Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
05-12-2024, 05:36 AM
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
05-09-2024, 07:51 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 282
Re: BB Ford wheel split lock rings
Tom - rings don’t interchange across rim variants and widths. Rim/ring combos were either Firestone or Goodyear products, and could be from a number of design families and widths within each. ...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
05-02-2024, 03:55 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 435
Re: Is this a widow maker wheel?
The Firestone RH-5° wasn’t brought to the market until 1948. They actually called it the “Advanced Design” rim. The pre 1934 wheels have a 5 x 6 7/8” bolt pattern. Stu
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
01-17-2024, 08:32 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 2,671
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
01-17-2024, 03:21 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 2,671
Re: Are these “widow maker” wheels?
This is the correct statement. Unfortunate for Ford guys most early bigger models (ton and 1.5 ton) have the RH, and 50s/60s era 3/4 and one tons have the RHP. Both have the solid/unbroken rings...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
01-17-2024, 09:56 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 2,671
Re: Are these “widow maker” wheels?
Yup, I have one of these GM wheels that came to me on a donor truck. I’ve used it when rearranging the barn’s donor inventory and learned it the hard way. I guess a full set might work if a rear...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
01-16-2024, 02:25 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 2,671
Re: Are these “widow maker” wheels?
After posting the above it hit me that there is a hiccup that would limit the use of these wheels. So I’ll add a qualifier. These wheels have a 4 5/8” center hole which won’t clear a stock Timken...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
01-04-2024, 09:28 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 2,671
Re: Are these “widow maker” wheels?
These GMC/Chevy 3/4 and one ton wheels are much safer than the Ford widow maker 17s. If you look up the page to the posted Firestone rim chart, these wheels have the three piece Firestone “AR” rim...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
01-04-2024, 01:09 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 2,671
Re: Are these “widow maker” wheels?
BigstarATX also posted this to the FTE site with follow-up question. My reply is linked below. Stu
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1744242-what-wheels-are-these.html
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
01-03-2024, 04:05 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 2,671
Re: Are these “widow maker” wheels?
The wheels pictured are absolutely the Firestone RH-5° widow makers.
What stopped the RH-5° was threat of government recall. The NHTSA and IIHS were well along with the recall effort when in...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
12-22-2023, 11:47 AM
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Replies: 38
Views: 2,441
Re: 1935 Ford Marmon Herrington
Well, those things don’t really matter, and are replaceable. What matters is the fact of it being a unicorn that’s been found and saved. What are your plans? Might be almost as hard to...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
12-22-2023, 09:59 AM
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Replies: 38
Views: 2,441
Re: 1935 Ford Marmon Herrington
Hmmm. Is the B for a bus? I understand the 6 (254), V (F-6) 5 (probably wheelbase), and 4, as you said, four single axle wheel sets. Stu
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
12-22-2023, 09:04 AM
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Replies: 38
Views: 2,441
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
12-22-2023, 06:46 AM
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Replies: 38
Views: 2,441
Re: 1935 Ford Marmon Herrington
You’ve certainly done your homework on the truck. The Marmon Heritage book is a great reference. Your next task might be to find the M-H maintenance and parts manual for the truck, or more likely a...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
12-22-2023, 01:27 AM
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Replies: 38
Views: 2,441
Re: 1935 Ford Marmon Herrington
Now I’m confused. The shift pattern data plate shows High/Neutral/Low ranges for a two speed t/c, and the pictured shift lever is positioned, as in later trucks, for the high/low range selection. ...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
12-21-2023, 11:54 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 2,441
Re: 1935 Ford Marmon Herrington
We’d benefit from having Chuck drop by to comment. He did tell me, as you suggest, that the Fuller was the standard t/c during our trucks’ era (i.e. Korea), and that the Wisconsin was fitted on some...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
12-21-2023, 11:15 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 2,441
Re: 1935 Ford Marmon Herrington
Interesting how similar it is to our trucks from a decade plus later. Owen - the data plate has the W as the final digit which says it has the Wisconsin t/c. Wonder what the B6V5 means in the model...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
12-21-2023, 11:58 AM
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Replies: 33
Views: 3,557
Re: marmon herrington F-1 trucks
Wow! A really early truck. Agree pictures, if you can figure out the posting process here, especially of the drive train underside to see how much changed/stayed the same over the decades. Stu
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
12-17-2023, 01:51 PM
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Replies: 10
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
12-09-2023, 12:57 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,070
Re: 50 f2 rims
Interesting to know that a wider 16” rim can be given enough offset to clear the drums. It’s only noticeable when comparing to your stock spare that would be the 17” x 4.33”. The new rims will have...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
12-05-2023, 11:57 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,070
Re: 50 f2 rims
Agree, you might want to verify there’s a D in your Serial Number and not a Y. I might also ask in your truck has rear shock absorbers. A sure sign it’s an F-2, although they were a rare option on...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
12-03-2023, 02:37 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,070
Re: 50 f2 rims
I texted some buddies and one of them has available 17.5s, so that fix is available if you want to look at it. I’ve mounted these wheels on a Lockheed 14” axle and know they fit. I can’t find the...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
12-03-2023, 01:46 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,070
Re: 50 f2 rims
There’s an old FTE thread where we went through all this, but while I look for it, I’ll start by assuming you’ve tried 16s and found they don’t fit. Like Owen said, the F-2 should have 12” drums, so...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
10-16-2023, 08:49 AM
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Replies: 23
Views: 1,789
Re: Rare Wide Five Rim - 15 x 6?
If that was a question for me, sorry I don’t know except to repeat that they were listed as applying to 1936 to 1939 Commercials. The Green Bible doesn’t list them, and the LD6-4 M-H manual only...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
10-15-2023, 05:25 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,119
Re: Car Bodies in rail cars
I’m glad you guys settled on Studebakers. I was thinking that too. And iirc, didn’t Budd build bodies for Studebaker? Stu
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