67 imp wheels

[William Parker <parkerw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Mike and Cindy wrote:
> 
> Hi, group, went down to the Les schwab tire store today
> looked thru their wheel application book, looking for
> other cars that use the 5 on 5 15 inch wheel bolt pattern
> that the 67 imps use, turns out to be not uncommon,
> surprisingly. used on 61-69 Lincoln, 48 to79 certain model
> Buick's(larger models), 71-79 Chevy caprice, station
> wagon, impala and various gm models 91-95, Chevy 1/2 ton
> trucks, 1/2  ton suburbans from the 70's and 80's, some
> Pontiac and mercury models in the 60's. And 66 to 78 olds
> tornado. the part number for the wheel for the above
> applications is 5515R, I believe the R means rear wheel
> drive. 

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     When preparing to load my parts-car '65 Imperial on the
trailer down in VA to bring it home, I needed to replace two
wheels and tires at least long enough to get it up on the
trailer.   I was driving my W200 but had brought the spare
from my '88 W150 thinking it was the same bolt pattern.  It
was and it bolted up properly.  Still needing another one, I
used the spare for the trailer, which came with Ford pickup
truck wheels.  It also bolted up but the center hole was not
big enough to fit over the hub register on the car; good
enough to ride the trailer of course but not to drive.  I
was later told that Ford 1/2 ton 4X4 pickups take the same
bolt pattern but do have a larger center hole than the 2X4
wheels, but I haven't verified this.  The good news is that
a stock Dodge wheel will fit my driver '65, but the bad news
is that it ain't that common or cheap at the junkyard.  

Bill Parker, South Central Indiana
'62 Plymouth Max Wedge; '64 Dart Convertible (Kathi's car);
'65 Imperial; '65 Barracuda \6 (Kathi's other car); '68 Hemi
Roadrunner; '68 Barracuda Fastback 383-S; '69 Barracuda
Fastback now 360 (20 y.o. son's car); '72 Cuda 340