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sawman · 09-03-2015, 03:31 PM

trying to see if I could find out what year rim this is,its 16.5 8,25 wide,on front inside rim says k 1-1-5 5 cp thanks

**mr48chev** · 09-03-2015, 07:19 PM

I'm thinking that Chevrolet didn't have 8 inch wheels until sometime into the 70's

Photos are worth a lot as we don't know if you are looking at a 5, 6 or 8 lug wheel or anything else about it and I've been playing with these over 40 years and have worked on cars and trucks over 50 years and stamped numbers inside a rim don't mean squat to me as I have no chart and know of no chart to define what they mean. I know guys use those numbers to id certain wheels but that is all I know about it.

sawman · 09-03-2015, 07:24 PM

its 6 lug,has clips by the lug holes,i took these off years ago off a 61,

**mr48chev** · 09-03-2015, 09:07 PM

Probably a stock 61 wheel then. It was always my thinking that the wider Chevy pickup wheels were 6-1/2 or 7 up into the 70's

I take it your measurement was taken like this drawing shows?

sawman · 09-04-2015, 12:26 AM

yes ,I even have 2 wider ones,thanks

09-03-2015, 03:31 PM	#1
sawman Registered User Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: susanville ca Posts: 1,170	rim id trying to see if I could find out what year rim this is,its 16.5 8,25 wide,on front inside rim says k 1-1-5 5 cp thanks

09-03-2015, 07:19 PM	#2
mr48chev Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Toppenish, WA Posts: 15,711	Re: rim id I'm thinking that Chevrolet didn't have 8 inch wheels until sometime into the 70's Photos are worth a lot as we don't know if you are looking at a 5, 6 or 8 lug wheel or anything else about it and I've been playing with these over 40 years and have worked on cars and trucks over 50 years and stamped numbers inside a rim don't mean squat to me as I have no chart and know of no chart to define what they mean. I know guys use those numbers to id certain wheels but that is all I know about it. __________________ Founding member of the too many projects, too little time and money club. My ongoing truck projects: 48 Chev 3100 that will run a 292 Six. 71 GMC 2500 that is getting a Cad 500 transplant. 77 C 30 dualie, 454, 4 speed with a 10 foot flatbed and hoist. It does the heavy work and hauls the projects around.

09-03-2015, 07:24 PM	#3
sawman Registered User Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: susanville ca Posts: 1,170	Re: rim id its 6 lug,has clips by the lug holes,i took these off years ago off a 61,

09-03-2015, 09:07 PM	#4
mr48chev Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Toppenish, WA Posts: 15,711	Re: rim id Probably a stock 61 wheel then. It was always my thinking that the wider Chevy pickup wheels were 6-1/2 or 7 up into the 70's I take it your measurement was taken like this drawing shows? __________________ Founding member of the too many projects, too little time and money club. My ongoing truck projects: 48 Chev 3100 that will run a 292 Six. 71 GMC 2500 that is getting a Cad 500 transplant. 77 C 30 dualie, 454, 4 speed with a 10 foot flatbed and hoist. It does the heavy work and hauls the projects around.

09-04-2015, 12:26 AM	#5
sawman Registered User Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: susanville ca Posts: 1,170	Re: rim id yes ,I even have 2 wider ones,thanks

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