Re: [Amc-list] replacement steel wheels

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I know you don't want to juggle too many things, but what height spindles are on it?
You could put taller disc spindles on it and fudge themout a bit.
I don't recall exactly what that will gain you though.
You could also just add a plate under the spindle to avoid wheel spacers.
My lowering plates are 3/8" steel and have been in place for years now with no ill effects. YOu just need longer grade 8 bolts.
   A 4.5" wheel is going to be narrow for a modern tire with any cross section to it at all. 


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Mark Price
Morgantown, WV
1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
" I was different before people dared to be different" 

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>
> Stockton wheel wants (reasonably I think) $55/wheel to media blast and true 
> the 15" American wheels. Plus shipping, two ways.
> 
> Wheel Vintiques wants $52 each for new wheels, and they're smoothies (plain 
> steel but without the little window that's hard to wash). 15 x 6. Backspacing 
> is 3-5/8".  12-5612358 SMOOTHIE (BARE) 
> 
> I just measured the American wheel -- at the rim, as best I can tell with the 
> tire on, the width is 4.5"! Four (4) point five. Inches. It's definitely 
> under 5" on the rim portion outside to outside. Backspacing is 3-1/8".
> 
> I gotta gamble that there's enough room to clear the spring. Frank, what was 
> the widest wheel you reliably remember putting on the front of one of these 
> cars?
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