Re: [Chrysler300] Special Stockton 300 Replacement Wheels

[Rich Barber <barber@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks to many for lots of good discussion on a seemingly simple 
element--the wheel.  As further information, the 15" X 5.5" wheels on my 
1955 C-300 have two nubs or raised spots, one on each side of the valve 
stem hole.  There are corresponding ears on the wheel covers to prevent 
rotation.  My wheels also have the four air cooling slots and the 
necessary additional five holes to allow locating the wheel on the 
locating pin.  The pin is required for lineup as the wheels are fastened 
to the brake drums with studs, not lug nuts.  If the Stockton 15" wheels 
don't have the locating holes and cooling slots, I don't think they 
would be right for the 1955.  I understand the locating pin can be 
ground off with the net result being some additional difficulty in 
mounting a wheel.

C-300'ly,
Rich Barber
Brentwood, CA (30 miles west of Stockton)
1955 C-300



>Hi to all,
>
>  I don't know the backside of the F wheelcover as I don't own one, but 
>if it is essentially the same as my  14 inch '61 NY (with 14 X 6.5 inch 
>size wheel) wheelcover,   there are gaps in the springy thingys around 
>the backside of the wheelcover so that the anti-rotation"nubs"  ( 
>protuberances near the rim ) on the wheel fit into those gaps.
>
>I think that if the F  stock wheel (and other 14 inch Letter wheels) 
>have these "nubs" and that the stock letter wheelcovers have these 
>openings or gaps, then the new 14 X 7 inch wheels might better have 
>these nubs.  Without them and if there is wheelcover rotation,  (that 
>DOES happen) , you may run the risk of bending the valve stem leading 
>to ?    Or,  if unchecked and lodged against a bending valve stem could 
>our rare wheelcovers start flying?
>
>Chrysler put the "anti-rotation nubs"  on for a reason.  If all the 
>Letter cars don't have any nubs, then all is well.   Just bringing this 
>up for discussion before its too late.
>
>John R. Cote
>CT.
>
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