If anyone is interested in making 22.5" wheels with the old centers you will probably need to find a Dayton type 22.5" rim to weld the old center into. At least that is what I have decided from my research as a place to start. A plane 22.5" rim, like if you removed a different center from it is not small enough on the inside to fit the old center. Although I suppose you could cut only part of the center out of a new wheel and weld an old center to that....

I don't see a problem with welding the old to new.

All wheels are dangerious if not treated with respect. The lock ring type just require more care than a modern tubeless ones. I would stay away from the split in the middle ones though.

•1951 GMC 250 in the Project Journals
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•1952 Chevrolet 3800 pickup
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