Re:Wheels/Was: Hornet, two weeks later

["Mark Price" <mprice@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I looked into this and the only way I found to get 14X7 or even 15X7 that will take the stock AMC 10 1/8"[IIRC] dogdish caps is to buy a set of wheels from Vintiques, classic wheel or some such place. The early fords shared the Rambler dogdish cap size as did Studebaker, I have a set of 15X4" stude wheels! You can get these wheels,around $60-80 a piece depending on retailer. I guess it depends on how much you like the look wether you wish to spend this much. The other choice is to locate a wheel shop and have a set widened! Again, not a Junkyard find. I found no sources when I was looking. That's why my American now wears Early Chevy Rally style wheels in multi bolt pattern with Chevy no name police caps. I'm going to order some Vinyl letter R's in Red script style and apply them and call it done!
Mark Price
mpriceATwestco.net
Morgantown, WV
69 AMC rambler, 4.0L, EFI, 5 speed 
65 Ambassador Conv, 327 AUTO, Basketcase
01 S-10 CREWCRAP 4X4



---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: JOE FULTON <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: mail-From-mprice-westco.net@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Date:  Fri, 24 Jun 2005 05:34:13 -0700 (PDT)

>Late Jav/AMX post-71, 72?  are 15x7 too.  They are
>different from the machine wheels.  Dodge cop car
>rally wheels are 15x7.  I have a set for sale on
>craigslist (SF) right now for $25 each.
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>Joe Fulton
>Salinas, CA
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>--- Sandwich Maker <adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> " From: Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>
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>> " On Thu, 23 Jun 2005, Sandwich Maker wrote:
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>> " > i looked into this about as thoroughly as i
>> could.
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>> " > the only 14x7 amc steelies were the 'turbocast'
>> rims with the styled
>> " > urethane molding.  they would probably take a
>> full wheelcover but
>> " > not a hubcap even with the urethane removed. 
>> it'd be nice to find i
>> " > was wrong though.
>> " 
>> " Big disappointment! Somewhat surprising, even. So
>> even cop cars
>> " didn't get wider wheels? Or maybe the situation
>> changes with 15"
>> " wheels.  They're a lot easier to get, no one wants
>> 14" any more.
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>> widest 15" steelies were 15x6", with the amc
>> [machine] rallies 15x7".
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>> there are plentiful 15x7 mopar steelies from
>> late-'70s/early-'80s
>> volare derivatives, but of course they don't take
>> amc hubcaps.  best
>> you could do there would be taxi/van no-name caps.
>>
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>> see what all have seen
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