I used to have a job making & modifying wheels. It's what I did all day. You are doing well I must say. I had lathes & good welders. Also a panograph to flame cut our own centers & a bead roller to make the outer rims. Seeing you do this with bare minimins & with a good additude is great. Your a true Hot Rodder.
Glad to see someone else doing those wheels. I did reverse rim wheels for my 50 Ford back in 1958. Reverse rims were the hot thing back in the. 50s. --:)
Yes we did 1960 used Buick or olds outer part chev or ford center part in Murphy N.C. Gear & Happy did the same thing on a 40 ford sed black car Gold Rev wheels at Greens ESSO station a hot rod hang out with a small junk yard . We all stayed out of trouble had a great child hood. Get kids into hot Rod it great god is good !!!
I love the way you did the rim idea about changing the bolt pattern and another thing I love your idea about turn signals cuz people are always in a hurry to cut in front of you great job on the channel keep up the good work💪🏼👍🏻👍🏻
From Portugal, good job!! I 'm a handmade lover and see you do thing like that it's very gratefull. You 've got my subcrition and i can't waith for your next video. Thank's BadChad.
You seem to trust the rivet holes to be so exact that you won't get any wheel wobble as long as the holes are lined up. Don't you mount the wheel on a hub, and check the alignment with a dial gauge or something, before welding? I would have, but if you get it right without it, then that's cool.
I like the no blinkers I have them and don't like using them cause of that reason. I'm from the city people can't drive they'll pull out with or with out blinkers on I won't to do my deal then they can go. Like your videos watched them all the time a lot to learn. Keep the videos going there fun to watch.
I had to increase the offset on 4 Saab 900 wheels so that 54 Packard hubcaps would clear properly. Please do not ask why. I cut the welds and released the center. Then I made plywood discs that would give me the offset that I needed, set everything in place, drove the centers into place until the discs stoped the movement at the correct offset. I checked the dimensions, mounted the caps ensuring the fit and then welded them up. I took the first welded wheel to a shop and they verified that the wheel was true. Amazingly it was. Then I did the other three. A bit of weld grinding and new fire engine red powder coating and wow, they look great and work perfectly. First time I ever did that and I’m really proud. It is all in the details.
I always have mixed emotions when doing these type of projects.Pour your blood,sweet and craftsmanship into a project. A perfect job and people will just say ok stock rims.Taken as the ultimate compliment given as Meh.
This is badass. Very Informative! Any tips on welding in centers on a rim that has never had a center? I'm rebuilding a home-built, heavy-duty trailer for my dad, and he has 3 really old school 6K mobile home axles in it that I can't get bearings for any more (axle dates back to the 50's; based on what a couple of mobile home axle experts have told me, these axles are the "old style", with a crazy large spindle that that they don't make bearings for anymore). One axle's failed (while hauling it to my house), I have doubts about the other two and since I already have to replace one of these axles, I decided to replace all three with ordinary 6K axles, with standard 8 x 6.5" hub patterns. This means I'm going to have to either convert the tire sizes, or adapt the rims from an open wheel to a closed 8 x 6.5" pattern. Converting the tire size would require significant fab work on the trailer that I'd rather not do, and I had to put tires on this trailer just to transport it, so I really don't want to have to replace these brand-new tires if I don't have to. That said, the only place I could find a 14.5" rim with 8 x 6.5" centers is charging $250 a rim, plus shipping. And I need 7 of them (6 plus 1 spare). Buying all of them would run me more than all three axles, combined! So, I'm going to build my own. Any tips would be appreciated. Thank you!
I am 20 and I did this to a rim today right after I seen this video. When my uncle seen me cutting his old rims apart he almost took my head off my shoulders but once I showed him what I was doing he though it was genius. YOU CAN TEACH AN OLD DOG NEW TRICKS .
my dad told me when was kid they would reverse the rims cutting out center then turning over wells. i had chrome reverse rims on my first car for 90 bucks the rims where 16's then put on the reverses.
