!3" rims for a 1940 Ford PU

[paetsgone]

I eventually must mount 13” rims on my 1940 pickup drums. To date I have not found any 13” rims with a 5x5.5 pattern, not even trailer rims. I have also not found any adapters that will work. If anyone knows of any please let me know. I was thinking about welding in a round plate in with the correct pattern but thought I’d ask if anyone had a better option. Drilling new stud holes in the drum can’t be fun.

[cas3]

Being a guy who drives vintage Honda's with 13" tires, do you know that those tires are getting very hard to buy? Please tell us why you want 13" wheels on a 40 ford, or drums

[Randy in ca]

Curious why you "eventually must mount 13" rims" on your pickup??

[alchemy]

I bet you wouldn’t be able to squeeze one over the 12” drum, even if you could find the right bolt pattern. Why do you need them?

[19Fordy]

Why is it a must that you use 13 in. rims on your 40? I use 15 in. rims.

[TJ]

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Originally Posted by paetsgone

I eventually must mount 13” rims on my 1940 pickup drums. To date I have not found any 13” rims with a 5x5.5 pattern, not even trailer rims. I have also not found any adapters that will work. If anyone knows of any please let me know. I was thinking about welding in a round plate in with the correct pattern but thought I’d ask if anyone had a better option. Drilling new stud holes in the drum can’t be fun.

As others have said, why do you need them? It does not sound logical.

[kurt v]

have them made one of the wheel manufacturing could do it.

[Newc]

WW2 British Ford woodies used 13" 'Sand tires" VERY Rare to find them now. A set was sold to Aussies at Portland swap yrs ago. The Aussies recognized them! Newc

[paetsgone]

I am recreating a ww2 truck used by the Birtish in the North Africa, They used 13" rims with 900-13 tires. Neather of which live in the U.S as you know. I have located some tires here, however. Newc knows.

[38 coupe]

You probably get to make wheels yourself, or have a wheel shop do it for you. Take the center out of a riveted wheel, cut it down in a lathe, and weld new hoops onto the center. I'm guessing either the hoops were welded much farther out than the normal 16" stuff so there would be clearance for the brake drum, or spacers were used between the drum and the wheels.


Are you recreating something like this?

[GB SISSON]

Great photo! And now we get why you must have those 13" wheels. This pic should be added to the Barn's 'Open cab Australian pickups' thread. Good luck with your search. Wheel spacers that adapt from 5 on 4 1/2 to 5 on 5 1/2 should work and give you offset for the drum. A friend recently sold a 60's valiant wagon that had 13s and I think 5 lug.

[paetsgone]

exactly that 38 coupe.

[Lanny]

If you need to use a 5x5.5" lug pattern from a rivited F-150 wheel center,
then you have to use a rivited center F-150 wheel from 1996 and older.

Ford changed the bolt pattern on F-150's to 5x31" in 1997 and it's hard
to tell the difference by the naked eye, but they will NOT interchange
with the 5.5" bolt circle...




.

[GB SISSON]

Originally Posted by Lanny

If you need to use a 5x5.5" lug pattern from a rivited F-150 wheel center,
then you have to use a rivited center F-150 wheel from 1996 and older.

Ford changed the bolt pattern on F-150's to 5x31" in 1997 and it's hard
to tell the difference by the naked eye, but they will NOT interchange
with the 5.5" bolt circle...




.

And I've been noticing the latest F150s have gone to six lugs, while the new GM 1500s have gone to five lug. It's like the whole world has gone topsy-turvey ...I'm sure that they are all metric now as well. Sheesh.

[leon bee]

That guy sitting up there would be a pretty ready target.

[GB SISSON]

Originally Posted by leon bee

That guy sitting up there would be a pretty ready target.

Not to mention he's sitting above a running board lined with gasoline cans.....

[paetsgone]

He is Lance Corporal
LAWRENCE DOUGLAS RODERICK. He was captured in 1941 amd died in 1944 as a Partisan after escaping from a his prison camp.

[paetsgone]

Originally Posted by leon bee

That guy sitting up there would be a pretty ready target.

He is Lance Corporal
LAWRENCE DOUGLAS RODERICK. He was captured in 1941 amd died in 1944 as a Partisan after escaping from a his prison camp.

[cas3]

GB, you need that machine gun on the foyota! incase the island gets invaded

[GB SISSON]

Originally Posted by cas3

GB, you need that machine gun on the foyota! incase the island gets invaded

What you mean 'incase'? It's already happening.... Can't find a parking spot in town on the weekend already. For the big invasion after the apocalypse we already have the beach heads mapped out and the plans drawn....