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Anyway to tell the wheels on a 68 without the Bsheet? #1730331 01/15/15 12:34 AM 01/15/15 12:34 AM
Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 11,836 Florida M mopar346 OP Let me tell ya about fat chicks!
mopar346 OP Let me tell ya about fat chicks! M Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 11,836 Florida	68 R/T Coronet to be specific, I have the tag, tire code is 46. Thanks in advance, Kevin Careful, your character's showing!

Re: Anyway to tell the wheels on a 68 without the Bsheet? [Re: mopar346] #1730332 01/15/15 01:44 AM 01/15/15 01:44 AM
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	Originally the brake drums would've had red paint on them if it had 14x5.5" "ROAD" wheels on it when new. 46 = F70-14 Goodyear SPEEDWAY "white stripe" 8396766-REDbrakedrumrestoring_tips+rear_brake_drum.jpg (232 downloads)

Re: Anyway to tell the wheels on a 68 without the Bsheet? [Re: 6bblgt] #1730333 01/15/15 08:44 AM 01/15/15 08:44 AM
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mopar346 OP Let me tell ya about fat chicks! M Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 11,836 Florida	Familiar with the red paint on the drums but I'm not near the car. I didn't know if the tire size dictated the type of wheels. Thanks for the info. Careful, your character's showing!

Re: Anyway to tell the wheels on a 68 without the Bsheet? [Re: mopar346] #1730334 01/15/15 10:12 AM 01/15/15 10:12 AM
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mopar346 OP Let me tell ya about fat chicks! M Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 11,836 Florida	Definitely a clue but obviously not definitive after 46 years. 8396953-39551_1629273738128_5646540_n.jpg (188 downloads) Careful, your character's showing!

Re: Anyway to tell the wheels on a 68 without the Bsheet? [Re: mopar346] #1730335 01/15/15 08:26 PM 01/15/15 08:26 PM
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1cuda mopar 1 Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 641 western australia	red brake drums in 1968? i didn`t think it was introduced until late 69? definitely not on my aug 68 built 69 charger with w23 recalls. anyone got further info of when they started painting red brake drums? all the best frank.

Re: Anyway to tell the wheels on a 68 without the Bsheet? [Re: 1cuda] #1730336 01/16/15 12:41 AM 01/16/15 12:41 AM
Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 11,836 Florida M mopar346 OP Let me tell ya about fat chicks!
mopar346 OP Let me tell ya about fat chicks! M Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 11,836 Florida	I know my Sept built 69 R/T Charger had red and I have the sheet on it to show W21. Careful, your character's showing!

Re: Anyway to tell the wheels on a 68 without the Bsheet? [Re: 6bblgt] #1730337 01/16/15 02:58 PM 01/16/15 02:58 PM
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NANKET master N Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 4,951 northwest USA	The red painted drums were slopily done with a brush on the front surface only. The lug studs had some paint slopped on the outside of them like in Dans picture. The wheels went on before the paint dried so the original wheels had paint on the flange and drips on the inside of the rim. These restorers that spray paint the complete drum are doing it incorrectly.

Re: Anyway to tell the wheels on a 68 without the Bsheet? [Re: NANKET] #1730338 01/16/15 04:07 PM 01/16/15 04:07 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	I bought a $100 '68 Charger in '85 (per the b'cast sheet it originally had "ROAD" wheels. it was built March of '68), IIRC there were remnants of red paint on the drums. Original or "day two" at this point I can't say. Is there an earlier version of the engineering drawing? 8398339-mopartspaintedredbrakedrums.jpg (173 downloads)

Re: Anyway to tell the wheels on a 68 without the Bsheet? [Re: 6bblgt] #1730339 01/16/15 04:42 PM 01/16/15 04:42 PM
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JohnRR I Win Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 75,008 U.S.S.A.	Quote: I bought a $100 '68 Charger in '85 (per the b'cast sheet it originally had "ROAD" wheels. it was built March of '68), IIRC there were remnants of red paint on the drums. Original or "day two" at this point I can't say. Is there an earlier version of the engineering drawing? The 2-19-68 drawing mentions MOTOR WHEEL , wasn't that the recall wheel ? If that's the case then that drawing would be for 69 model year since the recall wheels weren't used on 68's ???

