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[Joe Bob]

Seeing how Dodge and Plymouth have a goofy lug pattern, there would be no way they'd fit a Ford or a Chevy.

[cashflyer]

Originally Posted by Joe Bob

Seeing how Dodge and Plymouth have a goofy lug pattern, there would be no way they'd fit a Ford or a Chevy.

Really?
I put plenty of Ford wheels on my Dodges over the years.

Early Dodge cars had a pattern of 5 x 4"
Around 1970 they changed to the 5 x 4.5" pattern, same as Ford Galaxy and many others.

[tcar]

Originally Posted by Joe Bob

Seeing how Dodge and Plymouth have a goofy lug pattern, there would be no way they'd fit a Ford or a Chevy.

Don't think that's true. Same lug spacing as a lot of other cars.

You may be thinking of the fact the for a number of years, Chrysler products had lugs on one side of the car that screwed on counterclockwise (reverse thread) and clockwise on the other. I don't remember offhand which side was which. It prevented the nuts from coming loose and falling off if they were not tightened properly.

That has nothing to do with the wheels or lug spacing.

That Dodge has stock '64 body side panels, hood, trunk lid, tailights, grille (modified) and side trim. Interesting.

[Joe Bob]

Hmmmm, I always remembered having a hard time finding Dodge wheels. Oh well, the first thing to go is....ummmmmm.....what were we talking about?

[RANDY P]

Originally Posted by Racerbvd

that is sooo Vegas....

rjp

[URY914]

[Sarc]

Originally Posted by tcar

That Dodge has stock '64 body side panels, hood, trunk lid, tailights, grille (modified) and side trim. Interesting.

It's the Hemi Charger Concept from '64...powered by one of the 15(?) original race Hemis built.
Heading to auction next week. Went for over a million last time in exchanged hands.

[audiman08]

this has been sitting in a field near us for a long time, the land just went up for sale so it will probably get hauled off...it looked pretty yesterday

[scottmandue]

Originally Posted by Sarc

It's the Hemi Charger Concept from '64...powered by one of the 15(?) original race Hemis built.
Heading to auction next week. Went for over a million last time in exchanged hands.

Wow... I had those mirrors on my Opel Kadet!

[onlycafe]

[cashflyer]

Originally Posted by Joe Bob

Hmmmm, I always remembered having a hard time finding Dodge wheels. Oh well, the first thing to go is....ummmmmm.....what were we talking about?

Well... it would matter what year your Dodge was.
As I mentioned, early ones had 5x4 pattern - which was unique to Dodge (afaik).
Later had 5x4.5, which was shared with other brands.
Year one says the changeover in bolt circle size was 1972.

The left hand thread issue ended in 1970.


Because the A-arms were interchangeable from year to year, we would just convert any 4" pattern cars to 4.5" pattern. And the left hand lugs could be driven out and replaced easily.

This one has the 4" pattern in the photo. It was my second car.

[Joe Bob]

The memory comes from buying (cheap at the time) Dodge fitting US mag wheels for my 56 ragtop bug.

I had to have the adapters made, none off the shelf and I had to take the center caps off to access the lugs. They were too close to the cap to get a lug wrench around them.....

[wdfifteen]

Originally Posted by Joe Bob

Seeing how Dodge and Plymouth have a goofy lug pattern, there would be no way they'd fit a Ford or a Chevy.

In the '60s Dodge B & C bodies (and pickups) had the same bolt pattern as similar size Fords. They were different than GMs.

[URY914]

[dheinz]

[audiman08]

[edgemar]

[nynor]

Originally Posted by edgemar

is that functional?

[KNS]

Horton flying wing. It was built by some Northrop (or Lockheed?) employees and I believe is now in the Rueben H. Fleet Museum in San Diego. There was a cable special on it about a year ago, pretty cool.

[enzo1]