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05-31-2012, 12:57 PM
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split rims
Anyone know if a 71 c20 would have come with 16" split rims?
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05-31-2012, 01:17 PM
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Re: split rims
Lock ring wheels were popular back then on the 3/4 ton trucks.
Now whether GM put them on a '71, I can't be sure but right about then they were getting phased out.
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05-31-2012, 01:33 PM
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Re: split rims
OK thanks. Any value for them? They came off one that sat in a barn for 28a years.
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05-31-2012, 01:52 PM
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Re: split rims
Possible value to the right person. Mine went to the dump.
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05-31-2012, 03:14 PM
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Re: split rims
Trouble is, not many tire shops are knowledgeable or equipped to service those wheels anymore. So most people dump them, and go to a standard wheel.
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06-01-2012, 02:48 AM
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Re: split rims
OK. That's kinda what I thought, but before I junked them I wanted to make sure. Thanks guys.
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06-02-2012, 12:02 PM
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Re: split rims
Mine on my 71 were 16.5.
They have no value except scrap value now in most places. They called them widow makers for a real good reason. One chain on the west coast won't allow them in the shop and if you take one in and work on it you are automatically fired according to some sources. When I put the aluminum rims on the 71 I hauled the split rims home and ended up giving them to an old farmer who was going to stick them on a field truck and run them until the tires rotted off. |
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