VCCA Home Forums TECHNICAL - 1945 AND EARLIER 1912-1928 Please answer a simple wheel question for a new guy

I have a 1928 Chevy chassis I will be musing for a speedster. Right now it has disc wheels but no rims. If I go to a swap meet, what should I be looking for as far as rims, and tire size?

DeereBoy my 1928 parts book lists demountable rim 30" X 4.5" (series AB) P/N938149. Tires 440/450 - 21.

Steve

To add to SSG26K's information which I agree with: The split rims for the passenger car usage overall diameter (outer edge of the bead flange to bead flange) should be 22-3/8 inches; The inside diameter should be 21-3/4 inches. The rim width ( outer edge of bead seat to bead seat) should be 3-3/4 inches. If you happen to find original Chevrolet split rims, look carefully at the surface between the two bead seats for the numbers 4.5 X 21 along with a small Chevy Bowtie stamped into the surface.

Hello Deereboy, information from both Steve and Dick is spot on. I suspect what Dick was trying to say was that the inside diameter of the rims should be a nominal 21" which should be 20-3/4".

Since it is a chassis and possibly the remains of someone else's project make sure the discs are in fact 28. I am probably going to mess up the dimensions but I think the 25 through 27 discs were 2-1/4" in width, and the 28 were 2-3/4" in width. the 28 discs should be 21-3/4" at the inside flange, and would fit a 21" tire. When looking at rims remember this style of wheel was made in 19", 20", and 21". Be careful on the 21" about the width. The 20" rims are somewhat obvious as to the width between the car rim and the truck rim.

If you need some pictures let us know.

Art