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truckdog62563 · 08-17-2010, 08:18 AM

Interesting that questions like this come up at the wrong times. Every year I go to the Iola, Wisc, swap meet and for several years there have been two vendors there that have Budd wheels for old BB and AA models. Iola was a few weeks ago in July. I always buy wheels having my 5 lug x 8" bolt pattern to make them available to guys that need them, but haven't seen any great demand for these earlier wheels. BTW, the bolt pattern prior to 1934 was 5 lug x 6 7/8" to be technically correct. I'd have to think that there would be similar vendors at Hershey this coming October. More so there than at Carlisle.

If you find wheels, be very certain to buy them with the locking rings attached. There were five different lock ring/rim design combos used back then. The rings and rims must not be mix-matched. The designs were the Firestone "DT", Firestone "R", Firestone "RH", Goodyear "L", and Goodyear "LB". Here are cross section diagrams of each. Stu

Edit - Here's the rest of the story. This is a scan of the 1933/1934 Budd catalog with specifics of the AA/BB wheel options with part numbers. Stu

08-17-2010, 08:18 AM	#4
truckdog62563 Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Rochester, Il Posts: 654	Re: wheels Interesting that questions like this come up at the wrong times. Every year I go to the Iola, Wisc, swap meet and for several years there have been two vendors there that have Budd wheels for old BB and AA models. Iola was a few weeks ago in July. I always buy wheels having my 5 lug x 8" bolt pattern to make them available to guys that need them, but haven't seen any great demand for these earlier wheels. BTW, the bolt pattern prior to 1934 was 5 lug x 6 7/8" to be technically correct. I'd have to think that there would be similar vendors at Hershey this coming October. More so there than at Carlisle. If you find wheels, be very certain to buy them with the locking rings attached. There were five different lock ring/rim design combos used back then. The rings and rims must not be mix-matched. The designs were the Firestone "DT", Firestone "R", Firestone "RH", Goodyear "L", and Goodyear "LB". Here are cross section diagrams of each. Stu Edit - Here's the rest of the story. This is a scan of the 1933/1934 Budd catalog with specifics of the AA/BB wheel options with part numbers. Stu Last edited by truckdog62563; 08-17-2010 at 09:13 AM.