8lug rim ?s - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

**tnblazerk5** · 01-08-2005, 07:51 PM

what did these come on ? where can i find 2 more ?

Robert1970C20rstbukt · 01-08-2005, 08:23 PM

Look around the lug holes and see if there's any number stamped around 'em. That's how most steel rims are but that thing looks custom built to me.

*bisquik65* · 01-08-2005, 08:34 PM

Am i right or is that a millatry wheel? I have 4 15 x 8 8lug wagon wheels witch are 15 inch so you can keep your tires. The spindels on the rear are ground down to clear them. When you come over with howard i will show them to you.

**tnblazerk5** · 01-08-2005, 08:56 PM

ok heres what i found on the rims

all state 14917 < thats on a sticker

and then this is stamped on the inside of the rim

star(<the imblem not the word )16-5 9.75 db 5 72

there isnt anything around the lugs

and ok eric i had planed on coming over with him anyway ,howard gets lost easy lol

Robert1970C20rstbukt · 01-08-2005, 08:57 PM

Damn that's a huge rim! I'm guessing they're 16.5" around and 9.75" wide by those numbers. Those would be awesome on the back of a drag racing truck.

Fred T · 01-08-2005, 09:19 PM

Manufacture date May 1972. Robert's right about the rim size. Got to admit I've never seen any that wide.

**tnblazerk5** · 01-08-2005, 09:20 PM

i am going to build a 3/4 or ton 4x4 work/farmtruck and i would like to have these for rims

and put 35s on them

Robert1970C20rstbukt · 01-08-2005, 09:22 PM

Awesome, post pics when you get 'em on the truck.

**tnblazerk5** · 01-08-2005, 09:41 PM

ok i will but its going to be a while

i got way to many irons in the fire

well anybody know what they came off of ? or where to get any more of them ? i was kinda thinking like eric and think they came off a old army truck

MOTHERTRUCKERS · 01-09-2005, 04:33 AM

Don't quote me but i believe they were on option only on the custom camper C20/C30 trucks that had the slide out bumper. Anybody?

**special-K** · 01-09-2005, 03:35 PM

I believe Mothertrucker is right.I think yours are from Sears.Alot of people ran them back before wagon wheels and custom wheels were made for 8-luggers.Aluminum Slots being the 1st custom.The OEM was Kelsey-Hayes and I`m sure they made them for Sears,too.I get them from a Wheel & Rim place in my area still.Have a set white powdercoated on my`72 K2500 w/hub caps.Stockton Wheel Or Pete Paulsen Wheel have them.They can be built custom any way you want.

**tnblazerk5** · 01-09-2005, 07:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by special-K

I believe Mothertrucker is right.I think yours are from Sears.Alot of people ran them back before wagon wheels and custom wheels were made for 8-luggers.Aluminum Slots being the 1st custom.The OEM was Kelsey-Hayes and I`m sure they made them for Sears,too.I get them from a Wheel & Rim place in my area still.Have a set white powdercoated on my`72 K2500 w/hub caps.Stockton Wheel Or Pete Paulsen Wheel have them.They can be built custom any way you want.

you got them on a truck now ? if so can i see sum pics ?

and will you see how much the place near you has them for please? i need 2 of them

Robert1970C20rstbukt · 01-09-2005, 08:03 PM

Here's a chassis cowl GMC camper someone posted a while back on another thread, it looks like it has the same rims.

GlennBrittain · 01-09-2005, 08:39 PM

I know where there is a motor home frame but I do not remenber if it is a dually or not. This one had a regular cab with a walk thru cut out. I do know where a 69 with a 12' box on the back is that is a dually. I will be going back to this junk yard as soon as time and this wet weather allows. I need to check a dually truck wheelbase for another member there. Send me
a Email message if you are interested.

**special-K** · 01-09-2005, 10:03 PM

That camper there has the 8.25".Yeah,I will try to do pics.I am not sure how to go about getting them on here.I recently got a digital camera,never posted pic yet.I have pics I can e-mail if someone can post.

**tnblazerk5** · 01-09-2005, 10:03 PM

GlennBrittain you got a pm

pritch · 01-09-2005, 11:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tnblazerk5

i am going to build a 3/4 or ton 4x4 work/farmtruck and i would like to have these for rims

and put 35s on them

I still have 6 of those 17.5x8 8 lug. Great farm truck wheels if you can find tires for them.

