Re: [Chrysler300] 14 Inch Replacement Wheels

[Tony Rinaldi <awrdoc@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Rich,

You sent me the following message on June 15th, 2006:

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
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Basically your bottom line was "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."

Stockton can not reproduce the cooling slots!
Therefore, can not reproduce the C300 wheels.

Regarding the original wheels, yes they will flex more with radials.

Members report hubcaps rotating with radials when they did not with bias ply
tires on original wheels. Presumably from more flexing. Original wheels also
have been reported to catastrophically fail.

Regarding the replacement Stockton wheels, they will not flex and are made
for radial tires.

Sorry to all 15" owners.
I am told that they have a 15 inch wheel that they have made and is part of
their catalog but NO slots.

Respectfully submitted,
Tony Rinaldi


> From: Rich Barber <c300@xxxxxxx>
> Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 23:47:45 -0700
> To: 'Tony Rinaldi' <awrdoc@xxxxxxxxx>, 'Chrysler 300 Club'
> <Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: RE: [Chrysler300] 14 Inch Replacement Wheels
> 
> Tony:
> 
> Please tell us what you know about different flexing of rims made for radial
> tires vs. made for bias ply tires.  Is this accomplished with thicker and/or
> stronger steel?  This may shed some light on the tales of possible wheel
> failures when mounting radials on old rims.
> 
> This wheel project has been going on for so long, I can't recall where we
> came out on getting Stockton Wheel interested in 1955 replacement rims.  I
> do have five apparently original 15" X 5.5" C300 rims and only live about
> 1/2 hour from Stockton.  Would it be productive to take the rims over there
> and let them have a look?  The 1956 rims might be different as the '55's
> were for drums with the alignment pin and wheel studs, vs '56 with studs
> mounted in the drum and using lug nuts--'56's probably don't have the
> aligning pin and if so may not have or need the extra smaller holes between
> the lug/stud holes.
> 
> C-300'ly,
> Rich Barber
> Brentwood, CA
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Tony Rinaldi
> Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2006 7:58 AM
> To: Chrysler 300 Club
> Subject: [Chrysler300] 14 Inch Replacement Wheels
> 
> Hi to all,
> 
> Thank you to all who have and will still contribute to the documentation of
> Chrysler 300 Wheels. The majority has spoken.
> 
> The 6.5 inch wide 14 inch replacement wheel should have 2 anti-rotational
> bumps on either side of the valve stem (About 3 to 3 1/4 inches depending if
> you measure straight across or around the circumference). 1960 300-F wheels
> should have 4 bumps to retain regular 1960 Chrysler clawless hubcaps (1960
> 300-F hubcaps have claws). If you do not care to have this originality
> feature on your 300-F, then the 2 bump wheels would do for any 14 inch based
> Chrysler 300 between 1957 thru 1966.
> 
> Stockton Wheel is working on a prototype 2 bump wheel that also will match
> up to 300-K hubcaps which have 2 special receptor tabs built into them. The
> 4 bump 1960 wheels are on order and hopefully being shipped to 300-F owners
> currently.
> 
> We are working to provide wheels for a 1957 300-C and a 1964 300-K as test
> mules for representative years other than 1960.
> 
> These wheels are made strong enough to mount radial tires on them and do not
> flex like the original wheels that were made for bias ply tires.
> 
> Ari has reported the following compatibility for the 300-F wheel from
> Hollander's 32nd edition
> interchangeable book:
> 
> 14x6,5  5-4 1/2 next wheels are
> similar: 1957 NYker/300, Chrys 58-66, DeSoto 57-61 Sub. S26, Dodge
> 64-65 Pass., Plym.64.
> 
> So there are more uses for the wheels than just Chrysler 300s.
> 
> Right now, concentrating on Chryslers, I have compiled a list of 14x 6.5
> inch wheels compatibility based upon the "Standard Catalog of American Cars
> 1946-1975":
> 
> Am I correct?
> 
> 4 Bump Wheels
> 
> 1960 Chryslers- All
> 
> 2 Bump Wheels
> 
> 1957 Chryslers- All
> 1958 Chryslers- All
> 1959 Chryslers- All
> 1961 Chryslers- All except 15 Inch 300-G
> 1962 Chryslers- All except 15 Inch 300-H
> 1963 Chryslers- All except 15 Inch 300-J
> 1964 Chryslers- All
> 1965 Chryslers- All
> 1966 Chryslers- All except 15 Inch disc brake option
> 
> Respectfully submitted
> Tony Rinaldi
> 
> Special thanks to Paul Holmgren for sharing his expertise on 2 bump 1957
> documentation!
> 
> 
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