"parkrndl is enjoying his midlife crisis" (parkrndl)
01/04/2016 at 21:40 • Filed to: None
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"parkrndl is enjoying his midlife crisis" (parkrndl)
01/04/2016 at 21:40 • Filed to: None | 0
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No idea what made me notice this. One minute, I was surfing Google Images for pictures of 1975-78 Chargers and Cordobas (don’t judge me, I have a thing for fat chicks) and the next, I am completely obsessed with figuring this out. I have now found several images of mid-size Australian Mopars (Valiant CM and Valiant VH, mostly) from the 70s fitted with what appears to be Oldsmobile steel rally wheels. SSIIs, to be exact. From my exhaustive research (5 minutes on Google), it seems that A-body Mopars have a 5-lug 4-inch bolt circle, while midsize GMs of the time period had a 5-lug 4.75-inch bolt circle. Anyone have experience with both American and Australian muscle cars that can straighten me out?
just so you see I’m not completely crazy...
So am I crazy, or are these Oldsmobile wheels? Or does it really not matter in the scheme of things, and I should focus on something important like getting a second job so someday I can afford that Hemi Charger I keep drooling over at the local Dodge dealer?
crowmolly
> parkrndl is enjoying his midlife crisis
01/04/2016 at 21:48 |
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Those are stock valiant sport wheels for Aus/NZ from what I can tell. Not quite the same.
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daender
> parkrndl is enjoying his midlife crisis
01/04/2016 at 21:50 |
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It might have not been an Olds-only wheel design. Like how numerous muscle cars had Magnum 500/Rostyle wheels .
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parkrndl is enjoying his midlife crisis
> daender
01/04/2016 at 23:44 |
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Very interesting. I actually thought of the Magnum-style wheels when I was writing this, since all of the Big 3 had similar-looking variants of them, but I never knew the Rostyle side of the story. Another automotive tidbit to store away in the memory banks.
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parkrndl is enjoying his midlife crisis
> crowmolly
01/04/2016 at 23:47 |
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Man they are REALLY close, other than the center cap and the fact that the Olds wheel in your pic looks like a 15-inch version, guessing from the depth at the rim...
The Powershift in Steve's '12 Ford Focus killed it's TCM (under warranty!)
> parkrndl is enjoying his midlife crisis
01/05/2016 at 10:29 |
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$5 says those wheels were actually designed and/or manufactured by Kelsey-Hayes or another outside vendor in the US who also had a plant in Australia and produced them locally for Mopar.