The Stovebolt Site Forums The Shop Area Driveline Different stock wheels offered in 1951 on 3100

I was fixing to bring my wheels to get them powdercoated and noticed differences in rim widths. All the wheels I have came off a 1951 3100 and one truck is a deluxe and it looks like the wheels are 1/2 wider. All of these are 16 inch wheels but I honestly didn't ever realize there was a possiblity of the width being different. Could someone please verify this because I didn't know if I should try to use them all since it is only 1/4 to 1/2 difference but want to remain as stock as possible.

There were 4.0" and 4.5" rim width wheel up to 1949 or 1950. It looks like a 4.5" rim was the standard 3100 16" rim in 1951.

http://chevy.oldcarmanualproject.com/chevyresto/4996.htm
http://chevy.oldcarmanualproject.com/chevyresto/51150.htm

Well now to search for one more wheel. These trucks are 1951's so they must have done it for another year, one was wrecked in 1960 and set in a field since then and the other was his brothers truck that bought it at the same time and has the narrower wheels but it wasn't the deluxe. I bought the wrecked truck for parts and hoping 2 wheels were good so I guess they will be going on ebay. I wonder how many wrong or missmatched wheels are on these supposedly 100 percent origional or stock trucks at Barrett Jackson lol