What was the Stock Rim Size for 71 Runner/GTX

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What was the Stock Rim Size for 71 Runner/GTX

Post by luvmoparz » Tue Dec 04, 2007 9:56 pm

Need Stock Rim Size and Offset for 71 Roadrunner/GTX.
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Post by ajcpaperboy » Wed Dec 05, 2007 12:26 am

I asked a question somewhat like yours in October, and found that my 71 Road runner came with 14x6. I do not know about the offset. Eric was very helpful decoding the wheel section of my buildsheet.

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Post by Eric » Wed Dec 05, 2007 12:34 am

Depends on which wheels your car came with, rallye's could be optioned in either 14 or 15" sizes, road wheels were 14", and then there were the plain steel wheels. You'd need the broadcast sheet to know what wheels the car came with originally.
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Post by luvmoparz » Wed Dec 05, 2007 12:53 am

Dont have a Runner.....15" Wheels, the widest they came stock with works....I mainly was concerned with the offset. I posted somewhere else on copcar rims.

Answer was 15X7 With 4.5" offset
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Post by bulletpruf » Wed Dec 05, 2007 6:37 am

Eric wrote:Depends on which wheels your car came with, rallye's could be optioned in either 14 or 15" sizes, road wheels were 14", and then there were the plain steel wheels. You'd need the broadcast sheet to know what wheels the car came with originally.
Eric - is this for Roadrunners and GTXs as well (i.e., did some GTXs come with steel wheels?) I have a 71 GTX with some N50 x 15s on some old slot mags (it's been sitting in a garage for the past 30 years or so), and I'd like to start looking for some original wheels. Haven't found the buildsheet for the car, but haven't really looked for it yet, either.

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Post by 71GTX » Wed Dec 05, 2007 12:40 pm

This is from the decoded broadcast sheet from my old 71 RR....

U86 G60X15" rwl Polyglas GT Tires
2944390 15 X 7" Ralley Wheels w/Dk Centers,
TX8 Black Spare Wheel Color,
2944450 15X7" Spare Wheel/Steel,
3461222 15" Trim Rings,
W21 Rallye Wheels,

Dont know about the offset....
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Post by ryangtogtx » Wed Dec 05, 2007 1:44 pm

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Eric wrote:Depends on which wheels your car came with, rallye's could be optioned in either 14 or 15" sizes, road wheels were 14", and then there were the plain steel wheels. You'd need the broadcast sheet to know what wheels the car came with originally.
Eric - is this for Roadrunners and GTXs as well (i.e., did some GTXs come with steel wheels?) I have a 71 GTX with some N50 x 15s on some old slot mags (it's been sitting in a garage for the past 30 years or so), and I'd like to start looking for some original wheels. Haven't found the buildsheet for the car, but haven't really looked for it yet, either.

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Scott, yes some GTX's came with body color steel wheels. I know this because I have one. The size is 14x6 and they are a bear to find as Eric can attest to. Although I'm not sure, I would assume that hemi cars would come with 15x7's standard.

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Post by Eric » Wed Dec 05, 2007 8:31 pm

Yes the 14x6 plain steel wheels are almost impossible to find (I still need two of them to put my +6 car back to stock). If your car wasn't optioned originally with the 14x6s originally, I'd go with 15x7 plain steel....they're much easier to find!
If anyone has any of these 14x6 (not to be confused with the more common 14x5.5) plain steel wheels you don't need, send them my way!
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Post by bulletpruf » Thu Dec 06, 2007 12:01 pm

Eric wrote:Yes the 14x6 plain steel wheels are almost impossible to find (I still need two of them to put my +6 car back to stock). If your car wasn't optioned originally with the 14x6s originally, I'd go with 15x7 plain steel....they're much easier to find!
If anyone has any of these 14x6 (not to be confused with the more common 14x5.5) plain steel wheels you don't need, send them my way!
Guess I'll have to go hunting for the build sheet when I get back. I'm also looking for a set of 14x6s for a 70 Ram Air IV GTO; you can find the dog dish hubcaps (they're reproduced, too), but having a hard time tracking down the wheels.

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steel wheel sales site

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Re: steel wheel sales site

Post by bulletpruf » Fri Dec 14, 2007 5:53 am

Great site!

Thanks,

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Re: steel wheel sales site

Post by ryangtogtx » Fri Dec 14, 2007 11:11 am

bulletpruf wrote:
Great site!

Thanks,

Scott
I bought a set of 14x6 steel wheels from Classic Chambered. Although I did receive them in good condition, they took a looooooooooooong time to come. I'm talking around 6 months after I paid for them. He doesn't have this size in stock and his supplier has to go hunting among thousands of wheels to find them. If you don't mind this, then you'll have no trouble with Classic Chambered.

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Post by Eric » Fri Dec 14, 2007 2:03 pm

I'm still waiting for him to find me a pair of 14x6s. It's been about a year!
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Post by mopar71 » Sun Dec 16, 2007 1:22 pm

I read an article in hemmings back in May about a recall of the 1969 option code w32 wheels,there is a place repoing these and they have many other mopar wheels.Check them out:

http://www.specialtywheelsltd.org/chrys ... html#mopar


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Post by RS23-71 » Sun Dec 16, 2007 6:05 pm

mopar71 wrote:I read an article in hemmings back in May about a recall of the 1969 option code w32 wheels,there is a place repoing these and they have many other mopar wheels.Check them out:

http://www.specialtywheelsltd.org/chrys ... html#mopar


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That looks like a good site when I 1st saw this topic pop up I did a google search and that site came up pretty early in my search.

I'm going to need to replace two of my rallye wheels since when I bought my car it had a set of 15x7 rallyes in the trunk but my brother-in-law's brother talked me out of 2 of them to put on the back of his '70 roadrunner that had 14" rallye wheels on it. He drove around for about 2 yrs with them then he went and sold his car without giving my 2 15" ones back or even paying for them. :rant:

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