> centers are OK then take them to a wheel shop. I took mine to TruDesign
wheel
> in Denver and the guy is really proud of his work to the tune of $150 a
wheel.
> The 'Wheel Vintiques' wheels look OK but you have to buy their hubcaps.
>
> Durwood @ TESRWNN
> 51 Chevy 1/2 ton Deluxe 5 window
> 52 Burb
> 54 Jimmy 1/2 ton Deluxe 5 window
>
>
>
>
> > From: henry@signalpeak.net
> > Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2011 17:59:44 -0700
> > To: oletrucks@autox.team.net
> > Subject: [Oletrucks] wheels
> >
> > Howdy,
> >
> > My 54 has 6 lug hub's that I would like to keep. It originally had split
> rims
> > that I had reworked with new barrel's
> > but the resulting poor workmanship made it necessary to junk them. Any
> ideas
> > out there for 15" six lug wheels?
> > Possibly a set of original non split, if so where might I find them.
> > Vintiques doesn't seem to have anything other
> > than 15X4 which is too narrow. Want to keep the stock look and be able to
> use
> > my original hub cap's.
> > Help,
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