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| | | | Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 1,571 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 1,571 | I checked the '51 350 this weekend...two of the six wheels are the standard 10-lug Budd 3-piece rims. The other four have the same center, but a one piece rim. All are 6.5"x20" rims. Does anyone have a clue what the one-piece rims are from? I'd like to find two or three more. | | | | | Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 8,597 Riding in the Passing Lane | | Riding in the Passing Lane Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 8,597 | I was around truck wheels for many years & never saw anything like that. Are you shure they are not 19.5 or 21.5s. I dont see how you could ever get a 20 in. tire on a one piece wheel. 
They say money can't buy happiness. It can buy old Chevy trucks though. Same thing. 1972 Chevy c10 Cheyenne SuperIn the Gallery Forum | | | | | Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 59 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 59 | My guess is that the wheel is a late 50s tubeless tire wheel probably a 22.5 X 6 wheel | | | | | Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 3,068 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 3,068 | Maybe they're the widow makers, the split rim that splits down the center,
Scott | | | | | Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 1,571 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 1,571 | Ok...I know how to measure, and I know what all forms of split rims look like...these things are 20" solid Budd wheels. They have 8.25-20 tires on them, I double-checked with a tape measure, and looked all over the rims - no seams. They're odd, but they had to come from something. | | | | | Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,212 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,212 | Are you sure they aren't 2-piece split rims? They have a wide band running around the center of the rim right where the wheel center is riveted to the outer wheel rim. Other than that they look just like a 1-piece wheel. | | | | | Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 215 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 215 | you are not alone GMCpanel. I have seen those wheels and tire size befor on a mid 70s chevy C60 not shure were thay came from, but thay were a one peice 20inch rim! | | | | | Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 1,571 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 1,571 | oldchevy...on a '70s era C60? I'll have to check that out.
Mike B...my family has trucks with both type of splits, so I know the type you're talking about...these things aren't split. It looks like we may have a lead, though. | | |
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