Does anyone (Hawkrod) ever seen "outie" split rim

Johnny Canuck · Post by **Johnny Canuck** » February 26, 2011, 10:53 pm

ezernut9mm wrote:
slick4x4 wrote:reading all of this makes me tired
are you saying that they are going "round" and "round" on this subject?

I'd say they are walking a fine tread

3ontree66 · Post by **3ontree66** » February 26, 2011, 11:08 pm

I agree, this is wheely, wheely stupid.

fire truck · Post by **fire truck** » February 26, 2011, 11:29 pm

3ontree66 wrote:I agree, this is wheely, wheely stupid.

LMAO!!!!

3ontree66 · Post by **3ontree66** » February 26, 2011, 11:36 pm

You both sound like a couple of retreads.

fire truck · Post by **fire truck** » February 26, 2011, 11:38 pm

BaaaHaHA!!!

R Pope · Post by **R Pope** » February 27, 2011, 7:54 am

Is it just me, or does all this hostility and acrimony seem a bit over the top? Play nice, kiddies! Like the man sez, it's just a wheel.

jeepbut · Post by **jeepbut** » February 27, 2011, 8:52 am

Let's look on the bright side, the only one who wins a piss fight is a skunk. Now which of these two knuckleheads is the skunk remains to be seen!! LOL Thanks, Lyman.

douglloyd · Post by **douglloyd** » February 27, 2011, 9:17 am

Let it go already. Plenty of other Ford topics to discuss and share.

Who the hell wants a split rim anyway? From what I read, all they are good for is changing a tire by the side of the road. I have not repaired a tire beside the road in can't remember how long, just carry a damn spare and swap the wheel. Find the next tire shop down the road and git 'r' done!

And a split rim, if not correctly mounted and locked can pop off when you puff the tire back up. Good for injury or death if you are into that kind of thing:-(

Doug

factorystock · Post by **factorystock** » February 27, 2011, 10:21 am

douglloyd wrote: Plenty of other Ford topics to discuss and share.

How do you know when your getting correct information on your topics? Don't you want factual proof? Or are you satisfied with bogus part numbers and assertions? Or is evidence too much to ask here? This topic is not about the benefits or disadvantages of a split rim, is about slick history. Besides its not just the wheel, there have been other topics in the past where the same thing has happened and no proof was ever even.

fire truck · Post by **fire truck** » February 27, 2011, 11:15 am

"hey Farva, what's that place you like with the mozzarella sticks and all the goofy snit on the walls?"

slick4x4 · Post by **slick4x4** » February 27, 2011, 12:29 pm

not saying who is right or wrong here.....
but name calling , is not very useful , IMO
learned a valuable lesson from an older gentleman i worked with...
''It's not what you say... its how you say it''
he could tell you that you were doing wrong... whithout insult....
nothing wrong with arguing.... just act civil

DukeRoche · Post by **DukeRoche** » February 27, 2011, 1:05 pm

I don't know how to do the quote thing but I got where you were going Tj.

ICEMAN6166 · Post by **ICEMAN6166** » February 27, 2011, 2:21 pm

i have never seen a 15" 5 lug ford outie split rim.

does not mean they dont exist.

never saw an alien spaceship either.

again does not mean they do not exist.

the original question was ( i am not going to debate how it was asked)

has anyone ever seen one and can prove it.

i have issues with parts books, part numbers and applications too.

editors dont always catch things that are incorrect.
the nature of auto building leads to changing things in production which do not make the book by printing time.

hence service bulletins and supplements and superseded parts.
buying a parts book on evilbay or elsewhere does not give you any of those pieces of information.

certainly no one has the 100% of every piece of info ford produced on the trucks from 61-66.

a friend owns a car crushing company. he has a huge piles of old wheels. good tires are kept for sale on wheels as well as some that fit new vehicles. a lot of wheels go into a machine that flattens them. his daughter was running this machine last time i was there.
someone could go thru the piles and prevent her from flattening some of the rare wheels you might run across.
they are into profit from scrap.
not much time is wasted in determining the vintage of most stuff like that.

theres only a few in this forum old enough to have worked at ford from 61-66, and the same few who could have purchased these themselves new and saw for themselves the options on different trucks offered at the time.

i am not one of these people.

there are no images to be found online and i did look ,of a ford 15" outie split rim.

the truth is out there.

good luck with the search.

Hawkrod · Post by **Hawkrod** » February 27, 2011, 8:59 pm

I do not believe there was ever a 15 inch outie split rim made by Ford for domestic vehicles but that is just my opinion. That is also why I have never claimed that they exist or even made a suggestion that they may exist. Hawkrod

Does anyone (Hawkrod) ever seen "outie" split rim

Geez guys...

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