<VV> Speaking of Skinny Wheels... (was: 60-62 hubcaps)

[corvairduval at cox.net]

Bob, I rarely get to correct you, but, my friend's 1964 194 six Nova is
factory equipped with 13" 5 lug wheels. He bought it used with only 19K
miles on it. so I doubt the wheels were ever changed.

Also, a quick internet search turned up stock tires for 62 to 64 Chevy IIs
and Nova's (the 400 trim level of Chevy II) are all 13 inch.

1965 is the transition year of both 13 and 14 inch tires.

On an unrelated note, I rebuilt a 154 cu in four in a friend's 69 Nova. It
was hard to keep running before the rebuild, as all four holes were worn
over .060"! Four sleeves later...

Frank DuVal

Original email:
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From: Robert Marlow,Vairtec Corporation via VirtualVairs
virtualvairs at corvair.org
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2015 14:19:08 -0400
To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
Subject: <VV> Speaking of Skinny Wheels... (was: 60-62 hubcaps)


On 9/25/2015 10:32 AM, corvairduval--- via VirtualVairs wrote:
> And, the Falcon wheels are narrow compared to Corvair wheels. By 1/2"
IIRC.
For those of you just dying to put narrow wheels on your Corvair, I have 
a pair of 1965 Chevy II wheels, which are 13x4 with the same 5-bolt 
pattern as our late model Corvairs.  They are beautifully powder-coated 
gloss black.

I prepped them to put on the front of my '66 coupe for the first NECC 
drag races in '04, but circumstances prevented me from participating in 
that event and I have since sold the car.

BTW, these were factory-installed only on four-cylinder Chevy IIs in 
'65; the sixes and eights got 14-inchers.

I'll have them available at Hershey, space CC72.

--Bob

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