Research shows that '71 Demon slant six cars (not 340's) came with 14x4.5J wheels as standard. Does anyone know if that's correct? Also, where is the size stamp located on the wheel? On the inside of the rim near the valve stem hole?
What wheels did '71 Demons come with?
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HemiSSDart
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Yes, 4.5J wheels stamped on the inside hoop of the wheel, you have to remove a tire to see it. However you can easily see the spacing of the center to the hoop should be about 1/2" compared to 1-1/2" on the 5.5J wheels...
Can you clarify where that dimension is taken from?
HemiSSDart
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Hard to describe, but on the outside face from the hump in the hoop to where the center is welded to the hoop. Here is a picture of 4 5.5J wheels and a single 4.5J wheel...
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HemiSSDart
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4.5J wheel
All small bolt pattern disc brake cars came with the 5 1/2 " wheels . The 4 1/2 " won't fit. Also all 340 cars came with 5 1/2
This Demon has all drum brakes.
What size Brakes 9's or 10's small brakes usually always had the smaller wheels. But I have had 10 " brakes with the small wheels also on 318 cars. You could order what you want. But all disc brake cars (no matter the engine) and 340 cars (drum or disc) had 5 1/2 .
HemiSSDart
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Do these look like 4.5J wheels? These are on the car now. I'm asking because this car was manufactured at about the transition from body painted wheels to semi-gloss black wheels, And I'm just trying to see if they're original to the car. They look like 4.5J wheels, but can't tell for sure.
HemiSSDart
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Thanks for the link. But thats an options book. I had to do some reaserch to find out what was standard (no options at all) with '71 Demons, because there's not a book that gives that information. But if anyone cares to know what was standard on a '71 Demon I could share that info.
French demon
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Not only an optional book
It contains the standard and optional wheels dimensions :
It contains the standard and optional wheels dimensions :
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Ok, that does help, thanks. That screenshot is not fully true though, because the screenshot shows 6.45x14 tires as standard. But the 1971 Dodge Options & Accessories Report shows that 6.45X14 tires came in two different styles from the factory, BSW (black side wall) and WSW (white side wall). The BSW tires were standard, and the WSW tires were a $26.85 option. So I hope a happy new Demon buyer in 1971 didn't get angry when their new Demon rolled out of the showroom with BSW tires, when they were expecting shiny nice WSW tires on their cars, haha...
French demon
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The screenshot was mainly there to show the 4.5JJ rims for the base Demon, not the tires.Cheers
Tom, how's the body reconstruction surgery going? We see you've been asking about used tires, wheels production dates ect. What is the rough timeline for this gem to return to the road in 1 piece under its own power.
Well here in upstate New York its still winter, we got snow this morning. And it's no fun wrenching when you can't feel your fingers. In addition, times are tough in my field of work, so the current job is paying 1/2 of what I usually make. Then to add to the angst, our monopoly public utility (NYSEG) has decided to raise my electric bill from $100 per month to $1000 per month (450 square foot house, has been vacant for 5 months), and there's nothing customers can do about it because public utilities in New York are unregulated and can charge as much as they want. So all those things together has ground the project to a very slow pace. At this time I'm just gathering parts and nice new power tools, and will start actually working on it when the weather warms up. But once things get going, it shouldn't take long to finish. Also, disclaimer, this car is not being restored, it's only getting repaired enough to be road-worthy. So the intent is not to make it a tire-melting high-horsepower show car hellion, the intent is to have a fun, beat-up (but correct) car to chug locally around town with.
I'm also thankful for all the great people on this website that are very helpful. Another thing that makes this project great is the immense availability of parts. I've had (have) cars in the past that had little to no forum support or parts availability, and that really takes the fun out of working on a project. (Example: I have a 1948 car that 97 were made, now all these years later, 33 exist; and 32 of those owners are elderly and dead/dying. So the result of that is that support and parts are non-existent, and body parts need to be fabricated because spare parts just don't exist.)
So in the end, all the project progress will be posted in the build thread for the car, as soon as things in life get better.... Thanks for asking!
I'm also thankful for all the great people on this website that are very helpful. Another thing that makes this project great is the immense availability of parts. I've had (have) cars in the past that had little to no forum support or parts availability, and that really takes the fun out of working on a project. (Example: I have a 1948 car that 97 were made, now all these years later, 33 exist; and 32 of those owners are elderly and dead/dying. So the result of that is that support and parts are non-existent, and body parts need to be fabricated because spare parts just don't exist.)
So in the end, all the project progress will be posted in the build thread for the car, as soon as things in life get better.... Thanks for asking!
French demon
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An electricity bill of $1000.00 per month??Yes, for a 450 square foot house... If you're in the mood to get angry, just web search NYSEG high electric bills, and you'll see thousands of people that are getting put through the wringer by getting ripped off by NYSEG....
Well the car looks worse than it is. After the replacement of the front frame rails, torsion bars, torsion crossmember and full floor, all the rest is easy (installing new slant six, going over the brake/electrical/suspension systems, and putting it all back together)..
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