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I would say you are sort of correct re those being 70s Lincoln deep dish polished 15inch alloy rims on that 300F. But here is what I know - and I have 8 of these 70s Lincolns/LTD/Thunderbirds, so that how I got to figure it out. Ford and late 50s- early 60s Chrysler sometimes used same bolt spacing rims/wheels - but there are traps. The '76 Ford LTD 2 door Landau I have uses a larger bolt space pattern, but has an identical polished deep dish 15 inch rim - but it will NOT FIT 300Fs, Cs, Ds etc. Now this same large space bolt pattern rim was later offered on '77-79 MKV Lincolns, of which I have three, ( but all mine factory fitment were different again alloy rims - same large bolt spacing - "Turbine" rims - fine radial spoke looking style.) So here is where we get to what of this type rim fits our 300s - Lincolns around 1970 DID NOT THEN YET USE THIS LARGER - 5 inch spacing type - they used the smaller bolt spacing rims the same as our 300s. (LTDs maybe used the big spacing rim because of common Police use of LTDS - more likely abuse by Police, than Lincoln owners?!) And at that time Ford offered two identical looking 'small bolt pattern' styles - Turbine and polished Deep Dish - but I think this smaller bolt spacing polished alloy rim was mainly offered on mid 70s Thunderbirds. Then later on, when we get to the '77/78 Thunderbirds I have, no deep dish alloy rim, but a wider Turbine rim - wider than any Ford steel or deep dish alloy. So for that 300F to have 'small bolt pattern' deep dish alloy rims, they are not off the later large bolt pattern Lincolns/LTD, but likely off '73-76 TBird. And Lincoln - ONLY IF at that time of a (still) small bolt pattern, if Lincoln offered deep dish polished rims? So some clarification - but the new question of does anyone know did any Lincoln early 70s offer that deep dish alloy rim (while still in small bolt pattern era) - if not, they can only be off '73-76 Thunderbirds. Or later 70s, Ford offered them on their downsized LTD IIs. From a handling/cornering perspective, the best small bolt pattern Ford alloy rim of that era is the '77/79 Thunderbird "Turbine" rim, as it wider than all others, even than any on the bigger Lincoln. On those '77/79 Birds, they came with 225 75 15 radials, only 1 size down from Lincolns 235 75s, and for a TBird that was based on Ford's mid size Fairlane/Torino, quite a good/big tire. I have four '77/78 Birds because I love the way they drive if you push them hard - sort of like having fun with a 300, but obviously not with the grunt/power of our 300s, as you could only get a 351 or 400 in these last 'true Birds' before govt CAFE ended all such traditional US cars forever. Personally forget putting Ford alloy rims on early 300s - Exner got it right with his hubcaps - just fit them to 15 inch rims, run good 235 75 radials ?! Christopher in Australia To: chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx From: Chrysler300-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 17:07:23 +0000 Subject: RE: [Chrysler300] Re: 300F coupe owned since 1967 VIN: 8403142999
I believe those are early-mid 70’s Lincoln wheels. Didn’t know those would fit.
Mark Knutsen 300 G - currently in hibernation….. From: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of G Moon agmoon@xxxxxxxxx [Chrysler300] Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2014 11:01 AM To: Sam Cohen; (chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) Subject: [Chrysler300] Re: 300F coupe owned since 1967 VIN: 8403142999 No Sam, this is a "new" car. Sure looks pretty original too. On 11/19/2014 10:59 AM, Sam Cohen wrote: Here’s a 300F coupe with the same ownership since 1967. It’s located about 40 miles inland from San Francisco in a hot dry climate away from the ocean air. I haven’t seen the car. http://modesto.craigslist.org/cto/4766578654.html PS Gloria – Is this car in the registry. Sam Cohen President Energy Solutions 449 15th Street, Suite 400 Oakland, CA 94612 ph: (510) 482-4420 x222 f: (510) 228-1700 www.energy-solution.com<http://www.energy-solution.com/> [ES-logo-1x1] An Employee-Owned Company ________________________________ [http://static.avast.com/emails/avast-mail-stamp.png]<http://www.avast.com/> This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus<http://www.avast.com/> protection is active. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] __._,_.___ Posted by: christopher <thelastbestgenius@xxxxxxxxxxx> To send a message to this group, send an email to: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to bob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or go to https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/all/manage/edit For list server instructions, go to http://www.chrysler300club.com/yahoolist/inst.htm For archives go to http://www.forwardlook.net/300-archive/search.htm#querylang __,_._,___ |
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