SS1 Chrome wheel markings
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SS1 Chrome wheel markings
My 71 Cutlass S has the all chrome SS1 wheels, hear is where the oddity starts. I know Olds made 71 only Chrome SS1 wheels to clear disc brakes. My car has drum brakes. I've attached a picture of the markings on the inside and outside of the wheels.
The markings show 15x7 JJ, but the car has 14" tires on it, I don't think you could stretch 14" tires on 15" wheels, I have to think the markings are wrong, but found a picture online of 69 Hurst wheels, the markings are almost identical, anyone know what my wheels are?
I aslo attached the picture I found online of the 69 Hurst wheels.
I've attached a link that doesn't list these wheels either.
http://www.oldsmobility.com/old/superstock.htm
Mark
The markings show 15x7 JJ, but the car has 14" tires on it, I don't think you could stretch 14" tires on 15" wheels, I have to think the markings are wrong, but found a picture online of 69 Hurst wheels, the markings are almost identical, anyone know what my wheels are?
I aslo attached the picture I found online of the 69 Hurst wheels.
I've attached a link that doesn't list these wheels either.
http://www.oldsmobility.com/old/superstock.htm
Mark
Randy C.
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Posts: 3,348
From: Albany, OR
The two 15X7 wheels that you show the inside markings to are definitely for either a 1969 or 1970 early production car. The
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9
says that - the "9" indicates the wheel was produced in 1969 (or, could it be 10 years later? I don't know)
Olds did promote a 14X6 SSI wheel for disc brakes in the latter part of the 1969 production year, from about the beginning of April to the middle of July 1969. I do know of at least one case where a late production 1969 Cutlass with drum brakes came from the factory with disc brake SSI wheels. It might have been a function of availability; I don't know again. The disc brakes wheels would fit for either disc or drum; the drum brake SSI wheels won't fit on disc brake cars.
I don't believe a 14" tire would fit on a 15" wheel, either!
Randy C.
M4
9
says that - the "9" indicates the wheel was produced in 1969 (or, could it be 10 years later? I don't know)
Olds did promote a 14X6 SSI wheel for disc brakes in the latter part of the 1969 production year, from about the beginning of April to the middle of July 1969. I do know of at least one case where a late production 1969 Cutlass with drum brakes came from the factory with disc brake SSI wheels. It might have been a function of availability; I don't know again. The disc brakes wheels would fit for either disc or drum; the drum brake SSI wheels won't fit on disc brake cars.
I don't believe a 14" tire would fit on a 15" wheel, either!
Randy C.
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From: Las Vegas, NV
What does the wheel in the first picture look like?
The second picture is a 14" wheel/tire.
The all chrome SSI wheel used during the '71 model year was due to the UAW strike, all 14x7.0 SSI wheels were designed to clear disc brakes. Once the 14x6.0 disc brake SSI wheels were designed during the '69 model year - there was no need to continue to build the drum brake only SSI wheels (regardless of the brake set-up on a particular car).
The second picture is a 14" wheel/tire.
The all chrome SSI wheel used during the '71 model year was due to the UAW strike, all 14x7.0 SSI wheels were designed to clear disc brakes. Once the 14x6.0 disc brake SSI wheels were designed during the '69 model year - there was no need to continue to build the drum brake only SSI wheels (regardless of the brake set-up on a particular car).
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That's the odd part the first and second picture are the same wheel/tire combo. My wheels are stamped 15x7 JJ but are 14" wheels, at least they all have 14" tires on them. Unless someone had a super tire stretcher that was able to get 14" tires on 15" wheels, (I don't think so).
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