Re: Anyway to tell the wheels on a 68 without the Bsheet? [Re: JohnRR] #1730340 01/16/15 04:53 PM 01/16/15 04:53 PM
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6bblgt I Live Here Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 17,516 Las Vegas, NV	MOTOR WHEEL CORP. (headquartered in Lansing, MI & purchased by Goodyear in the early '70s) built most of the wheels used by Chrysler Corp. (GM & FoMoCo also) during the musclecar era. All "ROAD", "RALLYE", "H" wheels are MOTOR WHEEL CORP. "Recall Wheels", space saver, and some others were Kelsey-Hayes. 8398384-MAGNUM500-HotRodAug67-pg126.jpg (132 downloads)

Re: Anyway to tell the wheels on a 68 without the Bsheet? [Re: 6bblgt] #1730341 01/16/15 06:57 PM 01/16/15 06:57 PM
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Re: Anyway to tell the wheels on a 68 without the Bsheet? [Re: 6bblgt] #1730342 01/16/15 07:19 PM 01/16/15 07:19 PM
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Sunroofcuda master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 8,395 Highland, MI.	Quote: MOTOR WHEEL CORP. (headquartered in Lansing, MI & purchased by Goodyear in the early '70s) built most of the wheels used by Chrysler Corp. (GM & FoMoCo also) during the musclecar era. All "ROAD", "RALLYE", "H" wheels are MOTOR WHEEL CORP. "Recall Wheels", space saver, and some others were Kelsey-Hayes. K-H started building a lot of the wheels for Chrysler starting in 1970 from what I've seen. The big-H wheels had build dates anywhere from 1968-1972. All the big-H wheels were built by Motor Wheel. As far as what would be the correct steelies for this 1968 Coronet, they would be 14x5.5" unless the car is a hemi. If it's a hemi & had steelies, they would be 15x6". Here's a '68 hemi wheel: http://www.classicchambered.com/rims/hemi.jpg . Here's a 68-9 14x5.5" steelie: http://www.classicchambered.com/rims/14X55.jpg . Both of these are pretty unique because of the unusual "bumps" in-between the lug holes. No Man With A Good Car Needs To Be Justified

Re: Anyway to tell the wheels on a 68 without the Bsheet? [Re: Sunroofcuda] #1730343 01/17/15 12:39 PM 01/17/15 12:39 PM
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6PakBee I Live Here Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 10,714 North Dakota	I went to the Classic website. I wonder what a set of the '69 'H' wheels are going for from them. "We live in a time when intelligent people are being silenced so that stupid people won't be offended".

Re: Anyway to tell the wheels on a 68 without the Bsheet? [Re: 6PakBee] #1730344 01/17/15 03:20 PM 01/17/15 03:20 PM
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Sunroofcuda master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 8,395 Highland, MI.	Quote: I went to the Classic website. I wonder what a set of the '69 'H' wheels are going for from them. Right now I have none - especially the '69 dated ones. Good luck finding any. A good alternative is to go with the 15x6.5" ones that are almost identical to a big-H wheel, then have Resto Rick stamp new date codes & an "H" in each wheel. Then they look like the real McCoy at a fraction of the cost. NOBODY is reproducing these wheels. No Man With A Good Car Needs To Be Justified

Re: Anyway to tell the wheels on a 68 without the Bsheet? [Re: Sunroofcuda] #1730345 01/17/15 08:25 PM 01/17/15 08:25 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 10,714 North Dakota 6PakBee I Live Here
6PakBee I Live Here Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 10,714 North Dakota	Quote: Quote: I went to the Classic website. I wonder what a set of the '69 'H' wheels are going for from them. Right now I have none - especially the '69 dated ones. Good luck finding any. A good alternative is to go with the 15x6.5" ones that are almost identical to a big-H wheel, then have Resto Rick stamp new date codes & an "H" in each wheel. Then they look like the real McCoy at a fraction of the cost. NOBODY is reproducing these wheels. Thanks. Appreciate the response. "We live in a time when intelligent people are being silenced so that stupid people won't be offended".

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