Re: [Chrysler300] Need Help From Owners of 300s with 14 Inch Wheels
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Re: [Chrysler300] Need Help From Owners of 300s with 14 Inch Wheels



Tony
I measured two of the four original wheels on my 300F
and the bump centers are 3 and 1/4 inches.

Paul Martin
--- Tony Rinaldi <awrdoc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi to all,
> 
> We are progressing well with the 1960 F 14 inch
> wheels with retention bumps.
> These bumps are only for correctness and to retain
> regular 1960 Chrysler
> hubcaps. 300-F hubcaps have claws and do no need
> these bumps. The claws miss
> the bumps by design.
> 
> Our 2 test mules Bill Leahy and Tim Tomlinson for
> 1957 etc and 1964,
> respectively, are waiting for "bumpless wheels".
> 
> Tim has brought out the point that there is a
> rotating hubcap problem with
> 1964. The hubcaps can shear off the valve stems.
> Chrysler had 2 little anti
> rotational small bumps that were on each side of the
> inner wheel on either
> side of the valve stem hole.
> 
> Please check your 1957 thru 1964 14 inch wheels and
> report back to the list
> with the measurement between the centers of the 2
> small anti-rotational
> bumps if you DO have these 2 small bumps on your
> "original" wheels. Also, if
> your "original" wheels DO NOT have these, please let
> us know.
> 
> Probably 1965 thru 1968 14 inch wheels would also
> help.
> 
> If there is consistency thru the years, we can make
> this 14 inch wheel
> project work for other than 1960.
> 
> REPLY ALL so that we all may follow.
> 
> The anti-rotational bumps can be viewed as the last
> picture labeled "small
> bumps" on the following web page.
> 
> http://homepage.mac.com/awrdoc/PhotoAlbum5.html
> 
> Photo courtesy of Paul Holgrem.
> 
> Thank you,
> Tony
> 
> 
> 


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