Re: Farmer fixes
Got a '29 Chev roadster out of Montana. It had been made into a "pickup" in war years style. One of the pieces that came with it was a wire wheel and hub. Got to looking at it about a year later and found that the hub was welded to the wheel. Then I looked closer. The hub is a Chev six hole and the wheel is a ford five hole. Evidently Ford wheels were easier to find and to take the wheel off you now took loose one nut.
On a similar note last year I bought the remains of a very old time trailer with a '29?? Chev axle under it ($10). I wanted some parts for the roadster and it had a pair of 700x16 tires to use as rollers. When I tore it down I found that it had five hole wheels. They were 16 inch Ford wires ... Mounted on ford hubs and drums and on the Chev spindles. I didn't know that could be done. I had been trying to figure out how to loose the 6 hole wheels on the Chev. Now I know how.
Norm
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