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Hudson Rim/Wheel Dimensions - 48-57
  • 46HudsonPU46HudsonPU
    Posts: 5,146Moderator
    For everyone's information. See the screenshot of Hudson Wheels/Rims, from a "Motor Wheel Corporation" catalog -

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    1327 x 1032 - 370K
  • 54SuperWasp54SuperWasp
    Posts: 519Gold Member
    @ 46HudsonPu, Thank you! Michel
  • nick snick s
    Posts: 693Platinum Member
    it should be noted that the hash wheels are not the same though they will bolt up. the only hubcaps that whould work would be the full dish (like a 54 hornet optional on others) and the wire caps
  • 46HudsonPU46HudsonPU
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    Motor Wheel Corporation appears to have been a major supplier of rims/wheels for just about all car manufacturers.

    And, what I found interesting - In doing background research to find some wheels/rims for my trucks, I saw that some of the rims I have are marked or stamped from the factory (as shown in the attached picture).

    Part of that mark/number appears to correspond to the 'Motor Wheel Corporation' catalog entry - the "WHEEL X NUMBER", which appears to allow positive identification and 'tracking' of what is the correct or appropriate wheel for quite a few vehicles.

    (the example shown below is a Chrysler 15" X 6" wheel, with 5-4 1/2spacing, 'special equipment' number for cars from 1957-1964).

    At this point, I'm trying to figure out how to get the document scanned as a 'OCR' (optical character recognition) .pdf file, so that it can be 'searched' more easily...
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    3968 x 2976 - 3M
  • RL ChiltonRL Chilton
    Posts: 3,448Platinum Member
    sounds like a cool project, Rick. Please keep us posted of your progress.
  • 46HudsonPU46HudsonPU
    Posts: 5,146Moderator
    Russell - Scanning to .pdf was easily (already) done, with a default networked scanner I have access to. Just finished-up the conversion to make it scanable this evening...