Anyway to tell the wheels on a 68 without the Bsheet?
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68 R/T Coronet to be specific, I have the tag, tire code is 46.
Thanks in advance, Kevin
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Re: Anyway to tell the wheels on a 68 without the Bsheet?
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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.
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Re: Anyway to tell the wheels on a 68 without the Bsheet?
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Definitely a clue but obviously not definitive after 46 years.
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Re: Anyway to tell the wheels on a 68 without the Bsheet?
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I know my Sept built 69 R/T Charger had red and I have the sheet on it to show W21.
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Re: Anyway to tell the wheels on a 68 without the Bsheet?
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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?
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Re: Anyway to tell the wheels on a 68 without the Bsheet?
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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 ???
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Re: Anyway to tell the wheels on a 68 without the Bsheet?
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Re: Anyway to tell the wheels on a 68 without the Bsheet?
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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.
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Re: Anyway to tell the wheels on a 68 without the Bsheet?
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I went to the Classic website. I wonder what a set of the '69 'H' wheels are going for from them.
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