and Steve wrote:

>>Also, on another splitte (don't know the year on this one), it had 16" 
(!!)
>>wheels. Was this standard on ANY year older bus, or did the PO get
>>fancy???
>==
>Please send me the name and phone number of the current owner, as these 
were
>sold on barndoors,  also split window bugs (differnt styles)

Well, it definitely wasn't a barndoor. I was ignorant back then, but
not *that* ignorant-- it was a '66 vintage or so. Besides, the guy I
sold it to was a complete jerk (stole my hibachi) with whom I have
not kept up these many years.

Were the bolt patterns the same between 16"-wheel barndoors, and regular
14"-wheel splitties such as a '66? Maybe the guy *I* bought it from (got
it free, actually, sans engine) had the 16" wheels sitting around and
didn't know what to do with them, so bolted them to this bus?
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yes, the bolt pattern is the same as the 15" and 14" rims on buses through
'70.  and bugs through whenever it was.   My '54 came with 15" bug rims.
   How many people have buses with the original rims on them?   My first
split, a '59, also came with 15" bug rims, which all proceeded to go flat
within a couple months.  It handled SO much better when I put the tires off
my parts bus on it - 14" rims with good radials, instead of cracked skinny
bug tires.  Probably was mix and matched glass belted and radials too, a big
no no.