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Old 11-18-2021, 11:25 AM
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Each of these snowflakes was available on a different Pontiac. Which were they ? Which one is missing ?
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Old 11-18-2021, 12:05 PM
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There are actually 2 variations of the lower right in the lip edge. More trivia.

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Old 11-18-2021, 01:03 PM
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and many variations on color. How many know why there was a redbird but not a bluebird.

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Who really cares?

I have 8 WS6 in gold.

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Who really cares?

I have 8 WS6 in gold.
Yep!

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Upper left looks like 13" FWD used on the Phoenix, upper right 13" RWD used on Astre & Sunbird's, Middle is 14X7 used on Firebirds? Bottom left 15X7 Used on F, G, B, & A bodies, and lower right is 15X8 used on WS6 equipped T/A's & Formula's. But I don't know what one is missing

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Old 11-18-2021, 03:52 PM
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Close: middle is 14x6 used on A, B, and G bodies. Pretty sure 15" was Firebird only and was available in most colors (natural, gold, red, blue,...) 13x6 on upper left is 5x100, right is 4x100. Rest are 5x120.7 (4 3/4). Thought there was a 5x127 (5") for big cars but could not find one.

Had 14x6 on front and 15x7 on rear of last Corvair.

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and many variations on color. How many know why there was a redbird but not a bluebird.
Something to do with the Blue Bird school busses and using the name hence the use of Skybird instead.

And is the missing flake the 15x7 later variation used 79-81 f-bodys?

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What I suspect bird is referring to, is the 15 x 8 wheel. It has the deeper dish with a lip on the outside. There were a couple of manufacturers of that wheel, the webbing is a different size from wheel to wheel.

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They never made a 5X5 bolt pattern Snowflake that I know of, one of the reasons I don't have them on my 78 Catalina Wagon.

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Thought back in the day a friend had a set of 5x5s on a big wagon but was in the last century.. Have a couple of stacks that need sorting but mostly bought 15x8s for my Judge.

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There are actually 2 variations of the lower right in the lip edge. More trivia.
Yes the 1978 only WS6 wheel.

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I thought I had seen these on a 2 door 80’s Bonneville once. It was black with a think a dark red vinyl top, red pinstripe and red interior. It had snowflakes on it but maybe the owner swapped axles/discs?

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I thought I had seen these on a 2 door 80’s Bonneville once. It was black with a think a dark red vinyl top, red pinstripe and red interior. It had snowflakes on it but maybe the owner swapped axles/discs?
Yes, they had snowflakes on some of the late '70s B-bodies... But apparently there were two different bolt patterns available- on the cars, not the wheels. Heavy- duty suspension and wagons got the 5x5 pattern and lesser models got 4 3/4. At least that's my understanding. My son has had two '77 Bonnevilles and the were both 5x5.

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And is the missing flake the 15x7 later variation used 79-81 f-bodys?
Yes, there is a later 15x7 that is more open... and significantly lighter than the one in the picture above.


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There is also a snowflake that was 6" wide but still have 5x4 3/4 bolt pattern.

I have a set of these I wanted to use on my car trailer but I would have to change all the hubs and it is difficult to find hubs with that bolt pattern not to mention trailer brake parts like drums.

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Significant weight savings when compared to either the Honeycomb or the Rally II.

Pontiac also had aluminum rear drums on some of the late 70's (I think) Bonneville.

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I thought I had seen these on a 2 door 80’s Bonneville once. It was black with a think a dark red vinyl top, red pinstripe and red interior. It had snowflakes on it but maybe the owner swapped axles/discs?
You are correct. In the John Gunnell book " 75 years of Pontiac Oakland there is a picture on page 517 shows a 1981 Bonneville "B" body with snowflakes. I always thought B bodies were 5X5 ( Never say Never). Reading the caption under the picture it indicates the weight of the base Bonneville to be 3003lbs. Which could justify 4 3/4, but why do this on a last year car before the downsized G Bonneville comes the next year.

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I am not exactly sure what the criteria of 5X4.75 vs 5X5 wheel bolt pattern on the 77-81 Pontiac B-bodies. But yes all Wagons have 5X5, the couple of parts cars I have had with trailer towing packages (both 78 sedans) also have 5X5, but one had a Buick 350 and the other had a Pontiac 400 under the hood.
I did have a 301 powered 79 Catalina coupe that had 5X4.75 though

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I've had 2 WS6 TA's (1978's) so I like those rims and know the handling benefits. But for some reason, I also like the look of the 7 inch snowflakes on a TA, They showcase the snowflake pattern well.

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