steel wheels and wide whites?
 

I've been bitten, always liked these trucks but now I'm after one. It's a 2 owner '48 solid and complete, I'd post up some pics but that might give away it location :cool: so for now you will just have to use your imagination.

So where is everybody getting the steel wheels and wide white wall tires? Are they expensive? I saw a guy on the HAMB who spent $2800 on 17" steelies and wide whites. Needless to say I nearly crapped myself. Hoping somebody can let me in on the secret here because I'm coming up empty on the searches.

Leevon

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Wheel vinteque has 17in steel smoothies, but they are about 230 or so each. I think I am just going to settle on some 15x8's and 15x10's. They are tons cheaper.

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I'd like to put some nice 18" wheels and tires on mine but will probably settle for stock 16" white wheels with stock dog-dish caps. Similar to my avatar photo but with caps. The stuff I want is about 3K.

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I had seen on another forum that someone was using spare tire rims from full size Dodge trucks as they're 20" if I remember correctly. There's a guy on the HAMB with a '53 GMC truck that has them (sgtusmc is his online name).

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There are a few guys running the dodge 20's which look cool. I just want to stay with the 5 on 4 3/4 lug pattern, since that is what is already on my truck.

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His build is on here too.

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Im interested in this story too. although I have a 91 suburban I would like more info on white walls for 15x8's and also how the dodge 20's work on chevy trucks????

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Have you seen this....
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s....php?p=3209590
and this....

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now those are some affortable wide white wall. i think i may do that for my truck.

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You can get wide whites through the vendors who advertise in the Rod and truck rags.
Price runs a good percentage more than black walls or narrow whites though.
Wheel Vintique www.wheelvintique.com is one that will make you custom steelies.

I'm thinking about going that route on the 48 this time and painting the wheels the same color as the body will be. I may just use stock GM 4-3/4 bolt pattern steel wheels though with either 57 Cad caps or moons and rings.
The whole concept this time around is to have the truck look like it is a highly modified custom shop shop truck out of the mid/late 50's without the lettering. It will still be instantly recognized as an AD truck without any departure from that except the already frenched headlights. It will just be a lot lower and longer than normal.

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That sounds like it will be nice too.

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im not sure on the white wall tires but ive bought several sets of steel wheels with baby moons and beauty rings for 300 a set with lug nuts. We get them from a guy in springfield mo @ the swap meet in august. hes a yearly stop for us lol

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basically what everyone is trying to say is that 15" steelies are fairly inexpensive - even if you buy them new. 17's are very pricey.

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Coker Tire sells a ton of wide whites. It's the only place my buddies go.

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thanks guys, hope to have some pics of a "new" '48 soon.

:lol: terd ferguson - we used to call my buddy Derek Ferguson that name after the SNL skit with Burt Reynolds.

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I got 4 chrome cones ($40) and used them to cover '77 Oldsmobile hub caps/15" steel wheels that I found in my parents garage(free).
http://i621.photobucket.com/albums/t...esnow09189.jpg

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terd ferguson - yeah, it's a funny name.

Do you like money? Do you spend time counting it in the garage by the motorway? :lol::lol:

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YES! and I spend it in the garage is that the same?

It's really my first name, funny somebody else asked me about it today. I told her my parents didn't get their cigarettes at the store...

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I'm running 15x7 ralley wheels with ribbed trim rings and center caps. Rears are 3" flappers ( port-a-walls) . Rears are in their 3rd year. Fronts don't last as long from the extra weight and make the tire flex more streatching the front flapper. I put a set of tires from Coker on last summer.
But the rears are still great and fool many a person at the shows.

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I'm going to try the port-a-walls when the time comes, from what I researched, a little shoe glue and some port-a-walls will fool just about anyone unless you get right up on them

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wow entourageguy those look perfect!