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Old 10-26-2024, 08:15 PM   #1
3W Hank
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Default Lincoln or Merc rear wheels 16 x 5

I has shaved of my build up on many parts I bought, as when I first started this a friday evning Jan -22 when I saw this 3W coupe, so it was Adurn, Scintilla, Halibrands solids and QC etc and parts I saw was needed for a cool car.
It was after Cowid and I had a new 426 Hemi to my -70 Cuda, but raced since the 80’s it was time maybe build that hotrod.
At start of this ideas I had no clue really and needed ask questions as I still do.
I never find a 3W body ( as I had hurry… ) so I bought a frame and came over the 5W I has now.
Before I bought the Solids I was actually into Ford steel 16” and found 2 front 4” perfect wheels with nice rims, no pittings and they was only 10 minutes from me.
One at Hamb fooled me on a 16 x 5 wheel and sended me 15 x 5.5 but I found one 16 x 5 in Germany, a perfect wheel and seller thought it's been a spare.
I thought it was the same as the 4 or 5 inch but this had the unusual ’vulcano’ nut as I think is Merc 41 wheels ( not shore )
Since then I did try get one more.
One I meet at LARS from Long Beach dealed wheels since the 60’s said, 'I has them down at shop', so after swapmeet I went there.
But he had no one and I showed him the picture and he said they is really unusual/rare.
On a movie on YT on a 3W in Santa Monica had a Okie axle so that's why I went to LARS as I located up one axle in LA, but on that car he said it was the vulcano nut wheels. See 14 min in video but he mix it up ( I think what they came from )
But before this or under this story I found a set Solids and bought them.
Really nice set but painted and my idea was has them black.
But as the car envole in it's style ; 'the less is better' and more hard core race stuff just before NHRA started at 1951, so I got back to the steel wheels.
I can't find another Merc wheel ( I will if I serach )

-But now to a question.
On this coupe I has many Lincoln parts as 39 transmission, LZ carbs, 41 brakes and also a Kurten/LZ V12 distributor ( but I might use a Kong Jackson as I bought one )

At LARS I meet a guy that had some Lincoln parts and I asked now if he had 2 rear wheels 16 x 5, as he had.
Also hard to find and he ait cheap on them…
They has not the vulcano nuts and plates to hold hubcaps.
Pretty cool but thread question is ; what do you guys think is the coolest wheels of this 2 ?

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=O9Pf9ewWZJY
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