I would like to get a spare rim, since i try to get my car back to original. So I checked ebay and there are 15" and 14" SSII wheels out there, and their width is 6" or 7". My tires carry the mark 245/60R14, so I know it is a 14 inch rim but in order to know if it is a 6 or 7" wide rim I wonder if there is a stamp marked on the rim? If so, where would it be.

Here is a picture of my rim.

Thank you,

Tom

 

You would have to remove the tire to see the stamp, something like the picture below. This particular rim is off a 1971 442 W30. Cutlasses usually had 6" (without FE2) while 442's had 7". (or so I've read). Someone will correct me if I'm wrong.

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Those are 7" wide rims.

The other thing is most of the ones you'll find on the internet have push on center caps. Be mindful of this if you want "originality".

 

Hi Randy,

thanks a lot, but what makes you sure that I have 7" wide rims? What would be original: snap on or bolt on. And wouldn't it be good enough, to have a naked rim, because once I need to change, I take cap and trim ring of the broken one?

Tom

 

The deep trim ring gives it away and I don't think I've ever seen a 6" with a bolt on cap.

The originals are bolt on. The snap on caps didn't show up until 74-75.

The caps are not interchangeable due to differences in the attachment point on the rim.

 

When this car left the factory even the spare wheel had a center cap on it. No trim ring on the spare. Yes they should be 14" by 7" wide.
Henry

 

The 1968-69 SSII wheels were 14x6 with a bolt on cap.

 

Really. I only knew there was some diffuculty with the early ones fitting over disc brakes.

 

Nope. ALL SSII/SSIII wheels, both bolt-on and snap-on, clear the factory 10.75" disk brakes. The 14x6" versions were factory installed on disk brake cars in 1968 and 69.

 

Oh that was just the SSI with the fitment issues.

 

This link is pretty good on wheels and shows the difference in 6" and 7" trim depth for Tom.
http://www.oldsmobility.com/old/superstock.htm

 

An SSI wheel was made late in the '69 production year (early April to mid-July 1969) that fits disk brakes. It is also a 14X6 and carries a wheel/broadcast code of "LY", stamped in the outer edge of the inside rim along with a date code - it can be seen with the tire on. With the tire off the wheel, you will see the number "810" on the inner part.

SSI wheels that work only on drum brakes are labeled "795" on the inside part and can only be seen with the tire off. There are no outside markings on the early SSI wheels ('66,'67, and possibly the '68 production years), but the '69 production year SSI wheels carry the wheel/broadcast code "LE", stamped into the outer edge of the inside rim such that it can be seen with the tire on, as well as a date code.

I'm not 100% sure, but I don't believe '68 production year SSII wheels (14X6, fits disc or drum brakes) have any stampings on the rim that can be seen with the tire on. The '69 production year SSII wheels (also for discs or drums) have a wheel/broadcast code of "LS" stamped into the outer edge of the inside rim such that it can be read with the tire on, as well as a date code.

Randy C.