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H wheels #1642002 07/04/14 06:13 PM 07/04/14 06:13 PM
Joined: Oct 2011 Posts: 189 mn F flyman OP member
flyman OP member F Joined: Oct 2011 Posts: 189 mn	I got a 15x6.5 wheel the other day and it has a H stamped in the center of the wheel, right by the hub studs. what does this mean? How do you tell the date code on Mopar wheels?

Re: H wheels [Re: flyman] #1642003 07/04/14 10:39 PM 07/04/14 10:39 PM
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 18,575 Dreaming of the 808 AZ_A12_BEE I Live Here
AZ_A12_BEE I Live Here Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 18,575 Dreaming of the 808	It's not an H wheel, it's a wheel with an h, H wheels were all 15x6, it's a $20 wheel 69.5 A12 Bee, first purchased in 1976, car 169 on registry 69 Coronet R/T 440/4 spd 69 Coronet 500 Conv H code 383 4bbl/auto 37 Plymouth PU Find your spot on earth and ride it.

Re: H wheels [Re: AZ_A12_BEE] #1642004 07/05/14 11:55 AM 07/05/14 11:55 AM
Joined: Oct 2011 Posts: 189 mn F flyman OP member
flyman OP member F Joined: Oct 2011 Posts: 189 mn	So what did a H wheel come on? And how do you read the date code?

Re: H wheels [Re: flyman] #1642005 07/05/14 05:03 PM 07/05/14 05:03 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 17,516 Las Vegas, NV 6bblgt I Live Here
6bblgt I Live Here Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 17,516 Las Vegas, NV	A "H" wheel was the heavy-duty wheel available on many B & C-bodies including police cars & taxi cabs. They (15x6.0") were STANDARD on A12 & HEMI cars in '69. The "H" wheel grew to 15x6.5" in the '70s. The dates & manufacturing plant info are usually stamped before & after the valve stem hole. It was replaced by the 15x7.0" 6-slot "cop-car-wheel" in the mid-'70s.

Re: H wheels [Re: flyman] #1642006 07/07/14 10:55 AM 07/07/14 10:55 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,632 Nashville, TN M MOPARMIKE69 master
MOPARMIKE69 master M Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,632 Nashville, TN	Quote: So what did a H wheel come on? And how do you read the date code? Go to Resto Ricks website he has a great pic of how to read the date code on an H-wheel! 69 Road Runner vert 69 GTX hard top 70 Road Runner 4 speed 70 Hemi Cuda vert

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