Accessory disc wheels for the Model A ?

[Bick in New Zealand]

Firestone listed both 15 and 16 inch disc and wire wheels for Model A's in 1932.

[CarlG]

Brick, Are those 16" Firestones in your avitar?

[Bick in New Zealand]

Yes they are.

[Brad in Germany]

Originally Posted by Bob-A

Special Coupe Frank,

Brad In Hershey,

I sent you an email via FordBarn pm service.

Bob-A

Bob, I did not see any message from you. Please try again.

Sorry, but my phone does not have a camera on it so I can not post any photos of the rims while here at Hershey.

If anyone would like to snap a photo of them, please stop by my space and I will dig them out of our camper.

Fordially,
Brad at Hershy (CE-74 and CE-75)

[jkeesey]

The only problem I see with this whole shpeel is that Chevy wheels are 6 lug. I had a 26 with disc wheels.

[steve s]

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Originally Posted by Special Coupe Frank

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So, no solid discs for the Model A ?

Well, I don't know if this is really what you mean, but it seems to be what you're asking for. My car came with solid wheels.

[Bob-A]

Brad,

I sent you a couple of more emails just a few minutes ago.

Bob-A

[BC Texas]

I have seen this type wheel before. The driver of the car said they were Dodge wheels.

[BC Texas]

I have seen this type wheel before. The driver said they were Dodge wheels.

[Special Coupe Frank]

Originally Posted by steve s

Well, I don't know if this is really what you mean, but it seems to be what you're asking for. My car came with solid wheels.

Steve S.

Yes, technically these are steel discs, but look like they are from a 1940 or later Ford, and are typical of most American steel wheels from 1938 or so up.

The wheels I'm referring to are an earlier style, in vogue from around 1920 through about 1931.

Some examples below:

[Special Coupe Frank]

Originally Posted by jkeesey

The only problem I see with this whole shpeel is that Chevy wheels are 6 lug. I had a 26 with disc wheels.

Well, yes...

We got side-tracked a bit on the bow-ties... I wasn't suggesting that they'd work on a Ford, but was wondering if anyone recalled seeing similar disc wheels for the A...

I have not, either in photos or printed ad media...

SC Frank

[steve s]

Thanks for the clarification about disc wheels. I had the feeling I was missing something.

Steve

[Tudortomnz]

Back to the original question, there were solid disc wheels aimed at the Ford taxi fleets in 1929.Aluminium alloy, agents were Draper Tire Co. Washington DC.
I would put up a pic but the steam pc is hopeless for it.
Post '40 Ford wheels on a Model A are capable of breaking the studs due to incorrect fit at the drum.

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Originally Posted by Tudortomnz

Back to the original question, there were solid disc wheels aimed at the Ford taxi fleets in 1929.Aluminium alloy, agents were Draper Tire Co. Washington DC.
I would put up a pic but the steam pc is hopeless for it.

I came up with this photo of tires from the Twenties from Draper in Washington, DC by Googling. I am seeing this type of tire being manufactured again so it shows that everything that is old is suddenly new again.

http://www.shorpy.com/node/5270?size=_original

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[jr-41ford]

I've been able to put steel wheels on my Model A, by using 1" thick, wheel adapters. They fit correctly on the Model A brake drums, bolt pattern is 5 X 51/2.

I want to drive the Model A during the winter and if it snows, I may want to run it with the studded-snow tires I have. Past experience, my roadster drove really nice in the snow with no problems. But if I want to, I can run the snow tires.

[dumb person]

i was on the coker website once & saw disk wheels that would fit but they were pricy.

[juke joint johnny]

Have a look in the Book ; Unauthorised Accesories for the Model A Ford There are some different wheels in there from the period also a lot of speed equipment that
was available at the time .

Bill Yes they did call them Breakers Yards or Scrap Yards But now that everything has gone Green they are Recycling Centres or Motor Dismantlers and they won't let you go in and look around any more [ That used to be one of my favorite hobbies climbing on the cars in the Junkyard] you have to wait at the counter for them to find the parts!!
Warm Beer Well it's never very hot in the UK and the beer is kept in the cellar at the pubs so it normally is cool but not so cold as a refrigerator. Poor old Lucas they weren't so bad were they?
How you getting on with the Hoosier Hotshots My favorite track by them is:
"Are You Having Any Fun" They played lots of horns in their songs Bulb and Klaxon thats probabbly why the Chief liked them.

JohnCochran

[WTSHNN]

Here are the ones that Brad sold at Hershey this year.





-Tim

[dumb person]

Originally Posted by WTSHNN

Here are the ones that Brad sold at Hershey this year.





-Tim

Is it easy to change tires on those? Looks like the tire would need to stretch a little.

[jkeesey]

Those would suuuck to change tires on. Similar to a model T tire job except those have a small amount of drop center.