I once had a set of 14" Ford magnum 500's and a couple of standard Ford steel wheels that I regularly used on my '67 Coronet and a '68 Satellite. I'm not certain what the year of manufacture of the wheels was but I assume late 1960's - late 1970's. As I recall, they had the same taper as the Mopar wheels I also used on the car and were completely interchangeable other than the issue with the hub diameter. Mopars, at least of that era, have a slightly larger hub center. The Ford rims would sqeeze over the hub but getting the wheels back off usually required a great deal of leverage. I solved the problem by filing the rims.
If indeed there were a need to swap lug nuts to match the tapers, you would have to convert your reverse threaded wheels as well. Ryan Hill To: thelastbestgenius@xxxxxxxxxxx CC: mark.knutsen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx From: Chrysler300-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2014 09:07:47 -0500 Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] Re: 300F coupe owned since 1967 VIN: 8403142999 The other important 'catch' (so I've been told, but would like to verify) is that while the Ford and Mopar 4.5x5 bolt patterns do match up, the taper on the holes for the lug nuts is different, so you can't mix lug nuts between the rims without the possibility of loosening. If you buy Ford rims to put on your Chrysler, make sure you get the lug nuts along with them, or buy new Ford lug nuts to use with them and don't try to use the Chrysler lug nuts. I'm still toying with the idea of going to 15" rims on my 57 to be able to use reasonably priced 225-75R15 tires, but having a hard time finding what I want in a wheel/rim/hubcap style. I might wind up just biting the bullet on the Diamondback wide white radials, though it kills me to pay that much for tires that are just going to dry rot long before they ever wear out. On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 8:23 AM, christopher thelastbestgenius@xxxxxxxxxxx [Chrysler300] <Chrysler300-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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