Wheel fitment for stock '69 with six-lug

[Custom Sport]

I've been lurking for a while, and I hope you don't mind if post #1 is a question. My '69 is stock with 15" six-lug wheels and 1/2" studs. Are there any gotcha's I should know about for fitting replacement wheels? Will the hole sizes work with my 1/2" studs...a search led to believe there might be an issue - if special lug nuts are needed where can I get them?

Summit has several candidates in my low budget price range, including this one from US Wheel:
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/USW-55-5760L/

Its specs are:
15X7
4.25" backspace
+6 mm offset
4.28 center diameter
60 degree conical lug seat

Will that fit? I want something that is inexpensive and will fit with minimal hassle.

Thanks

Bob

[lolife99]

Your stock lug stud size is 7/16", not 1/2".
A 15x8 wheel might look better on a stock truck.

[long69]

check out the wheel vintique also, at summit they have a slightly different back space-i'm not sure but i think that more back space =wheel sets farther in the wheel well. depending on what size tire you use, you might consider 15x8's. also if you want to finish them off the caps and rings seem to be a rip off-at least to me. wont be buying them for mine.

[ChevLoRay]

Here's a pic of my truck, when it was assembled. It has Wheel Vintiques 15x8 on the leading edge and 15x10 on the hiney. Front wheels have a 4-inch backspace, while the rears have a 5-inch backspace.

The rear track on the 60-69's is about an inch narrower than the '70-up. On the front of my truck, I do have the ECE disc brake conversion, and that adds about an inch to the width of the track on that end. The bottom pic shows that they do not extend past the sides of the wheel openings.