16" 8 bolt Split Rims for 1.5 ton Australian Chevrolet Trucks

[DaveBuckle]

I've learnt quite a lot here - thanks all - so my C15A wheels are interchangeable with my CS8.
I am also about to procure one of half a dozen Lend Lease and Mapleleaf trucks - I have a better idea of what am looking at wheel-wise now!

[Bob Carriere]

Dave

Is a CS8 the basic frame of the HUP....... in which case it has the 16 in. rims but only 6 bolts to the brake drum....... while the C15A uses the 8 bolt pattern.

Looking forward to seeing photos of your new acquisition....... front back sides underneath for frame stiffener and some focus on the tires, rims and bearing cap in the centre of the rim...

Cheers

[DaveBuckle]

Maybe too many abbreviations: Surprised to learn that my Chevy Blitz (C15A) has the same wheels as my Morris CS8. Went and had a look and took a pic to double check.
And yes, will post a pic once I have procured one of those trucks - maybe a while now with the way things are progressing, but then again, has been nearly a year in waiting - I'm sure we all know how that goes with these rusty relics ...
PS - I thought it was great that the Morris tyres "still held air" - seems they are full of concrete (or similar) can't even lift the spare to vertical off the ground ...
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[Lynn Eades]

Philippe, can I side track you to find out some details on the tyres on the front of your truck. I have a 900 x 16 tyre that was made in South Africa (on the tyre it says" made in the Republic of Suid Afrika") I assume yours are 900 x 16? Are they currently available? Are the dot rated? I need to pull it out for another look. It came on a 3/4 ton WC Dodge. (Can I mention a Dodge in this thread?)

[Tony Smith]

Originally Posted by Lynn Eades

Philippe, can I side track you to find out some details on the tyres on the front of your truck. ... I assume yours are 900 x 16? Are they currently available? Are they dot rated?

http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/sh...353#post260353

[Mike K]

Originally Posted by DaveBuckle

Maybe too many abbreviations: Surprised to learn that my Chevy Blitz (C15A) has the same wheels as my Morris CS8. Went and had a look and took a pic to double check.
And yes, will post a pic once I have procured one of those trucks - maybe a while now with the way things are progressing, but then again, has been nearly a year in waiting - I'm sure we all know how that goes with these rusty relics ...
PS - I thought it was great that the Morris tyres "still held air" - seems they are full of concrete (or similar) can't even lift the spare to vertical off the ground ...
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Dave the CS8 originally had Run Flat tyres ( heavy ) ..no spare wheel was issued. I've cut open four of those RF tyres with a chain saw and then a angle grinder to cut the bead cable, horrible job . An old guy at Whittlesea Nth of Melbourne told me his dad purchased a CS8 around mid 1945.. the CS8 was knocked back for rego because it had no spare wheel , the owner went back to the Morris dealer and a spare CS8 was wrecked just for the wheels to go with the others for sale. The old boy Marshall said they had two trips to Sydney in the CS8 towing a horse float ! 40 mph all the way . The CS8 was traded in around 1952 for a new Land Rover . I was offered the rear axle housing from the spare donor truck. Funny thing is another Whittlesea CS8 surfaced years later , a guy at Bendigo swap had a CS8 radiator surround and a set of wheels for sale , he told me his elderly neighbour had a CS8 converted into a camper back in the 1950s , it had been sitting unused for many years. As the CS8 was towed out of the neighbours yard, the chassis broke in half ... rusted through. He salvaged the cast brass body ID plate which i have.

[Bob Carriere]

Your tire may not be filed with concrete the rim/tire combination weights in around 160 pounds.....maybe more with run flat.....

Mounting the spare tire into the HUP side wall bracket is a two healthy men job.......

If concrete filled you will have a bitch of time removing the tire casing unless you use a grinder wheel into the side wall and expect lots of blue rubber smoke Phew!!!!!!

Stay healthy.

Cheers