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Re: Anyone have any Appliance Industries Alloy Wheels?

To: "Sizemore, Shane" <shane.sizemore@medaphis.com>
Subject: Re: Anyone have any Appliance Industries Alloy Wheels?
From: John Suchak <suchak@mediaone.net>
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 10:10:41 -0400
Shane?

Are they like the wheels on my '77?  (go look at them at
http://www.jacksonville.net/~suchak/toys.htm

If they are, I got the lug nuts at my local mag wheel shop, they're
pretty much standard short shank lug nuts.  The washers are standard
items as well, seperate from the nuts.  I expected it to be a bunch more
complicated than it was, but I just took the rim and a regular lug nut
to the store and they took it from there.

Hope it's as simple for you.

John

(ps..  let me know if they *are* like mine, I have no idea of who made
mine and would be curious to know the manufacturer...)



Sizemore, Shane wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I have just received some very nice Appliance cross laced alloys from
> another lister. I need to find lugs for these wheels.
> The lugs are quite unique but I am sure they are out there somewhere. I
> have already found 7 lugs so far.
> 
> The wheels were made in 1974. They require a shouldered Appliance lug
> nut (washer built into lug itself I think). The shank diameter has to be
> between 1/2" and 9/16" and shaft length about 1/2" also (very small).
> Regular mag nuts will not work (too fat) and the Roto-Lug kits
> #5904/5950 that were made for later Appliance Alloys are too fat also.
> The bolt hole diameter in the wheel is just over 1/2" (smaller than 9/16
> though) and the bolt hole depth on the wheel is right at 1/2".
> If anyone has any leads as to where I might find these I would
> appreciate it!
> 
> THANKS AGAIN,
> 
> Shane Sizemore
> Douglasville, GA
> 1979 Spitfire (head being rebuilt now)

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