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Purchased and mounted on my restored wheels. I had the wheels blasted and I did do a couple of rounds priming and blocking on each face that goes out. I think it was worth the effort.

They are Pacifica tires and I was able to purchase them for $190 each. That included tubes and flaps.

I was surprised at how easy mounting the tires were. On another note if you plan to do this yourself... Take the tires to a tire shop and have them break the beads on their tire machine. Once the beads are broken down you can manage the rest pretty easy.

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Hey Randy --- By any chance have you found a source for replacement lug bolts? Checked my local NAPA and they don't have anything that far back.

I did just replace all of them. It had 9/16 on one side and 5/8 on the other side. I was not able to find any with the correct knurl diameter in 9/16" so I went with 5/8" on both side, but kept the 9/16" up front. I was just looking at the specs from 1946 and it list 5/8 from the factory, but the 5/8 were certainly newer than the 9/16 on my truck.... Who knows what life these old trucks had on the farm before we acquire them!

I will post up the Dorman numbers tomorrow for you.

I've noticed on several of these BB wheel posts there's 9/16 and 5/8 stud sizes. I figured the 9/16 were for 1.5 Ton and the 5/8 were for 2 tons. I got all new 5/8 lug nuts from the truck shop that made my new U bolts for the springs. I've never had to replace any lug bolts. Amazing for almost 70 years old!

Since the lug nuts on the 2 ton are flat not conical you could use any industrial tall nut.

More important - if you have 9/16 up front, what effect is that going to have on the rotor selection for your disk brakes kits if we have 5/8's?

Jim, None of that changes. You bolt the rotor to the back of the hub. leaving the hub face untouched.

I used a Dorman number 610-071 for my stud and a 611-057 for the nut. Amazing how the price adds up. I was over $200 in hardware on the rear hubs... Small price to pay I guess.

I have noticed a few threads now where napa wasn't of any help for studs. I just took one down to my local store (lucky for me it's a warehouse) and they mic-ed em and handed me 20 ready to go... Even had an inch longer as I asked for. Matching them up is much more productive than the alternative. IF you go by the 'book' then 50's 5/8's studs are the same.

What I have found in my run with these trucks is 9/16 went on 1.5 and 2 ton trucks 42' and earlier, and 46- received the 5/8 larger studs. Unconfirmed, but so far true of my herd and parts hunting.