Did this to reverse the rear wheels on my ‘47 Hudson. Worked great. Swapped the rear end and needed to step the wheels out by 3/4” to make it look right. I figured the old timers did it why can’t I?
Like watching your instructional videos i think new cars have a soft joint at steering box so steering wheel doesn't break your chest older car where like you did cause safety wasn't a thing 🤔 never thought about doing that with a wheel cool as dang !
" couldn't ask any better"🤤 except maybe if you spun it , at the very least by hand on the freaking spindle to check the run-out!!! Oh my God this guy 😮
around 45 years ago I owned a '47 Willis jeep MB 2A. It came with 16 ply 16.5" military lug tires on it. The first summer I owned the thing I ran around with no air in the front tires. Being 16 ply they did not show as flat. Of course I was not running very far and definitely not very fast. It wasn't until I put the snow plow on it that I noticed the fronts were 'low'. The tire gauge I used started at 5 psi and did not register. So I put them up to 30 pounds and had a blow out on the passengers side. That was when I noticed a split on the inside of the tire. Replacing the tube and installing a boot did not work out very well so I started searching for replacement tires. I could find 16.5 tires but they were designed for split rims and did not have the tread I wanted. I could buy new 18 ply military tread tires but they were over $300 each way back then. I took some Ford 15' rims and cut the centers out then did the same with the jeep wheels and welded them into the Ford rims similar to what you did. I needed to cut the centers of the Jeep wheels down to fit into the hole in the Ford rim. I worried that I had cut to much off the outside edge or the Jeep centers but I ran the Jeep for 4 years with those wheels and never had a problem . The new owner was quite pleased that he could get regular snow tread tires and replace them when ever he wanted to.
Sorry, you are wrong, the steering columns are attached to the firewall at the bottom. This prevents any movem at both ends of it, allowing only the center shaft to move. Lessening the chance of breaking the coupler between the box and column from tearing/ breaking apart. It also won't let side to side tire movement from left to right while driving to have any effect on the column at the top of the steering wheel. So, here's the skinny, once you connect the column to the box, and you have it lined up as you like, 90° a plate attachment to the floor pan/firewall, and inableing you to also attach it to the bottom of the column. Damping the tire movement is done thru several parts; spindle, tie rod arms and the tie rods, drag links, the steering box and the column. But wht the hell do I care, it's not my car, build it your way!
Guys used to do their own chrome reverse rims in auto shop for credit. They reversed the rims and got their grade and then took them to a chromer and had them plated..
Yes and anything can be fixed. The real question is How and is it worth your time. Like a unibody car that's rusted out. It might not be worth attempting a full restore. But it could be fixed by hacking the interior and making your own frame & roll cage. Keep your baby on the road, don't scrap it. My brother made this mistake with his Monza Spider.
Time for me to get rid of the widow maker rims on my 63 Ford Dually and make a regular tubeless rims. No one would touch or make new one for me. Yet the tires are going bald and worried they might go flat and stuck.
I used to have a job making & modifying wheels. It's what I did all day. You are doing well I must say. I had lathes & good welders. Also a panograph to flame cut our own centers & a bead roller to make the outer rims. Seeing you do this with bare minimins & with a good additude is great. Your a true Hot Rodder.
This guy has a tv show on discovery. He's doing quite well actually
Glad to see someone else doing those wheels. I did reverse rim wheels for my 50 Ford back in 1958. Reverse rims were the hot thing back in the. 50s. --:)
I remember those days as well. We would reverse the wheels and take them to our local chrome shop and he would chrome them for 7 dollars each.
Yes we did 1960 used Buick or olds outer part chev or ford center part in Murphy N.C. Gear & Happy did the same thing on a 40 ford sed black car Gold Rev wheels at Greens ESSO station a hot rod hang out with a small junk yard . We all stayed out of trouble had a great child hood. Get kids into hot Rod it great god is good !!!
Always love the energy, never tries to act above anyone. Just tells you if you want it you can have it. Need more of this motivation in this era
Learned something new, the good ole fashion way! Thanks for sharing your knowledge Chad and Jolene.
