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15" wheels for '57 Dodge Dog Dish Caps??
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uncltank
Posted 2015-12-06 4:23 PM (#497129)
Subject: 15" wheels for '57 Dodge Dog Dish Caps??


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Location: Kennewick Wa		What 15" wheel will work for the dog dish caps? Anyone mess with this before? I need 15" to clear the 4 wheel disc brake conversion. Thanks in advance...
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Viper Guy
Posted 2015-12-06 10:12 PM (#497159 - in reply to #497129)
Subject: Re: 15" wheels for '57 Dodge Dog Dish Caps??



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Location: Branson, MO		I believe any 15 inch MoPar wheel from a rear wheel drive police car will work even well into the '80s like Fury, Diplomat, etc. Late '60s and up rear wheel drive models should work as well - police or not as long as they have the nubs.

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ABloch
Posted 2015-12-07 5:19 PM (#497224 - in reply to #497129)
Subject: RE: 15" wheels for '57 Dodge Dog Dish Caps??



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Location: Pacific Northwest		I found a set of 15 x 5.5 with the 5x4.5 bolt pattern (standard Mopar and Ford) These came off an A100 van.



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Powerflite
Posted 2015-12-07 7:41 PM (#497238 - in reply to #497224)
Subject: RE: 15" wheels for '57 Dodge Dog Dish Caps??



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Location: So. Cal		You guys are missing the fact that he is talking about a '57 Dodge. It has much bigger dog dishes than the newer stuff. To get around this, you can get a set of 15" wheels from a '56 or older car, but they won't work with the larger disc brakes either (I have a set here that I have tried). The best solution is probably to get some small nubbed later wheels and weld 1/2" rod or tube to the nubs to extend them out to the proper dimension. Like this photo. Then you can fit your original dog dish caps on the newer wheels.

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Powerflite
Posted 2015-12-07 7:43 PM (#497239 - in reply to #497238)
Subject: RE: 15" wheels for '57 Dodge Dog Dish Caps??



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Location: So. Cal		By the way, Andrew. You are running Valiant caps. That's why they fit the smaller cap wheels. The proper '61 Plymouth caps look like this and are bigger.



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mstrug
Posted 2015-12-07 9:23 PM (#497255 - in reply to #497129)
Subject: Re: 15" wheels for '57 Dodge Dog Dish Caps??



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Location: Newark, Texas (Fort Worth)		I have seen ball bearings welded to the wheels to hold a hub cap. it gives the cap something to wrap around.
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ABloch
Posted 2015-12-07 9:29 PM (#497256 - in reply to #497129)
Subject: Re: 15" wheels for '57 Dodge Dog Dish Caps??



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Location: Pacific Northwest		You are correct Powerflight. My mistake. I pulled the 14" so I could run these instead of the ones you pictured. I like the look of Valiant ones better.
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