How To: C15a Wire-3 restoration

[Jordan Baker]

Finally all 5 tires are mounted back on the rims. All went rather easily considering how many posts are on here with people having trouble.

[rob love]

Deflate them and you'll find out if they popped in place or if they merely covered the edge of the rim. You should always deflate then re-inflate an inner tube type tire anyway to make sure the inner tube has not folded over on itself during installation.

[Jordan Baker]

They were inflated and deflated a number of times each. Most of the tires did a very “satisfying” (scary loud) pop when the bead went into place on the rim.

[rob love]

Perfect then.

[Tony Smith]

Originally Posted by Jordan Baker

Finally all 5 tires are mounted back on the rims. All went rather easily considering how many posts are on here with people having trouble.

And just to clarify (or rather, add to the confusion), are the tires you've fitted Specialty Tires of America 9.00-16 NDT onto regular C15A 16" rims (not HUP?)

[Grant Bowker]

They must be "real" CMP 16" wheels, HUP have 6 studs to mount to the hub rather than 8.

[Tony Smith]

Yep, got that, just painting a clear picture on the "fitting tires to 16" wheels" problems.

[Jordan Baker]

Yes the rims are General Motors Canada 1941 stamped. The tires are STA 900-16 tires. They fit just fine and were easy to install.

[Jordan Baker]

Not much to report lately. I’ve been busy working on some other stuff. But I did pick up my order for all new bearings for the driveline on the truck.

[Jordan Baker]

Again not much progress. The truck really hasn’t been worked on much in the past two months. Apparently I have way too many other things on the go. However my order of Canadian made seat back springs arrived. I just went with one length for now using a shorter spring to measure by. I’m hoping this will make the back a bit more stiff. With the Wire3 having 5 seats, I gave up trying to find that many useable originals.