Good explanation, but I still don't understand completely
why. It wasn't a matter of the price line of the car;
'55-'56 Dodges came with lug nuts, Plymouths, DeSotos and
apparently Chryslers and Imperials with lug bolts.
--Roger
----- Original Message -----
From: "George E. McCollam" <McCollamGE@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
| HI, Yes I can add some light. It is correct to have 'Left
hand' thread
| on the driver side, all mopars of that era had left thread
on that side.
| One reason for the lug bolts instead of lug studs on the
rear, is that
| you have about two inches less of obstruction to changing
a reat tire,
| (although that not so important on your car with the full
wheel opening)
| if you had studs it would be a tighter fit. But, I
believe that for
| what ever reason it was more cost effective to manufacture
that way,
| also it is said that lug bolts are stronger than lug
studs, don't know
| for sure how true that is, but alot of heavy equiptment,
trailers,
| especially horse trailers used this method. You should
have a small
| locating pin between two of your rear studs this pin fits
into the small
| holes between the rim lug holes. If it is gone, it may
have been removed
| at some point so that a more modern rim could be fitted,
also the center
| hole of the rim should fit snugley on the axel center
flange to hold the
| weight of the tire when mounting. Hope this helps.
| George ... 'with the soon to be beautiful '55 &'56 Limo's'
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