I had very good luck with the women who run HUBCAP HEAVEN in Nashville. They kept at it until I had a set of four 16" wheels for my 59 3200 which worked perfectly for what I wanted to do. They gave me credit for the ones which didn't work. They looked at jpegs and returned emails right away.
http://www.hubcapheavennashville.com/ Hope this helps. ~~jonas On Apr 15, 2013, at 6:02 PM, corval...@peoplepc.com wrote: > Are any of these rims close? Bill in Oregon > http://tinyurl.com/cz8jm8o > > ============================================================== > -----Original Message----- > From: old-chevy-truck@yahoogroups.com > [mailto:old-chevy-truck@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Tom Johnston > Sent: Monday, April 15, 2013 5:03 PM > To: old-chevy-truck@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [old-chevy-truck] no wheels > > Hi Chevy truckers > Well I finally decided to start on a 1946 3/4 ton pickup that has been > sitting in my barn for the last 25 years. First things first, I need to put > some tires on it, as all its tires are rotten > and will not even hold air. When it came to me it had 750-15 tires on the > back and 750-17 on the front. What it was delivered with new, I haven't a > clue. I would like to put 700-16 tires on it all around, and get rid of the > split rim wheels. I suppose I could put lower profile tires on it, but it > just would not look right IMO. What do you think? > > The problem is, there are no wheels available that I can find. What I want > are 16 inch stamped steel wheels 5 to 6 inchs wide, with 8 on 6 1/2 lug > pattern, which will handle the > large brake drums. Coker say they are out of stock and it may be a half of > year before they > get any, if they ever do. > > If I can't get the wheels I need I will either have to settle for wider > tires, or use the split rims which I won't do, or part the truck out. I hate > > to part it out as it is a complete and rust > free truck. Any ideas out there? Any one know of a source for the wheels I > want? Thanx. > > Tom > > ------------------------------------ > > Ole Chevy and GMC trucks rule! > > To unsubscribe, send an email (with no subject, no body, just the email), > to: old-chevy-truck-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.comYahoo! Groups Links > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Ole Chevy and GMC trucks rule! To unsubscribe, send an email (with no subject, no body, just the email), to: old-chevy-truck-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.comYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/old-chevy-truck/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/old-chevy-truck/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: old-chevy-truck-dig...@yahoogroups.com old-chevy-truck-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: old-chevy-truck-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
