Re: Steel Wheels on a 68 HEMI RR: what type and size?
[Re: AZ_A12_BEE]
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12/28/13 01:26 PM
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A 15x6 wheel stamped JK, hard to find and almost impossible to fake as the center has raised U's between lug holes
Reference picture...
I ended up with 8 of those rims trying to make a good set of 5. Two of the good ones came from Cass.
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Re: Steel Wheels on a 68 HEMI RR: what type and size?
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12/29/13 12:23 AM
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Just went in the shop attic and looked. 14 x 5.5 stamped JK and they have the raised U between the lug holes. If I remember right, there was a shortage because of a strike at a wheel plant and all he could get was steel wheels. Probably why they are 14s. He went straight from dealer to get a set of Americans.
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Re: Steel Wheels on a 68 HEMI RR: what type and size?
[Re: domingo]
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12/29/13 01:21 AM
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ON a 69 those should be H wheels....they would have an H under the hubcao beside the lug nut holes. Those are the same as the 69 1/2 six pack cars and are even worth more....
That's more of a "supply & demand" issue - both wheels are basically Chrysler Corp's. Heavy-Duty 15x6.0" plain steel wheel. There are simply more people looking for '69 "H" wheels than '68 "HEMI" wheels.
In '68 there were ~2200 HEMI cars (as well as others) that came from the factory with the "HEMI" wheels. In '69 there were ~1900 HEMI cars & ~3300 A12 cars (as well as others) that came from the factory with "H" wheels.
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Re: Steel Wheels on a 68 HEMI RR: what type and size?
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12/29/13 01:23 AM
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1968-'69 Road Runner GTX Charger Super Bee Coronet R/T with 383/440-4bbl got 14x5.5" wheels (& F70-14 tires).
Was the 15 inch steel wheel an option?
on a b-body ..... NO.
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