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**'68OrangeSunshine** · 05-06-2021, 05:58 PM

In the Eighties, I was looking for an extra 5.25 x 17.5 Chevy 6-Lug rim, like the ones that came on my truck OEM. I found one in town at a tire shop. It was the right dimensions and lug configuration, but the wheel shape was different. An F stamped in the metal defined it as a Firestone, as used on some Mopars. Anyway it was good enough for a spare. Around 2000. I couldn't get 17.5 rims anymore, so I had to go with 16.''
I liked the height, but finding tires that diameter got expensive.

05-06-2021, 05:58 PM	#5
'68OrangeSunshine Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Tucson, AZ USA Posts: 7,050	Re: What Wheel Is This? In the Eighties, I was looking for an extra 5.25 x 17.5 Chevy 6-Lug rim, like the ones that came on my truck OEM. I found one in town at a tire shop. It was the right dimensions and lug configuration, but the wheel shape was different. An F stamped in the metal defined it as a Firestone, as used on some Mopars. Anyway it was good enough for a spare. Around 2000. I couldn't get 17.5 rims anymore, so I had to go with 16.'' I liked the height, but finding tires that diameter got expensive. __________________ Every 25 years I like to rebuild that 292, whether it needs it or not.