**tnblazerk5** · 01-10-2005, 11:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pritch

I still have 6 of those 17.5x8 8 lug. Great farm truck wheels if you can find tires for them.

never even heard of 17.5 inch wheels

ricochet442 · 01-10-2005, 12:46 PM

i have been looking for two of those rims also, i have two and i need two more for a complete set for my 4x4 72,anybody know where they can be found?

**tnblazerk5** · 01-10-2005, 12:55 PM

looks like i aint the only one hunting these things

anybody got any laying around anywhere ?

b454rat · 01-10-2005, 08:13 PM

There is a yard where I am that I think has some. They have been around since the car was first made I think, and they have all sorts of crap in storage for some reason. Anyways, I was looking for the 8 1/4 version of those wheels, and found a wheel that looked wide, but with no tape I couldn't tell. I found 1 8 1/4 wheel in a bus on the bottom of the pile of 6 or 7 wheels/tires. I need to go there again, every time I go there I find something new. (Couple trips ago I found a 78 Ford Dana 60 and a GM Dana 60 ") ).

Tx Firefighter · 01-10-2005, 08:17 PM

I think that new guy from Pennsylvania has them on his truck all around too.

**tnblazerk5** · 01-10-2005, 08:17 PM

wish they had yards like that around here

all the yards around here crushed everything !!!

Tx Firefighter · 01-10-2005, 08:20 PM

Here's his pictures....

They look the same to me.

**tnblazerk5** · 01-10-2005, 09:48 PM

those look cool in there

i got to get two more of them

01-08-2005, 07:51 PM	#1
tnblazerk5 User #12137 Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: kingsport,upper east tenn Posts: 11,598	8lug rim ?s what did these come on ? where can i find 2 more ?

01-08-2005, 08:23 PM	#2
Robert1970C20rstbukt Registered User Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Beeville, Texas Posts: 1,943	Look around the lug holes and see if there's any number stamped around 'em. That's how most steel rims are but that thing looks custom built to me. __________________ RJD 1984 Chevrolet C30 welding truck 454/SM465 1977 GMC C15 pickup 350/TH350 1970 Chevrolet C20 pickup 350/TH400 1970 Chevrolet K20 Suburban 454/TH350 1969 GMC 8500 478M V6/5 spd winch truck Last edited by Robert1970C20rstbukt; 01-08-2005 at 08:26 PM.

01-08-2005, 08:57 PM	#5
Robert1970C20rstbukt Registered User Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Beeville, Texas Posts: 1,943	Damn that's a huge rim! I'm guessing they're 16.5" around and 9.75" wide by those numbers. Those would be awesome on the back of a drag racing truck. __________________ RJD 1984 Chevrolet C30 welding truck 454/SM465 1977 GMC C15 pickup 350/TH350 1970 Chevrolet C20 pickup 350/TH400 1970 Chevrolet K20 Suburban 454/TH350 1969 GMC 8500 478M V6/5 spd winch truck Last edited by Robert1970C20rstbukt; 01-08-2005 at 09:01 PM.

01-08-2005, 09:19 PM	#6
Fred T Cantankerous Geezer Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Bel Aire, KS Posts: 6,264	Manufacture date May 1972. Robert's right about the rim size. Got to admit I've never seen any that wide. __________________ Fred There is no such thing as too much cam...just not enough engine.

01-08-2005, 09:22 PM	#8
Robert1970C20rstbukt Registered User Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Beeville, Texas Posts: 1,943	Awesome, post pics when you get 'em on the truck. __________________ RJD 1984 Chevrolet C30 welding truck 454/SM465 1977 GMC C15 pickup 350/TH350 1970 Chevrolet C20 pickup 350/TH400 1970 Chevrolet K20 Suburban 454/TH350 1969 GMC 8500 478M V6/5 spd winch truck

01-08-2005, 08:34 PM	#3
bisquik65 Account Suspended Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: N.C. high country Posts: 6,107	Am i right or is that a millatry wheel? I have 4 15 x 8 8lug wagon wheels witch are 15 inch so you can keep your tires. The spindels on the rear are ground down to clear them. When you come over with howard i will show them to you.

