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Camaro Research Group Discussion => Decoding/Numbers => Topic started by: COPOZ/28 on March 06, 2020, 10:53:41 PM
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The spare wheel in my 05E '69 Z, inside a never-been-on-the-ground Sport Car 200 tire (which doesn't really prove much), has rim stamping code that is clearly "K-1-8 7 24 FW", although the "W" looks much like an upside down "M". From older posts, I gather the "FW" code wheel is a '71 and later Chevelle & Monte Carlo wheel. If this is true, how do we explain a July 24, 1968 date with an "FW" code? Having spent 30+ years working for that other "C" car company and crawling all through their many assembly plants, I know first hand that almost anything is possible with parts being flown/trucked all over the country in emergency part shortage situations. But it doesn't explain the 1968 date code on an FW wheel. I'm confused! The photos I have of the tire and wheel were too large to include in the post but I can attach them to an email if anyone would like to see them. Thanks.
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1978.
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Thanks -- didn't realize the 15x7 Rallye Wheel lasted into the late '70's. So, the 1st owner must have remounted the original Sports Car 200 spare tire onto a late '78 wheel. Wish I could ask him how that came to be but the gentleman passed away a few years ago.
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Last year as a production option was 1977-my Malibu had them. GM and Kelsey serviced them well into the '80s; we were buying 14 x 7 and 15 x 8 rally wheels by the pallet load. No one knew or cared about codes at that time.
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YJ was a common wheel also. Seen many with a barcode on the inner hoop.