Wheel size 16 in. by 5 X 5 1/2 on F100 ??

Rick · Post by **Rick** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 3:07 pm

Did Ford ever put this size wheel on a half ton truck?

fordman · Post by **fordman** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 3:37 pm

yes i think so but it wasnt every day that they did it. i dont know what or when or how they got that size but some of them did.

averagef250 · Post by **averagef250** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 5:52 pm

My 70 F100 had very narrow 16's on it. Never seen another F100 with 16's though.

two-bit · Post by **two-bit** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 6:45 pm

If i remember correctly you would have to get into your way-back machine to find "stock" 16" tires on a F-100. If my memory serves me even better, it wouldn't even be an F-100, it would be an F-1 ('48-'52).
I would not recommend using those with a P-metric radial. If i'm right, me thinks the rims were only 5 inches wide.
Ok for bias plys, not good for P-metric radials.

Check with the dodge department. If my memory isn't completely whacked, Dodge used a 5 X 5 1/2 pattern with a 16" tire in the early nineties??? Bigger vans, 4X4 trucks ????

Two-bit

fordman · Post by **fordman** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 9:39 pm

who was the cartoon charcters that had the way back machine. sherman and his dog whats his name? it was in the rocky and bullwinkle show. mr peabody!

taylor351 · Post by **taylor351** » Sat Jun 27, 2009 5:45 am

1994-2000ish Dodge.....anyway first gen new body style trucks were 16x5.5 wheels two wheel and 4wd.

Yes the good cartoons Mr. Peabody and his boy Sherman and the WABAC machine..... loved those

Keith

fmartin_gila1 · Post by **fmartin_gila1** » Sat Jun 27, 2009 8:18 am

I think Two-bit is about right. I know the 39s came with 16X4 X51/2, and with the war effort, there wasn't much change til the 48 years. I don't know what the 53 -59 years had. I know the 60 and up were 15 inch.

Fred

m-mman · Post by **m-mman** » Sat Jun 27, 2009 9:25 pm

Uhh. . . . .It was my truck that came that way. . . . Yup, completely stock.

1969 F-100 Custom Cab 302/T-85 overdrive with 6.50x16 tires all listed on the original sales contract.

I have ordered up a Marti report to see if it was customer ordered or ordered for dealer stock.

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