Correct stock factory wheels (rims)

All of the non special government contract 4WD wagons left the factory with 15 inch wheels and without hubcaps including the Mavericks. Only the 2WD wagons came with hub caps. The dealers did carry Willys authorized accessory wheel covers (not hubcaps) that were manufactured by Cutlass. They looked like giant size baby moon wheel covers. The dealers also offered 16 inch wheels as an accessory and were required to paint them the same color as the vehicle or the bottom color if the wagon had the deluxe 2 tone paint job. According to a old service bulletin I read, Willys dropped the requirement to repaint them sometime in the late 1950s. I assume they were white wheels.
Thanks Bill! That's good info. So then my similar 15" wheels with the hubcap bumps are probably from an early '60's CJ5? That makes some sense based on where I probably got them from.
 
Okay, this doesn’t truly address the “hub Cap” bump issue, but rather a detail I found on 16 X 5 wheels I obtained and have had Powder Coated in red. Before sending these out for Media Blastingm I meausred the diameter of the “Pinstripe” that these original red wheels had. The rather wide (1/4”?) concentric circle was about 10” in diameter and blue. But since this wheel has been in the sun for over 70 years, the blue color was entirely faded. So does anyone have any decent information on what the particular blue was used by the factory to put this accent stripe on factory “Red” Willys PU wheels? And do I have the width right at 1/4”?

Mark L
 
The m677 wheel I am looking for isn’t like your post 8. Pulled a zoomed image from a pic for reference of the m677 wheel (pretty sure they are OE as they appear on other M677s I have seen pics of online).

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I still am a little confused about my truck wheels. Are they truck wheels if they are 16x5 without the small hole?



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Is the pic of the M677 wheel a 16"or15"? Have wheels like that but pretty sure they're 15"
 
In keeping with the "more questions than answers" theme here...


I think these are 15 X 6 stock rims from a Kaiser-era wagoneer or CJ5/6. I haven't tried to measure the width though, they could be 5.5". They may have come to me on my '62 CJ5 but the only pictures I have of it from then had hubcaps concealing the wheels. You can see the hubcap scrape marks on the edges of the wheel and three hub cap bumps on the center disc. Notice the center disc was square prior to being stamped, causing an arch (in the gap) that is opposite, not concentric, with the wheel diameter. They have the K-H stamp on the raised lug nut tensioning ring. The center disc is welded on to the rim.

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This is possibly what was on my '58 wagon when we bought it in 1974, but since these are 15 X 5.5 I doubt that they were original. I think all of the original station wagon wheels were 4.5". They also have hub cap scrapes on the inner edge, three bumps on the center disc, and have the K-H stamping in the raised tensioning ring. The gap between the disc and rim is concentric. The center disc is welded on to the rim.

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I have three of these (need two more if they're correct for a '58 wagon) and from any period pictures I can see clearly, appear to be a likely possibility as correct for late '50's wagons. They are 15 X 4.5 and do not have the hub cap bumps. The gap between the disc and rim is concentric. They have the K-H stamp in the raised tensioning ring. The center disc is riveted on to the rim.

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Like Doug said, "Any help would be appreciated."

Thanx!
Jabjeep I've some like pic#3. 15" not sure of width how many you need? Yes no hub cap bumps and yes on 58 wagon&55 CJ. Text best as allways 719-205-2203 Karl inCO 40.00+shipping please and thanks.
 
Thanks Karl, but I'm good for wheels now. After looking at the poor choices of 15" tires these days I decided to go with 16" Willys truck wheels on my wagon. Apparently they were optional on contract vehicles so they should fit and work OK.
 
Thanks Karl, but I'm good for wheels now. After looking at the poor choices of 15" tires these days I decided to go with 16" Willys truck wheels on my wagon. Apparently they were optional on contract vehicles so they should fit and work OK.
Yep no problem and yes 15" is now a special order so they can gouge your more
 
Ok, I spent WAY too much shop time scouring this site and the internet looking for a good picture of the correct wheels for my ‘58 4WD utility wagon. I’m sorting wheels for a project and don’t want to accidentally trade off the wheels I need for my wagon. Right now it’s wearing the stock wheels from my ‘62 CJ 5 but in the confusion of the last 45 years I kinda lost track of which wheels really belonged to the wagon. I have so many wheels that look the same....until you really compare and see the differences. I know they were 15”. My pile of 16” is a whole ‘nuther issue...

Anybody got a real good picture of the stock utility wagon wheels from the late ‘50’s? Thanks!
I have a set of four 15 inch willys rims - my email is nickzoulias61@gmail.com. I have redone a 1955 Willys pickup. Originally mine had 15 inch split rims - Yikes!
 
Anyone making or have info for 16” rims that will fit a truck?
 
I have a set of four 15 inch willys rims - my email is nickzoulias61@gmail.com. I have redone a 1955 Willys pickup. Originally mine had 15 inch split rims - Yikes!
Thanks, but since posting that six years ago I decided to use the "optional" 16" truck wheels. I already had a set of 5 and the tire selection is much better than what's available today in the 15". What a change from 50 years ago!
 
@Quig7557

This is a popular topic as every Willys has tires and wheels! Here are some threads:
Anyone running 255/85R16 tires?
Help with tire selection!
Proper Tire size
7.50R16lt traction tires
Not-so-smart tire question
Tire recommendations
Tires another one
Wheel and tire size: clarity please
Largest tire size
Stock wagon rim and tire sizes
Tire recommendations
Wheel size and tires question
New tires and rims question
Pickup tire question
Reproduction rims
Wheels for 4x4
Stockton wheel quote
Yet another wheel thread - The WheelSmith 16" custom wheels
Anyone running a 215/85R/16 tire on a wagon using a 16 x 4.5 rim?
Oh oh...since the re-boot your links aren't linking.
 
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