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1970 RALLYII WHEELS
On 15 inch rally two wheels for a Firebird JW’s or KR’s has anybody ever had any problem with the Repo center caps hitting the dust cover on hub and not letting the wheel go on?
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wow....that is a whole lot of posted pics!!
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My mod is to use the slotted disc and the outside edge screws. I clearance the inside of the disc so it clears the dust cap. GREGGG. May have pics of his I did hanging around. |
Just curious but what years are red and which are black ? Just looked and my 70's are black with red letters. Also always thought 70 TA RIIs looked like they had put a 14" center/spokes on a 15" wheel. YWTK
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I asked this same question a while back Apparently, for 70 they should be red (I prefer the black) https://forums.maxperformanceinc.com...php?p=6202208# And yes, the JW wheels are basically 14" center with an outer ring https://i.postimg.cc/hvtKy30k/505067...6bbaa8ed-o.jpg |
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I think early 70s had black caps.
My 3rd week of March build 70 had red caps. |
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Interesting, that looks like the odd '70 wheel but my caps are not that red.
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the black to red PMD cap changeover happened BEFORE the "1970+" Firebird started production;
You could get an early 1970 GTO with black caps, but even before the extended 1969 model year run of Firebirds ended the caps had changed over to red (they stopped production of the '69 Firebirds in November I believe; keep in mind that they were being sold as 1970 models and were shown in the background of some images for the 1970 full model brochures). |
No 69 Firebird was ever sold as a 70 if you are implying that.
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I have read otherwise.
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Just a thought but didn't the center of the lug nut match the cap (red or black). Mine have black centers.
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black (centred) lug nuts were used from 67-72 iirc;
The red ones I believe were over the counter, and never factory installed. |
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Was a little before my time.. AFAIR the strike began near the end of September 1969 and ended in Feb 1970 about the same time I returned from SEA and during that time leftover 69 Firebirds continued to be sold until supplies were depleted.
Think they were always 69s but some states titled from first sale so may have caused some confusion. Once the strike was settled on Feb 6th production of the 1970 Firebirds could start and so the 70 model (major differences) was available toward the end of February and was commonly called 1970 1/2s I did not start at GMI until June of 70 so missed most of it. |
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They were still "1969 model year" cars, but being sold as 'new' as opposed to last years model or old stock; I have read in (I believe both HPP and occasionally here) that customers were ordering and buying 1969 model year Camaro's and Firebirds as new "1970" cars - because they were at the time, the current available car. I believe this is in large part why Pontiac referred to the real 1970 model year cars as "1970+" (iirc while Chevrolet called them "1970.5" or something to that effect). I believe that the '69 Firebird was seen in the full model catalogue (in the background of other model images) in essence to make it seem current to the buying public as the new/current Firebird - even though the real 1970 model year car was coming later in the model year. |
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Both issues warranted a delay in the new model year vehicle start. But yes, I too recall reading of '69 cars being registered as 1970 - I think that had something to do with the car's build date. |
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