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My truck with stock wheels and caps...
Not a great photo (will take more later) but should give you a rough idea of how it looks.
Factory rims, NOS hubcaps, about as stock as my truck will ever get!
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Re: My truck with stock wheels and caps...
YES! Nothing against the previous set, but, personally, I think these looks awesom(er) on there. Beautiful truck and the way you've put it together lends itself to stock steelies and caps - my 2c only, but to me, my 2c is a whole dollar
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Re: My truck with stock wheels and caps...
I prefer them myself, actually. The only thing I like better about the later model wheels is that they're a little wider, a touch taller, and just better rubber (because these tires actually came with the truck!). But you can't go wrong with the factory pieces, it just took a couple of years to get like-new caps and wheels and have them blasted and powdercoated and so on....
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Re: My truck with stock wheels and caps...
Where did you find 16.5" tires?
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Re: My truck with stock wheels and caps...
Looks great
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Re: My truck with stock wheels and caps...
When I bought it, the truck came with new 16.5" rubber all the way around. Still have the little injection molding nubs, so they're close to brand new.
For the spare I had the tire shop just save me one. He said it varies by location... some of the more blue collar neighborhoods get them in frequently on old trucks and trailers but not so much in my area, though he did find me one! What's left? Mount the spare and the jack, and I think I'm done!
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Re: My truck with stock wheels and caps...
You just made a stunner even better. Bravo!!!
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Re: My truck with stock wheels and caps...
Truck looks awesome! The stock wheels and WC mirrors make that thing POP!
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Re: My truck with stock wheels and caps...
Once again Jocko and I are on the same page. Don't get me wrong Dave, your truck is gorgeous either way. I prefer this look though.
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Re: My truck with stock wheels and caps...
Finally you did it! That was exactly the final touch your truck needed. Perfection. It looks awesome! Great job on that restoration
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Re: My truck with stock wheels and caps...
Stock rocks man.
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Re: My truck with stock wheels and caps...
Just wanted to add another voice to say that is a very nice looking truck. Just the way the General intended!
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Re: My truck with stock wheels and caps...
Beautiful truck Dave!!
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Re: My truck with stock wheels and caps...
I gotta be honest, that is the touch your truck was missing, she looks awesome! While I do appreciate some of the custom touches some guys do on their trucks its always a pleasure to see the factory look, they really got it right back then...
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Re: My truck with stock wheels and caps...
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Very nice....very, very nice.
Quick question Dave: -are those the NOS caps you bought last year? Those rims look really similar to the Ford 8 bolt rims that look/work so well on the 3/4 tons. Looking good...now, you need to post up the pic of the new option so we can see the difference. ![]() all Good Coley ![]()
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Re: My truck with stock wheels and caps...
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The rims are GM, so far as I can tell - I picked up a 5th from a local friend on the board and it matched the other 4 perfectly, so I assume they're all original. They cleaned up really nicely too, no pitting, just clean. Any in case anyone searches for it, yes, they original 1970 wheels that came with 1/2 studs work just fine with the 1972 9/16" studs, which I upsized to at all four corners.
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Re: My truck with stock wheels and caps...
Absolutely stunning truck!
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Re: My truck with stock wheels and caps...
Thanks for all the kind words, folks! Looks like the stock wheels are a hit :-) Here's an indoors pic without all the glare, but just another phone pic. Outdoors it always photographs sort of like a candy color, but indoors it just looks factory blue. Not sure why!
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Re: My truck with stock wheels and caps...
Looks great. Probably my favorite scheme too. Shame it's not stock on a 71-72.
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Re: My truck with stock wheels and caps...
Much better. Looks awesome!
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Re: My truck with stock wheels and caps...
Thats a beautiful truck. I'll have another 3/4 ton one day.
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Re: My truck with stock wheels and caps...
The wheels look way better than the other wheels.
You just made a sweet truck even better. The white on the wheels ties it all together on your truck and makes it look more like a classic. Only if ya had a tad less back spaceing on the rear wheels. (oe rims just look too sucked in) thats the only reason i went wider. Also your "other" taller tires on those wheels would make it all look bad azz...jmo. Nobody needs too tell ya its a awesome truck! The oe wheels are still way way more better looking "on" the truck than the others.
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Re: My truck with stock wheels and caps...
I do love the look. The colour on the wheels seems to match the white on the truck. Did the factory paint the wheels white? I ask because the ones on mine are painted silver, and they don't look right to me.
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