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midunes · 01-09-2014, 09:42 PM

Are these Hickey wheels? they are 8 lug. thx

**71blksuper4x4** · 01-09-2014, 10:22 PM

Hard to tell on wagon wheels. The only companies easy to identify on wagon wheels are Jackman and Firestone as the spokes were really thick like 3/16 steel and welded at every spoke to the outer rim. My hickey catalogs show wagons and slots. They also show appliance wire mags which I'm trying to locate in a 6 lug. Trevor

**special-K** · 01-09-2014, 10:48 PM

Those are much later wheels. Notice the way the centers have a roll to the seam at the rim and the holes have rounded corners? Hickey just sold wheels you could buy anywhere. Not a Hickey specific part.

midunes · 01-09-2014, 10:57 PM

thanks guys. I found a truck loaded with hickey stuff and haven't seen any hickey mag wheels to compare too.

**special-K** · 01-10-2014, 08:27 AM

Sounds like a good find. I love finding parts and accessories from all those companies of the era. I used to get the magazines,order the catalogs,mail a money order,and wait for the shipment. The process took a minimum of a few weeks,generally. Now we put it in the cart and can have it within a few days...but these guys are gone! In '77 I ordered a set of 37/14.50-16.5 Armstrong Extra Tractions from Dick Cepek fully mounted and balanced on wagon wheels from what turned out to be the first batch. I think I waited 6 months! But,I was the first around here to have tires over 12-16.5 (32" back then). Desert Dynamics was another one. They sold much of the same stuff Hickey did. A lot of what Hickey sold they made.

01-09-2014, 09:42 PM	#1
midunes Registered User Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: Norton Shores, Michigan Posts: 911	Hickey wheels Are these Hickey wheels? they are 8 lug. thx Attached Images Last edited by midunes; 01-09-2014 at 09:47 PM. Reason: add pic

01-09-2014, 10:22 PM	#2
71blksuper4x4 SWB 4x4 Collector Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Osage City, KS Posts: 5,156	Re: Hickey wheels Hard to tell on wagon wheels. The only companies easy to identify on wagon wheels are Jackman and Firestone as the spokes were really thick like 3/16 steel and welded at every spoke to the outer rim. My hickey catalogs show wagons and slots. They also show appliance wire mags which I'm trying to locate in a 6 lug. Trevor __________________ TREVOR 1970 CST swb 4x4 (speedwarning,cruise,tilt,tach,8track, original red shoulder belts,tow hooks) 1972 Jimmy (soon to be Hickey cloned) 1971 Cheyenne Super 4x4 swb (tilt,tach,buckets, original blue shoulder belts,am/fm,cruise,tow hooks, dealer 8 track) 1972 Cheyenne Super K20 4x4 Custom Camper (tilt, tach, am/fm, tow hooks, bed toolbox, aux gas tank 1972 Cheyenne Super Crew Cab K30 4x4 Duramax, Allison, np205, buckets, tow hooks (CURRENT PROJECT) http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=624819 1989 V3500 Crew Cab (454tbi, NV4500, np205) 1970 Chevelle SS (LS5 454,th400,8track,buckets,tach) :2004 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon (daily driver) WTB: 1968-70 Cruise Control Lever

01-09-2014, 10:48 PM	#3
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,851	Re: Hickey wheels Those are much later wheels. Notice the way the centers have a roll to the seam at the rim and the holes have rounded corners? Hickey just sold wheels you could buy anywhere. Not a Hickey specific part. __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~

01-09-2014, 10:57 PM	#4
midunes Registered User Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: Norton Shores, Michigan Posts: 911	Re: Hickey wheels thanks guys. I found a truck loaded with hickey stuff and haven't seen any hickey mag wheels to compare too.

01-10-2014, 08:27 AM	#5
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,851	Re: Hickey wheels Sounds like a good find. I love finding parts and accessories from all those companies of the era. I used to get the magazines,order the catalogs,mail a money order,and wait for the shipment. The process took a minimum of a few weeks,generally. Now we put it in the cart and can have it within a few days...but these guys are gone! In '77 I ordered a set of 37/14.50-16.5 Armstrong Extra Tractions from Dick Cepek fully mounted and balanced on wagon wheels from what turned out to be the first batch. I think I waited 6 months! But,I was the first around here to have tires over 12-16.5 (32" back then). Desert Dynamics was another one. They sold much of the same stuff Hickey did. A lot of what Hickey sold they made. __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~



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