My experience is that the rubber band covering the wire ends in the rim, gets worn with age and the wires then takes on the tubes with flatties as an result. A hefty layer of duck-tape inside the rim solved my problem for at least 2000 miles. As for wheel width, the size you probably are rolling on is 5.5" There will also be 5.0" originally for '55 on Dodges if I recall right, and 6.5" for Imperials with a different bolt pattern. Anyone knowing better should correct me, the Parts Manuals are quite unclear. If you will go on selling the original wire wheels, I will gladly give you an offer. Narve, Norway -----Opprinnelig melding----- Fra: Jerry [mailto:mopar-man@xxxx] Sendt: 6. desember 2003 21:20 Til: Chrysler 300 Club Emne: [Chrysler300] My C300's wheels I'll be moving to Florida very shortly and since the truck rental company doesn't seem to have any equipment suitable for towing my '55 C300 down there it looks like I'll have to drive it. The car has the original wheels on it and they need to be rebuilt since they cut my tubes from time to time. I don't have the time to have that done so I'm going to replace them with newer wire wheels. Can anyone tell me the proper width of the wire wheels? They're 15" in diameter but I'm not sure about the width and a friend of mine owns a wheel shop a few minutes from my current residence and is going to give me a deal on the price but I need to know the proper width. By the way, I would like to sell the original wheels to anyone interested. Just make me an offer. Jerry Browarski [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To send a message to this group, send an email to: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For list server instructions, go to http://www.chrysler300club.com/yahoolist/inst.htm To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Chrysler300-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/