Help! 6 Lug Steelies?

[ChevroletWT]

Good morning,

I need some help with a little issue. I would like to put stock wheels back on to my '56 1/2 ton. Unfortunately it seems that stock wheels are very hard to find. So I am trying to find some 6 lug 15" x 5" steel wheels that would accept the small stock style center cap. Does anyone make such wheel? It seems that all I can find is 5 lug.

[ol_skool_chevy]

why are they so hard to find?..........they came stock on chevy trucks up until about 1970? i think...seems there should me alot.
I know i have picked them up in junk yards pretty easy in 15x5.5 and 15x6..
the 15X8 are hard to find...

[ChevroletWT]

Originally Posted by ol_skool_chevy

why are they so hard to find?..........they came stock on chevy trucks up until about 1970?

I guess I didn't realize that the later wheels still had the nubs that would accept the late 50's center caps. In that case I will broaden my search, but I can say no junkyards around me have pre 1970 vehicles...

[beanyard]

Originally Posted by ChevroletWT

I guess I didn't realize that the later wheels still had the nubs that would accept the late 50's center caps. In that case I will broaden my search, but I can say no junkyards around me have pre 1970 vehicles...

If you aren't afraid to pay for shipping from Idaho I know a guy that has many sets.
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[ol_skool_chevy]

i wish i had some 15x8

[hyatt]

coker tire has several sizes available new also wheels vintique If your hub caps uses the clips inside lug area to hold on the later wheels will not work

[ChevroletWT]

Originally Posted by hyatt

coker tire has several sizes available new also wheels vintique If your hub caps uses the clips inside lug area to hold on the later wheels will not work

I could not find any 6 lug wheels on Coker or Wheel Vintiques website..

[Flames97]

I have a catalog from Tuckers That sells clips for the newer wheels that didn't have them so you could mount the hubcaps.
Here's the quote from the catalog
"Our hubcap mounting clips will allow you to mount original hubcaps to wheels that did not come with clips."
Looks like these are designed to use the studs to hold the clip on.
There may be other venders that sell these but this is what I found.
www.tuckersparts.com is their website.

[ChevroletWT]

Thanks for that link!!! If all else fails I will give those a try.

[Flames97]

Your welcome, I've been thinking the same thing when or if I ever get mine to that point.
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[hyatt]

Looks like I spoke too soon I thought coker and wheel vintique had them but only 5 lug sorry

[ChevroletWT]

Originally Posted by hyatt

Looks like I spoke too soon I thought coker and wheel vintique had them but only 5 lug sorry

No problem my friend.. Appreciate any help as always!

So the search continues...

[hyatt]

one option you might concider They make early 50s style hubcaps for the car rallys and I think they make a 6 lug rally in car style

[hyatt]

Wheel vintique makes these to fit rallys

[wood1]

Originally Posted by ChevroletWT

Good morning,

I need some help with a little issue. I would like to put stock wheels back on to my '56 1/2 ton. Unfortunately it seems that stock wheels are very hard to find. So I am trying to find some 6 lug 15" x 5" steel wheels that would accept the small stock style center cap. Does anyone make such wheel? It seems that all I can find is 5 lug.

Try thewheelsmith.net look at their O.E.M. wheels. They should be able to set you up. Take a look on the web site, if you are looking for new wheels & caps.
Good people

[mr48chev]

You would honestly think that someone on here that is within reasonable driving distance of you would have a few of those in his junk pile. Find one here and two there until you have a full set that match.

Some times you have to think beyond the obvious. Post a Craigslist add looking for stock wheels. Look for trucks that are sitting in yards with stock wheels, check tire stores that sell a lot of custom wheels to see if they have any take off wheels that are the right ones out back in the wheel pile. If you see a trailer that looks like it's made out of the back half of a 50's Chevy pickup stop and take a look. Travel a bit off the beaten path to the smaller out of the way wrecking yards. Look through the tire pile at the dump.

[ChevroletWT]

Originally Posted by mr48chev

You would honestly think that someone on here that is within reasonable driving distance of you would have a few of those in his junk pile. Find one here and two there until you have a full set that match.

Some times you have to think beyond the obvious. Post a Craigslist add looking for stock wheels. Look for trucks that are sitting in yards with stock wheels, check tire stores that sell a lot of custom wheels to see if they have any take off wheels that are the right ones out back in the wheel pile. If you see a trailer that looks like it's made out of the back half of a 50's Chevy pickup stop and take a look. Travel a bit off the beaten path to the smaller out of the way wrecking yards. Look through the tire pile at the dump.

There is a guy who lives just across the state line in Mississippi that I have been in contact with. He had posted ads on craigslist advertising lots of 55-57 Chevy parts. He said that he had 5 original 6 lug wheels that he was going to sell me for $150. (I was really excited about having a spare since I want this truck to be cross-country capable)

I was just about to go pick them up, then he gave me a call last night and told me that someone had stolen them..

He told me he thinks he still has two decent ones. I guess I could go get those..

[mr48chev]

Two there, one over there and two down there make a set of five. I still have a hard time thinking that six wheels that I see as scrap are worth 150 bucks though. My brain can't get around the prices that get asked and paid for stuff today.

[Oklahoma_k5]

I have these that I took of my 52. This thread got me to thinking about the way the center cap mounts over the little nubs. So here is my Dumb question of the day. Are these stock wheels to the 52 or are these later wheels that were been put on? When did they stop using the metal clips to mount the centers?

Dang, I made it to 11:55pm without asking a dumb question. I almost made it all day.

[beanyard]

Originally Posted by Oklahoma_k5

I have these that I took of my 52. This thread got me to thinking about the way the center cap mounts over the little nubs. So here is my Dumb question of the day. Are these stock wheels to the 52 or are these later wheels that were been put on? When did they stop using the metal clips to mount the centers?

Dang, I made it to 11:55pm without asking a dumb question. I almost made it all day.

They are newer. I have this style on my truck and like them. If I could find some wide originals I would.
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[mr48chev]

This is a 15 inch wheel with the clips on it for the hubcap. I went out and looked and I have it, 1 16 inch with clips and two 15 inch split rims with the clips.