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Hi , Happy Easter, Is the bolt pattern for 67 imps
5 0n 5 or 5 on 5-1/2 is that not the same bolt pattern as some old 1/2 t pickups
and jeeps. reason I ask is I was looking at a magazine for old 50,s
era trucks and there was an article about some aftermarket stainless steel
disc rotors made to upgrade the brakes. it wasn't till a couple days later
it occurred to me that it occurred to me that it might have an imperial
application.Last summer on a lark I went down to the Les Schwab dealer and
asked them to fit my 67 imp for new wheels(so the hubcaps won't creak) they
tried to fit 67 Chrysler wheels, we know how that works ( I told him before he
tried it , but he was going by the book) We tried things kind of randomly off
the rack that looked close and found that 80's era gm wheel fit fine except for
the offset, part of the inside of the wheel rubbed on the corner of the
budd caliper casting( I think it could be filed off. 1/4 inch) According
to the spec charts they had certain year olds toronado had a different
offset for the toronado front brakes,and would fit perfectly, unfortunately
these wheels were not available new(another low production car!) I think there
are more applications out there that will fit, they just need to be
discovered.I'll bet there is more wheel application out there for this bolt
pattern than is generally thought. Mike Pitanaro did an excellent job with
the supra rotors and proved stuff like this can be done. more items
like this could give the 67-8-9 owners more options. Any people out there
with wheel bolt pattern knowlege? thanks Mike
Becker
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