Re: IML: 67 imp wheel bolt pattern (long read)

[Kenyon Wills <imperialist1960@xxxxxxxxx>]

you might want to talk to Stockton Wheel.

They can fabricate whatever you need and likely know
the interchanges as well, plus, the wheels are NEW.  

They have a nice website.

http://stocktonwheel.com/

-Kenyon


--- mike and cindy <mbecker30@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi , Happy Easter, Is the bolt pattern for 67 imps 5
> 0n 5 or 5 on 5-1/2 is that not the same bolt pattern
> as some old 1/2 t pickups and jeeps. reason I ask is
> I was looking at  a magazine for old 50,s era trucks
> and there was an article about some aftermarket
> stainless steel  disc rotors made to upgrade the
> brakes. it wasn't till a couple days later it
> occurred to me that it occurred to me that it might
> have an imperial application.Last summer on a lark I
> went down to the Les Schwab dealer  and asked them
> to fit my 67 imp for new wheels(so the hubcaps won't
> creak) they tried to fit 67 Chrysler wheels, we know
> how that works ( I told him before he tried it , but
> he was going by the book) We tried things kind of
> randomly off the rack that looked close and found
> that 80's era gm wheel fit fine except for the
> offset, part of the inside of the wheel rubbed on
> the corner of the budd caliper casting( I think it
> could be filed off. 1/4 inch)  According to the spec
> charts they had  certain year olds toronado had a
> different offset for the toronado front brakes,and
> would fit perfectly, unfortunately these wheels were
> not available new(another low production car!) I
> think there are more applications out there that
> will fit, they just need to be discovered.I'll bet
> there is more wheel application out there for this
> bolt pattern than is generally thought. Mike
> Pitanaro did an excellent job with the supra rotors
> and proved stuff like this can be done. more  items
> like this could give the 67-8-9 owners more options.
> Any people out there with wheel bolt pattern
> knowlege? thanks Mike Becker 

Kenyon Wills
 
 






















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