Enbloc
Senior Member
The story starts years ago back on another forum.
One day an advert appears for a pair of 18" Ford wide 5's, Divco's, milk truck, high clearance wheels, whatever you want to call them.
I got beaten to the punch and a friend got them first.
The story was that they had come fitted to a '38 Coupe that had been imported from South Africa. Makes sense as they were a Kelsey made dealer accessory for cars that would benefit from the extra ground clearance gained by the taller wheels in rural areas.
The next question is what happened to the other pair? The rumour was that someone else had them to fit to a trailer they were building.
A real shame that such a rare set of wheels got split up.
Fast forward a few years later and the friend is having a clear out and not one to forget I manage to him convince to sell, even better now as I actually have a wide 5 shod car!
So now I've got one pair what about the others?
After chasing some dead ends. I found the guy who had the other pair of wheels. Much to my surprise he also decides to sell, where before he was adamant he was going to build that trailer.
Well I had to fit them up for a mock up shot didn't I!
This is with just 18's on the rear. You can see the difference is size with the 16's still fitted to the front.
The nice thing about them is they take a stock Ford cap. The extra size being added to the spokes at the outer edge of the wheel center.
Of course if a Ford cap works then so does the Flippers.
Not feeling this look though.
Workable with the drop... just...
I like them. I don't think their better looking than the 16's just different. They do have a certain novelty value when fitted.
Just wanted to try them on for size before I stripped the bald Funza remoulds off the rims.
I also needed an extra normal sized 16" wide 5 for a spare. What comes up for sale but one lone skinny wide 5 fitted to the V8-60 cars.
Perfect!
I like to think of it as a space saver.
Looks like any wide 5.
Width... 3.5" compared to the stock 4.
The wheel in front is the skinny wide 5 and the larger wheel in rear is the 18"
One day an advert appears for a pair of 18" Ford wide 5's, Divco's, milk truck, high clearance wheels, whatever you want to call them.
I got beaten to the punch and a friend got them first.
The story was that they had come fitted to a '38 Coupe that had been imported from South Africa. Makes sense as they were a Kelsey made dealer accessory for cars that would benefit from the extra ground clearance gained by the taller wheels in rural areas.
The next question is what happened to the other pair? The rumour was that someone else had them to fit to a trailer they were building.
A real shame that such a rare set of wheels got split up.
Fast forward a few years later and the friend is having a clear out and not one to forget I manage to him convince to sell, even better now as I actually have a wide 5 shod car!
So now I've got one pair what about the others?
After chasing some dead ends. I found the guy who had the other pair of wheels. Much to my surprise he also decides to sell, where before he was adamant he was going to build that trailer.
Well I had to fit them up for a mock up shot didn't I!
This is with just 18's on the rear. You can see the difference is size with the 16's still fitted to the front.
The nice thing about them is they take a stock Ford cap. The extra size being added to the spokes at the outer edge of the wheel center.
Of course if a Ford cap works then so does the Flippers.
Not feeling this look though.
Workable with the drop... just...
I like them. I don't think their better looking than the 16's just different. They do have a certain novelty value when fitted.
Just wanted to try them on for size before I stripped the bald Funza remoulds off the rims.
I also needed an extra normal sized 16" wide 5 for a spare. What comes up for sale but one lone skinny wide 5 fitted to the V8-60 cars.
Perfect!
I like to think of it as a space saver.
Looks like any wide 5.
Width... 3.5" compared to the stock 4.
The wheel in front is the skinny wide 5 and the larger wheel in rear is the 18"
