Re: 14/15 inch wheel nits

[Colin Hillyard <chillyar@xxxxxxx>]

> From: JOE FULTON <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: 14/15 inch wheel nits
 
> I was getting ready to junk a 62 Classic wagon with
> brand new tires.  In order to save the tires and 15
> inch wheels I thought I would swap wheels and tires
> with a 76 Hornet old lady car I picked up last week.
> When I tried to put the 15 inch wheels on the Hornet,
> they would not fit because the center hole was too
> small.  Until that time, I had thought all AMC wheels
> were interchangeable except for backspace issues (like
> on the Eagle).  The 15 inchers were original to the
> Classic (original matching paint).
> 
> Joe Fulton


Joe,
this is a guess on my part, but i know the area around the grease caps
got a little thicker in '71 when AMC went to the new single piston
calipers. this is based on the '71 version of the machine wheel centre
cap retainers being different, slightly bulged, versus the '70. haven't
measured the difference, but maybe enough to cause this? 
-- 
Colin Hillyard
Oakbank, Manitoba, Canada

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