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| | | | Joined: Sep 2019 Posts: 223 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Sep 2019 Posts: 223 | When did wheels start to be known as rims? Ever since I was a Texaco gas station attendant, (50 years ago), the rim was part of a wheel. I know I'm about to be put out to pasture, however, describing something that it isn't sort of bugs me. I'm an old crotchety member of the accuracy club! | | | | | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 2,097 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 2,097 | It's just a term that has crept into the vernacular. Kind of like valve cover vs rocker cover, rear end vs differential or three on the tree vs three speed column shift. Some mistakenly refer to exhaust manifolds as headers. There are probably more.
Fred
1956 3100 Pickup/Red/350/3sp OD/PS/Disc Brakes
1957 Bel Air Sport Coupe/Red/355/TH350/PS/Disc Brakes
2017 Silverado LT Single Cab SB/Black/5.3/6 Speed Trans
1947 Willys CJ2A w/F-Head engine
| | | | | Joined: May 2020 Posts: 23 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: May 2020 Posts: 23 | Wheels is the correct term, rims is what people who don’t know cars call the chrome things they buy at Discount Tire for their Altima.
Exhaust manifolds are cast iron, headers are stainless tubes.
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| | | | | Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 899 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 899 | Wouldn't a rim be a wheel with out a center disc?
Brian
1955.2 3100 Truck
The older I get the more dangerous I am!!!!! | | | | | Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 631 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 631 | Wouldn’t a rim be a wheel without a tire ? | | | | | Joined: Mar 2014 Posts: 4,480 Moderator, Electrical Bay | | Moderator, Electrical Bay Joined: Mar 2014 Posts: 4,480 | I pitch in with Brian. A rim is just what it says...the outer perimeter edge of the wheel. The part that keeps the tire from popping off (hopefully).
~ Jon
1952 1/2 ton with 1959 235 | T5 with 3.07 rear end
| | | | | Joined: May 2005 Posts: 8,983 Sir Searchalot | | Sir Searchalot Joined: May 2005 Posts: 8,983 | All kinds of names associated with vehicles have different names. All are regional, or hot rodder talk, nick names, etc. Rims are wheels. stealies, moonies, chromies, chrome rims, Dubs, 20's................
Pipes are duals.
I didn't know what a bubbler was. A New York guy kept saying bubbler. Actually he said "bubbla". We call it a drinking fountain out west.
What really bothers me is when someone refers to tires as wheels.
"Wheels" can also refer to the whole truck. My wheels.
Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it. - William Penn
| | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 | What really bothers me is when someone refers to tires as wheels.
"Wheels" can also refer to the whole truck. My wheels.I think of these wheels when someone refers to a part of an old vehicle.My trucks are trucks - the trucks that I still have all have 4 wheels (and, you will like this) they all have a spare tire.  | | | | | Joined: May 2005 Posts: 8,983 Sir Searchalot | | Sir Searchalot Joined: May 2005 Posts: 8,983 | So in the chart..........what part of the wheel is "Rim Size"? Does not seem like it's THE rim. The RIM/outer diameter on a 16" wheel measures greater than 16". Yet the chart says rim is 16". In the chart, the RIM is actually the bead seat. Denoting the size of the WHEEL!    ShA BaM
Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it. - William Penn
| | | | | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 2,097 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 2,097 | Aren't you glad you started this silly business.
1956 3100 Pickup/Red/350/3sp OD/PS/Disc Brakes
1957 Bel Air Sport Coupe/Red/355/TH350/PS/Disc Brakes
2017 Silverado LT Single Cab SB/Black/5.3/6 Speed Trans
1947 Willys CJ2A w/F-Head engine
| | | | | Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 631 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 631 | Google it.........there are dozens of YouTube videos on the wheel rim topic...... | | | | | Joined: Oct 2019 Posts: 238 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Oct 2019 Posts: 238 | Kind of like motor vs engine... | | | | | Joined: May 2015 Posts: 11,028 Housekeeping (Moderator) Making a Stovebolt Bed & Paint and Body Shop Forums | | Housekeeping (Moderator) Making a Stovebolt Bed & Paint and Body Shop Forums Joined: May 2015 Posts: 11,028 | Kind of like motor vs engine... No, a motor is what has wires hooked to it and turns stuff like fans and pumps. An engine is what makes our trucks go. But then there are search engines as well. 
Kevin 1951 Chevy 3100 work truckFollow this saga in Project JournalPhotos 1929 Ford pickup restored from the ground up. | 1929 Ford Special Coupe (First car) Busting rust since the mid-60's If you're smart enough to take it apart, you darn well better be smart enough to put it back together. | | | | | Joined: Sep 2019 Posts: 223 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Sep 2019 Posts: 223 | So it maybe that the outer part of a rim is a rim? The rim rim thingy when describing what got bent in a pothole! SHOWING the repair shop, "My rim got bent...repair shop, no it didn't, just the rim. I know, that's what I just said." Further explanation now required. I wonder how far this one will go! | | | | | Joined: Jan 2020 Posts: 620 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2020 Posts: 620 | A late note. I have a horse buggy that I'm in the process of putting a steel tire on the wooden wheel, just sayin. This has been a facinainating read, how in the #@*? is that word spelled? Thanks Rocket man. Doc
Currently making 1954 3100 better than new and Genetics
| | | | | Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 899 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 899 | I made rims, discs, and wheels for 25 years. A disc is a disc, and a rim is a rim, and a rim and a disc put together is a wheel.
Brian
1955.2 3100 Truck
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