I found a set of 6, 19.5" x 6.5" drop center wheels. I am familiar with split rims but tires are costly and hard to find in 20". I really wanted to run radials as well.
The wheels were listed on Ebay about 2 hours from the house. I contacted the seller and made a Drug Deal for local pick up. This saved me half again as much as I paid For the wheels and the seller the chore of boxing and Shipping.
The wheels are from a '98 Chevy 3500HD. The bolt pattern are center hole are spot on. I have 2 that are bare and 4 that have decent tires on them. The 4 mounted will work great for the rear and get me by for awhile.
~ Craig 1958 Viking 4400 "The Book of Thor" Read the story in the DITY 1960 Chevrolet C10 "A Family Heirloom" Follow the story in the DITY Gallery '59 Apache 31, 327 V8 (0.030 over), Muncie M20 4 Speed, GM 10 Bolt Rear... long term project (30 years and counting)
If you don't like driving yourTruck, you won't drive yourTruck..| Living life in the SLOW lane
Mike B, I had thought about that as well. The plan is to swap the rear end out at some point with a higher ratio, maybe 4.11. The up side for now will be that my 4 ft 9 in tall wife won't need climb as high to get in.
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~ Craig 1958 Viking 4400 "The Book of Thor" Read the story in the DITY 1960 Chevrolet C10 "A Family Heirloom" Follow the story in the DITY Gallery '59 Apache 31, 327 V8 (0.030 over), Muncie M20 4 Speed, GM 10 Bolt Rear... long term project (30 years and counting)
If you don't like driving yourTruck, you won't drive yourTruck..| Living life in the SLOW lane
If you have the stock single speed rear it will have 6.17 gears. If you go up to 4.11 gears with a modern rear you won't have enough engine power to move the truck up a slight grade without downshifting a gear or two and then you'll top the grade out doing 20 mph. The 4.11 rear will need a much bigger engine to go with it.
Mike B
Mike Boteler
1956 Chevy 3100 Resto Rod 1952 Willys M38 Army Jeep 1983 Jeep CJ7 Laredo 1984 Jeep CJ7 +++++ Silver Spring, MD
I have no immediate plans to change much about the Truck, the tires were a must. Brake work is in progress then I will assess what needs to be priority. Gearing is on the list but needs some serious research.
~ Craig 1958 Viking 4400 "The Book of Thor" Read the story in the DITY 1960 Chevrolet C10 "A Family Heirloom" Follow the story in the DITY Gallery '59 Apache 31, 327 V8 (0.030 over), Muncie M20 4 Speed, GM 10 Bolt Rear... long term project (30 years and counting)
If you don't like driving yourTruck, you won't drive yourTruck..| Living life in the SLOW lane
‘60’s GM 22.5” wheels come with 10 on 8.75” bolt pattern. There is enough meat on the center to redrill to 10 on 7.25” bolt pattern, need to make hub spacer, torque ring, too. Left hand wheel in picture. Proper tools must be used.
Ed
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'37 GMC T-18 w/ DD 4-53T, RTO-610, 6231 aux., '95 GMC running gear, full disc brakes, power steering, 22.5 wheels and tires. '47 GMC 1 ton w/ 302, NP-540, 4wd, full width Blazer front axle. '54 GMC 630 w/ 503 gasser, 5 speed, ex fire truck, shortened WB 4', install 8' bed. '55 GMC 370 w/270, 420 4 speed, grain, dump bed truck from ND. Works OK.
I have the 19.5's mounted. The new tires and wheels are about 4 inches shorter than the originals. I like the look, it's amazing what some elbow grease and a rattle can can do.
~ Craig 1958 Viking 4400 "The Book of Thor" Read the story in the DITY 1960 Chevrolet C10 "A Family Heirloom" Follow the story in the DITY Gallery '59 Apache 31, 327 V8 (0.030 over), Muncie M20 4 Speed, GM 10 Bolt Rear... long term project (30 years and counting)
If you don't like driving yourTruck, you won't drive yourTruck..| Living life in the SLOW lane
