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| | | | Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,464 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,464 | What years did Chevy make a 15" truck wheel with the hubcap clips? I believe they started in '55 but don't know how long they produced these before changing to the "nubs" to hold the hubcaps on.
Thanks in advance. | | | | | Joined: May 2006 Posts: 8,351 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: May 2006 Posts: 8,351 | If I'm not mistaken, I beleive 1960 was the last year for them.
Bill Burmeister
| | | | | Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 30 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 30 | Hey Waldo. Saw your post on the Hamb but I dont belong so I couldnt respond. I too looked in to this and found that for chevy they stopped sometime in the 62-63 year. Most 63's I have seen dont have the clips but I have seen some. Proof is also the fact that chevy made the 61-63 half ton hubcap in clip type and non clip. GMC I have found used the clip type 6 lug wheel all the way up to 67. Gmc had a tendency of using 15" inch 6 lug split rims, but I not always. Confused yet?
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| | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 |
15" wheels in GM 1/2 ton trucks (with hub-cap clips) were available at least back to the 30s. I do not know what range had years had hub-cap clips at the same "orientation".
| | | | | Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,464 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,464 | Thanks guys. I'm looking for wheels that will work with tubeless tires so I was thinking the later wheels would work best. When it warms up a little more around here I'll take my tape measure and start scouring the wrecking yards. | | | | | Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 2,254 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 2,254 | They also came in different widths and the area outside the hub cap is either concave or indented.
Dennis
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| | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 | I have tubeless radials mounted on original 15" 1954 wheels on one of my trucks. The condition of the wheels would seem to me to be the biggest factor determining if tubeless or tubed radials would be able to be used?
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