My solution to Wheel Vintiques Series 62’s

[powell72]

So I recently purchased a set of Wheel Vintiques series 62’s from Summit for my 74. 15x6’s and 15x8’s, I’ve ran them before on my 67-72’s, so no big deal right? They show up, I paint them, get my tires mounted, go to put them on...the rears don’t fit. So naturally I come here and search and find out there’s fitment issues with the Squares with the bigger rear drums. Swapping to the smaller brakes wasn’t an option out of pride because my shoes and drums are brand new. So after some measuring and research, here's what I came up with.

I needed a 1/2” spacer to get the drums to clear the backside of the windows on the wheels. My lug studs were too short to work with a spacer so I would need to replace them. I couldn’t seem to find a longer stud with the same diameter knurl so I went hunting. I also didn’t want a stud so long I needed to pull the axles to install (just resealed the diff and put fresh fluid in).

I came up with these lug studs, that I believe fit a Mercury Mountaineer. Dorman 610-514. Still 1/2-20 thread. Here it is next to the stocker.