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Re: [oletrucks] Wheel lugs

To: <advent@thuntek.net>
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Wheel lugs
From: "Mark Self" <markself@discover.net>
Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2000 04:48:33 -0700
Do you mean axles from a larhger car, or pickup?

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From: <advent@thuntek.net>
To: "Mark Self" <markself@discover.net>
Cc: "Oletrucks list" <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2000 8:18 PM
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Wheel lugs


> the pickup 5 bolt pattern is the same as a full size GM car. the trans am
is a
> mid size. i would run the same on all four corners. uni-slot wheels look
goofy
> and are not safe in my opinion. drilling is expensive, so why not make it
match
> with factory parts?
>
> Mark Self wrote:
>
> > I'm putting a '73 C-10 frontend and '79 Trans Am posi rearend under my
'55
> > 1st.  The lugs are different sizes.  The fronts are larger dia.
> >
> > Question:  is it a reasonable project to have the holes in the rear
axles
> > drilled out and have lugs from the C-10 pressed in, or is it just better
to
> > run 2 sizes of lug nuts?
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> >
> > ====================
> >             Mark Self
> >          Redlands, CA
> >    '55 1st 5-window 3100
> >    "Sentimental Journey"
> > ====================
> >
> > oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
>
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