16" Wheel Identification Help Needed

[rbullockv8]

I'm hoping someone can help me identify these 16" rims I took off my '32 RPU.
I have 5 matching, and 1 oddball.

Pics 1-4 are of one of the set of 5 matching wheels. These are 4" wide (inside measurement where tire bead seals), and the center well is slightly offset--straight on one side and sloping on the other. There are 5 spring clips around the center for the hubcap.

Pics 5-7 are of the oddball wheel. It is 4-1/2" wide, and the center well walls are straight down. This wheel has different style clips for a hubcap.

Any info on year/model is appreciated.

As an aside, when I had the old tires stripped off these rims, I asked for the tubes back. The three I got held air in the tires, but had between 5-8 patches each! Two were Firestone, the other Goodyear. Probably later 1950s/early 1960s vintage at the newest. Impressive for 55-year-old rubber!

[mercman from oz]

I don't believe that any of these wheels are Ford. Ford never added Hubcap Retaining Clips like on these wheels.

[Mart]

I was thinking the same - not aware of any clips like that on Ford wheels.

[1 Raggedy Ride]

I have some '35 Mopar wheels, with the same style hubcap clips as in photo #5....

[V8COOPMAN]

Hmmmmmm........! ONLY difference I see is the lack of the four slots on your wheel where center meets hoop.

YOUR wheel......



1941 LINCOLN wheel below.......

[blucar]

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The wheels with the spring clips are very similar to the DCPD, (mopar) wheels '37-41. DCPD used the style of spring clip on some of their vehicles, however the Mopar wheels generally are not attached to the rim without spaces around the hub portion, generally three.
GM, Mopar and Studebaker preferred spring clips for hub cap attachment as did Ford '36-39. If the wheels are 5 on 5.5 that could suggest that they are Ford, however, some Mopars used 5 on 5.5..

[truckdog62563]

If you can find numbers on them I'll look them up for you. Budd and Motor Wheel stamped numbers, K-H did not. Stu

[Lanny]

I think some Early Lincolns models thru the 1940's used the
hubcap clips, and the Lincoln would have the 5 lug, 5.5" bolt circle.






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[mercman from oz]

V8Coopman was correct in saying that the forties Lincolns had hubcap retaining clips. This photo is of a 1946 Lincoln Convertible, and you can see the attached retaining clips.