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my 40' coupe has six lug wheels.
is there a reason chevy had six lug wheels in the early cars?
why and when did they changed to five lug wheels?
just wondering....
bubbatom
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Regular production, for cars, was 1949, I believe. Charlie 
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It saved the cost of 4 studs and nuts per car. That could have amounted to a million dollars a year. Other than that five lugs were the norm for cars - exept for some light weight cars that had only four.
Gene Schneider
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