Rusty Bowtie
General Category => Early Chevy/GM Discussion => Topic started by: sixball on December 16, 2020, 05:38:01 PM
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I got these 19" wire wheels for my roadster. I will use at least two of them and would like a pair of the stock Bowtie caps for them. I bought a new set of repos that I thought would fit but they are too small. Does anyone know what year these came on and what caps will fit? I had the wheels powder coated at Les Schawb. They provide the service for a decent price. They don't pack them well to return them.
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Can't help you with your question...but when I was helping Glen Rarick dig out my 34M frame last week we had to move a set of (5) Chevy wire wheels like yours that were blasted and painted white and wrapped in plastic.
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Thanks Ed. I have seen these in 18" and 19". I have the 19" with 4.00x19 motorcycle tires for the front and am thinking of running solid wheels on the rear as was common on the dry lakes and Bonneville.
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Sixball sorry that your new wire wheels don’t fit! Very cool vintage look on these early Chevrolet Cars! With my recent 34 Roadster build my plan was to do wire wheels! But as I was doing my homework with size and fitting plus also fitting my brakes setup I was looking at around $2k per wheel! I liked them a lot but not the the price! So that’s what changed my mind to go a different wheels with Coker Rocket polished aluminum halibrand style wheels 17x8 rears and 15X6 fronts with bf Goodrich tires all around! I think I’m running 45 series on the rears and 50 series on the fronts from memory! My car tracks out on the open highway all day long at 75 mph at 3000 rpm! RoarsRods
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!930 Chevys had 19" spoke wheels . They make repo hubcaps but aren't cheap. I think 30 thru 32 hubcaps are the same size. If I'm wrong delete me Ron
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The front wheels fit fine. I'm using a '49 pickup front axle and brakes. It has the old Huck brakes. Kind of a pain to adjust but will work fine for such a light car. They are 2"x 11" the same as my '70 Blazer. The drums have a taper out to the hub that allows the wheel center to fit flush on the mounting surface. The newer Bendix drums are too flat. The rear drums on both brake types are flat and wouldn't support the wheel center. I could use them on the rear with spacers but that may be too wide and look silly. It is the hubcaps I bought that don't fit. They are too small. I'll post some measurements of what I have and what I need. I see them on eBay sometimes but are usually beat up and over priced. The ones I have are about 5"" and the ones I need are around 6".
Just before posting this I see Ron has added some information. I think someone told me '30-'31 pickups used these. I don't know.
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Sixball I believe if you check the front of that 48 chevy truck axle and take everything off back to the spindle it will accept 1959 chev truck front brakes complete only thing you will have to do is drill out the bottom holes to 9/16 same as top holes on backing plates everything else should fit
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Sixball I believe if you check the front of that 48 chevy truck axle and take everything off back to the spindle it will accept 1959 chev truck front brakes complete only thing you will have to do is drill out the bottom holes to 9/16 same as top holes on backing plates everything else should fit
I'm just happy to see "Wayner" back!
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I'll have to check that but I think the off set between the Huck and Bendix is different. I don't think I can use the Huck drum with the Bendix backing plate and shoes. The Hick hub is what allows me to use the wire spokes. I could answer this once and for all if I pull a front hub and drum from my '53 pickup and try a Huck drum and hub. Now that I have the Roadster axle apart that will be easy on a nice warm day. :)