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truckdog62563 · 01-07-2025, 10:52 AM

A MW product would have been either after market on a Ford, or maybe a Jeep wheel. I tried looking them up based on just what you found but the part number would have five digits instead of three. None of the 15x6Ls I found had the 685 as part of their number. Do the wheels have hub cap clips, or maybe no nubs at all which would be a Jeep clue. If you can find a five digit number somewhere I should be able to look it up.

I’ve tried to find record of Ford having built their own wheels early on but haven’t found record of it. If some reference can be cited (versus simply opinions) showing this I’d be interested in knowing it.

MW was in the early years associated with Goodyear much like Firestone was with Ford, and in the 1980s was absorbed into Goodyear. During the 1990s internationalization of the industry MW, Budd, and K-H where absorbed into the German Hayes Lemmerz Corporation then into the Brazilian Maxion Corporation where they are today. Stu

01-07-2025, 10:52 AM	#1
truckdog62563 Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Rochester, Il Posts: 651	Re: Motor Wheel 15 6L” 685? A MW product would have been either after market on a Ford, or maybe a Jeep wheel. I tried looking them up based on just what you found but the part number would have five digits instead of three. None of the 15x6Ls I found had the 685 as part of their number. Do the wheels have hub cap clips, or maybe no nubs at all which would be a Jeep clue. If you can find a five digit number somewhere I should be able to look it up. I’ve tried to find record of Ford having built their own wheels early on but haven’t found record of it. If some reference can be cited (versus simply opinions) showing this I’d be interested in knowing it. MW was in the early years associated with Goodyear much like Firestone was with Ford, and in the 1980s was absorbed into Goodyear. During the 1990s internationalization of the industry MW, Budd, and K-H where absorbed into the German Hayes Lemmerz Corporation then into the Brazilian Maxion Corporation where they are today. Stu __________________ Stu McMillan Marmon-Herringtons