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  • Chris H.
    Very Frequent User
    • April 30, 1990
    • 817

    #16
    Re: C-1 Steel wheel question

    Jerry, your wheel does not have the double humps. So a riveted wheel w/o hump.

    If you look at my picture the RH wheel has another "hump" between the hump where the 3 cap bumps are and the outer portion of the disc. Once you see it it is obvious. Here is another photo with double hump radii lined out.

    Alex's wheel also has the double hump and looks correct for 56-59 (and possibly early 60).

    I tried to attach a picture with an arrow pointing at the hump but this site would not let me post it because I posted it in a previous thread. Is this really the way it works?
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    • Jerry W.
      Very Frequent User
      • January 27, 2009
      • 588

      #17
      Re: C-1 Steel wheel question

      the pic i attached is the 56 wheels rivited....here is all four

      just thought someone might learn something from this post....i am
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      • Chris H.
        Very Frequent User
        • April 30, 1990
        • 817

        #18
        Re: C-1 Steel wheel question

        I have four extra just like yours. Came off my 62. Had to find 5 welded/non dogbones.

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        • Dan A.
          Extremely Frequent Poster
          • May 31, 1974
          • 1074

          #19
          Re: C-1 Steel wheel question

          Originally posted by Edward Johnson (49497)
          When did GM stop making the wheels with rivits, The reason I am asking is that I have 3 kelsey hayes wheels with a 4/56 date (No rivits). are these wheels for corvette?

          The solid axle RPO 5.5 inch wheels continued to be riveted through '62. Others posting here have had or seen a very odd 65-6 wheel that was riveted. The story or original intent for that wheel is unknown as far as I know. No doubt there are other wheels other than Corvette that were riveted after the introduction of tubeless tire in '56, depending on their application.

          Do your 3 wheels have the 4 nubs, a 5/8ths inch valve stem hole and the two features shown in the attached picture?
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          • Edward J.
            Extremely Frequent Poster
            • September 15, 2008
            • 6940

            #20
            Re: C-1 Steel wheel question

            Dan, the wheels I have appear like the one in your pic. but don't have in front of me, they have 4 nubs and 5/8 valve stems, rounded cornors ,
            New England chapter member, 63 Convert. 327/340- Chapter/Regional/national Top Flight, 72 coupe- chapter and regional Top Flight.

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            • Dan D.
              Extremely Frequent Poster
              • November 5, 2008
              • 1323

              #21
              Re: C-1 Steel wheel question

              Originally posted by Donald Harris (51003)
              Dan,

              Probably a dumb question for you, but why did you have the wheels hot tanked and then blasted? I need mine cleaned up so that I can prime and paint, but I was just going to either blast them myself or have them blasted.
              Hi Don,
              Sorry it has taken me a while to get back to you - I have been out of town for a couple of days.
              I started blasting them - I have a Tractor Supply blast tank, but it did not seem to get the paint off. Paint was original pale/faded green with a black pin strip. So I had my local machine shop hot tank them which removed all the paint very nicely, but I still had the rust. So I then blasted them to bare metal.
              The wheels had old paint and surface rust but no pitted rust, no dents, dings, or other bad things. For the age they were quite good.
              That's just the way I got them to bare metal. May be other, simpler ways, and I would be interested to know if there is. -Dan-

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              • Troy P.
                Extremely Frequent Poster
                • February 1, 1989
                • 1279

                #22
                Re: C-1 Steel wheel question

                Originally posted by Chris Henige (17196)
                Jerry, your wheel does not have the double humps. So a riveted wheel w/o hump.

                If you look at my picture the RH wheel has another "hump" between the hump where the 3 cap bumps are and the outer portion of the disc. Once you see it it is obvious. Here is another photo with double hump radii lined out.

                Alex's wheel also has the double hump and looks correct for 56-59 (and possibly early 60).

                I tried to attach a picture with an arrow pointing at the hump but this site would not let me post it because I posted it in a previous thread. Is this really the way it works?
                I've never looked at wheels so closely until you posted these photos. I could not see the double hump in the photos until you marked them up. But in studying them for differences I could swear the shape of the slots between the hum and rim differ between the two. Is that just my imagination?

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                • Troy P.
                  Extremely Frequent Poster
                  • February 1, 1989
                  • 1279

                  #23
                  Re: C-1 Steel wheel question

                  Originally posted by Jerry Weeks (49925)
                  I purchased ( 4 ) 15 x 5 1956 passenger car wheels last summer for our 62 project because of the nubs needed to hold the hub caps....they are rivited and we decided not to use them because of the chance of air leaks using tubeless tires...paid $200 for them :-(
                  I have driven 55 Chevys and 54 Corvettes for years with tubless tires on riveted wheels with no leakage. I wouldn't worry about that.

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                  • Christopher R.
                    Extremely Frequent Poster
                    • March 31, 1975
                    • 1599

                    #24
                    Re: C-1 Steel wheel question

                    Originally posted by Troy Pyles (14528)
                    I have driven 55 Chevys and 54 Corvettes for years with tubless tires on riveted wheels with no leakage. I wouldn't worry about that.

                    Me too. But when I restored my rivetted wheels, I put daubs of sealer on the inside of the rim where the rivets come through. Can't hurt.

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