01-08-2005, 08:56 PM	#4
tnblazerk5 User #12137 Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: kingsport,upper east tenn Posts: 11,598	ok heres what i found on the rims all state 14917 < thats on a sticker and then this is stamped on the inside of the rim star(<the imblem not the word )16-5 9.75 db 5 72 there isnt anything around the lugs and ok eric i had planed on coming over with him anyway ,howard gets lost easy lol

01-08-2005, 09:20 PM	#7
tnblazerk5 User #12137 Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: kingsport,upper east tenn Posts: 11,598	i am going to build a 3/4 or ton 4x4 work/farmtruck and i would like to have these for rims and put 35s on them

01-08-2005, 09:41 PM	#9
tnblazerk5 User #12137 Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: kingsport,upper east tenn Posts: 11,598	ok i will but its going to be a while i got way to many irons in the fire well anybody know what they came off of ? or where to get any more of them ? i was kinda thinking like eric and think they came off a old army truck

01-09-2005, 04:33 AM	#10
MOTHERTRUCKERS Registered User Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: BRADENTON FLA Posts: 3,269	Don't quote me but i believe they were on option only on the custom camper C20/C30 trucks that had the slide out bumper. Anybody? __________________ Rest in Peace Ed. Thanks for all the good times.

01-09-2005, 03:35 PM	#11
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,862	I believe Mothertrucker is right.I think yours are from Sears.Alot of people ran them back before wagon wheels and custom wheels were made for 8-luggers.Aluminum Slots being the 1st custom.The OEM was Kelsey-Hayes and I`m sure they made them for Sears,too.I get them from a Wheel & Rim place in my area still.Have a set white powdercoated on my`72 K2500 w/hub caps.Stockton Wheel Or Pete Paulsen Wheel have them.They can be built custom any way you want. __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~

01-09-2005, 08:03 PM	#13
Robert1970C20rstbukt Registered User Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Beeville, Texas Posts: 1,943	Here's a chassis cowl GMC camper someone posted a while back on another thread, it looks like it has the same rims. Attached Images __________________ RJD 1984 Chevrolet C30 welding truck 454/SM465 1977 GMC C15 pickup 350/TH350 1970 Chevrolet C20 pickup 350/TH400 1970 Chevrolet K20 Suburban 454/TH350 1969 GMC 8500 478M V6/5 spd winch truck

01-09-2005, 08:39 PM	#14
GlennBrittain Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Panola County Texas Posts: 401	I know where there is a motor home frame but I do not remenber if it is a dually or not. This one had a regular cab with a walk thru cut out. I do know where a 69 with a 12' box on the back is that is a dually. I will be going back to this junk yard as soon as time and this wet weather allows. I need to check a dually truck wheelbase for another member there. Send me a Email message if you are interested.

01-09-2005, 10:03 PM	#15
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,862	That camper there has the 8.25".Yeah,I will try to do pics.I am not sure how to go about getting them on here.I recently got a digital camera,never posted pic yet.I have pics I can e-mail if someone can post. __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~

01-10-2005, 12:46 PM	#19
ricochet442 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: southern wisconsin Posts: 29	i have been looking for two of those rims also, i have two and i need two more for a complete set for my 4x4 72,anybody know where they can be found? __________________ 1972 chevy 3/4 ton 4x4



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01-10-2005, 12:55 PM	#20
tnblazerk5 User #12137 Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: kingsport,upper east tenn Posts: 11,598	looks like i aint the only one hunting these things anybody got any laying around anywhere ?

01-10-2005, 08:13 PM	#21
b454rat Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Binghamton, NY Posts: 3,454	There is a yard where I am that I think has some. They have been around since the car was first made I think, and they have all sorts of crap in storage for some reason. Anyways, I was looking for the 8 1/4 version of those wheels, and found a wheel that looked wide, but with no tape I couldn't tell. I found 1 8 1/4 wheel in a bus on the bottom of the pile of 6 or 7 wheels/tires. I need to go there again, every time I go there I find something new. (Couple trips ago I found a 78 Ford Dana 60 and a GM Dana 60 ") ). __________________ 2000 GMC CCSB 454/4L80 6” lift SAS 1999 Chevy CCSB 454/NV4500 6” lift 1999 GMC Yukon 350/4L60 4" SAS

01-10-2005, 08:17 PM	#22
Tx Firefighter Watch out for your cornhole ! Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Azle, Texas Posts: 14,162	I think that new guy from Pennsylvania has them on his truck all around too. __________________ I'm on the Instagram- @Gearhead_Kevin

01-10-2005, 08:20 PM	#24
Tx Firefighter Watch out for your cornhole ! Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Azle, Texas Posts: 14,162	Here's his pictures.... They look the same to me. __________________ I'm on the Instagram- @Gearhead_Kevin

01-10-2005, 09:48 PM	#25
tnblazerk5 User #12137 Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: kingsport,upper east tenn Posts: 11,598	those look cool in there i got to get two more of them

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