Just a simple question

[Ecode70D]

What is the proper terminology for the bolt pattern for Ford  wheels, specifically 1957?   Is it 5X4.5?
Thanks for any and all answers.  Jay

[billd5string]

What is the proper terminology for the bolt pattern for Ford  wheels, specifically 1957?   Is it 5X4.5?
Thanks for any and all answers.  Jay

Yes, 5 on 4 1/2 or 5x4.5.

Same as 60's Mustangs/Cougars, and a whole lot of other Fords.

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billd5string
     Thank you very much.  That's what I needed to know.   Looks like Ford has that pattern dominated, and that's OK with me.
Jay

[Rowen55]

You know, just some trivia, some mopar wheels have the same pattern.

[hiball3985]

Yes, Plymouth used it too..

[geraldchainsaw]

back in 1959 when i had my first 57 ford,  i remember changing my wheels to plymouth,  but don't remember why,  maybe changing to 15",  not sure

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 Jim, Gerald and Rowen
Now that you guys reminded me about the Plymouth wheels fitting our cars,  I remember  using them also.  I also remember that some of them were easy to spot because they had 5 extra smaller holes in them.   Plymouth brake drums had a line up pin sticking out of them making it easier to get the rims on.
The line up pin didn't work whenever a stud hole was hooked onto it though.

[hiball3985]

Jay, remember the Plymouth wheels used the locating stud because the drums didn't have studs, the wheels were held on with bolts. The bolts were both right and left hand threads. I remember the first time I tried removing them and couldn't on one side of the car that had the left hand threads  The I noticed the bolt heads had an L marked on them.

[thomasso]

Back in the late fifties some friends of mine would steal the spare tires out of Mopar trunks.  Chrysler product trunks had a push button and many owners didn't lock them.  One friend had a full set of Desoto wheels and tires. on his 49 Ford.  14 inch wheels were cool then.

[John Palmer]

Jay, remember the Plymouth wheels used the locating stud because the drums didn't have studs, the wheels were held on with bolts. The bolts were both right and left hand threads. I remember the first time I tried removing them and couldn't on one side of the car that had the left hand threads  The I noticed the bolt heads had an L marked on them.

X2, and they also had a "copper color" added to the lefthand threaded lug bolts/nuts sometimes.