Re: [AMC-list] BIAS vs Radial tires on rims/Ford wheels

[tom jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>]

... and AMC hub-center sizes vary, with 9" drum, 10" drum and disc, over the
years. 9x2's and 9x2.5's are different too. It's another one of those areas
that you simply cannot formulate a fixed answer and buy sight-unseen.

Personally, I find junk (used) wheels a complete and utter waste of time on
a car to be kept long term. They are universally bent, dented, rusted, etc.
$60 each for new steelies from WheelVintiques. Never leak (not even 1PSI a
year). Constant inflation means no sidewall heating or stress and long tire
life (there's your RM reason to buy new wheels :-). They look better.

THey do NOT take AMC wheel covers. There are occasional fitment issues with
some drums/hubs (mainly the 9x2.5's odd drum shoulder). But if you don't
care about resto it's the way to go.



On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 7:10 AM, Ken Ames <ameskg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> It comes down to just which Ford wheels you're going to use - whether they
> use
> the hub to centre the wheel, or have a larger hub hole and use the lug nuts
> to
> centre the wheel. Some may not actually touch the hub at all.
>
> Ken
>
>
> Quoting russ hathaway <russh97309@xxxxxxxxx>:
>
> > I am not sure what year or application these wheels came from, but when I
> > picked them I took an old AMC hub, the bare one that I take to all swap
> > meets, and went through a stack of steel wheels looking for 4 to mount
> snow
> > tires. The four matching ones say Fomoco by the stem, the hub fit with no
> > binding and it was 4 1/2 inch. The back spacing was a little reverse, but
> it
> > fit without hitting the fender as the snow tires are only 205-78.
> > The Bronco 2 wheels fit like a glove on my Pacer, they were 15x6 and look
> > good on the car.
> > I remember seeing a Matador or Ambo, can't remeber which one, on CL with
> > stock Ford mags. They stated that the original wheels and caps were in
> the
> > trunk.
> > I look for Ford wheels as an alternative when going 15inch on my AMCs if
> I
> > can't find any Chryco 15s. Toyota 2x4 also fits but the back spacing is
> real
> > reversed. I bought a Humpster that had a set of those and couldn't figure
> > what they were till I talked to my tuner neighbor.........Russ
> >
> >
> >
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