The Stovebolt Site Forums The Shop Area General Truck Talk Please ID this Wheel

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When I first bought my 58 Chevy 1/2 ton stepside in 2014, I was very optimistic about how long it would take to restore her to her former glory. One of the first things I noticed was that the wheels and tires would not make it long term. An acquaintance, who had quite a few 55-59 pickups in various states of disarray sold me 4 wheels that "came off of a 58". I immediately had them powder coated, and a picture of one of them is linked here.

I always thought they were early 15" rally wheels, but after reading every post here about wheels for the past 5 years, it seems I may be mistaken. They are, in fact,15"X 5 1/2-6" 6 lug wheels that have 4 slots and 3 nubs for mounting hub caps and a 3 3/4+- backspace. My understanding is that they can't be original wheels because they don't have the hubcap clips attached to them.

I would like to mount a set of the original style chrome hub caps that have the chevy emblems (4 I think) done in black, but the only ones I can find use only the clip mounting. I have seen the how-to post about modifying a more modern wheel to add the clips, but I'd like to just find some that mount to the wheels that I have already spent too much $$ on.

So---finally my questions. Can someone ID the wheels that I have? Does anyone know who might sell the above style hub caps that will mount to the newer wheels? Thanks for the help.

Those wheels were phased in during the 1961 model year.

as Cletis says, those wheels are newer than the TF series, whose hubcaps use the spring clips and won't cover the 'nubs', so you won't find TF style caps to work - my 58 with those wheels using 60's car hubcaps

Bill

Thanks Cletus, and Flxible! Nice truck. Maybe I'll just use those caps or maybe baby moons. Will the outer trim rings work on these?

The nubs will fit a real nice car hubcap as mentioned. I have been told my chrome caps with bowties are from the belair line.