Great show,glad to see your talents on u tube, very skillful on your project setups, the way you make due and make fit your needs.
I NEVER ENJOYED MY SELF MORE ..
KEEP THE VIDEOS COMING ..
THANKS Ed Loretto Ontario Canada
Where bouts in Ontario, New Liskeard here.
@@lakerdrinkers i'm north west of Toronto ,, south west of Barrie,, small hamlet ,, Loretto Ont THX ED
This is the first time I've seen one of this guys videos & I think he's a cool sum beech. 👍
I love the way you did the rim idea about changing the bolt pattern and another thing I love your idea about turn signals cuz people are always in a hurry to cut in front of you great job on the channel keep up the good work💪🏼👍🏻👍🏻
Can get enough of his videos he’s such a great guy for sharing all the information and ideas
Awesome Chad! Awesome instruction! Loving this channel!
From Portugal, good job!! I 'm a handmade lover and see you do thing like that it's very gratefull. You 've got my subcrition and i can't waith for your next video. Thank's BadChad.
This is so cool that you continue to use what you have
Hey Bad Chad your a smart dude your a great fabricator you do everything old-school and that is awesome.
You seem to trust the rivet holes to be so exact that you won't get any wheel wobble as long as the holes are lined up. Don't you mount the wheel on a hub, and check the alignment with a dial gauge or something, before welding? I would have, but if you get it right without it, then that's cool.
@@doacarnage - Spoken like a true checkbook hot rodder.
I guarantee you his wheels ride more true than yours would. The dude is a genius and you're just jealous.
A true hot rod builder here! Just like the old days! Built not bought !
Guna de sweet ride
Bad Chad I agree 100% on the "No" Signals. Thats why alot of the time on my Harley I dont signal.
you are a real artist Nice
Great builders do it like no other ,an u building ur way makes u a great builder
Luv the look of the roadster.
Great Idea. You are the Best.
Great project!
Never saw that done before. Thanks!
Thanks for the lessons , how are you going to weld them ? could you put rivets instead of welding. ?
I like the no blinkers I have them and don't like using them cause of that reason. I'm from the city people can't drive they'll pull out with or with out blinkers on I won't to do my deal then they can go. Like your videos watched them all the time a lot to learn. Keep the videos going there fun to watch.
I had to increase the offset on 4 Saab 900 wheels so that 54 Packard hubcaps would clear properly. Please do not ask why. I cut the welds and released the center. Then I made plywood discs that would give me the offset that I needed, set everything in place, drove the centers into place until the discs stoped the movement at the correct offset. I checked the dimensions, mounted the caps ensuring the fit and then welded them up. I took the first welded wheel to a shop and they verified that the wheel was true. Amazingly it was. Then I did the other three. A bit of weld grinding and new fire engine red powder coating and wow, they look great and work perfectly. First time I ever did that and I’m really proud. It is all in the details.
all the work you do is about the end result .. if it works & your happy, you couldn't ask for anything better!
Love it brother
Eyes got me some bigs n littles on the way....500 & 750s.... can't wait to see them on
Indicators are a great idea, if people just used them, waited till it was safe to turn and payed some attention it would be great.
That's how I feel about signal lights as well 👍
Well done mate love it Larrysullivan in London
Awesome informational educational video experience Y'alls
I always have mixed emotions when doing these type of projects.Pour your blood,sweet and craftsmanship into a project. A perfect job and people will just say ok stock rims.Taken as the ultimate compliment given as Meh.
guido70 gotta do it for you and no one else.
good job and good thinking!... thanks 4 video. be kind.
Nice work !
Good job, should mount the wheel on the hub and spin it before welding so you can true the wheel.
I agree on no signal lights ! 👍🏻
Make your own wheels, man that's Bad Chad! Nice job.
I hope you set up a run out gauge to check true as you weld.
Gday from Australia.Chad and crew your old school stile is cool and as my youngest says your right common sense isn't very common dad.
This is badass. Very Informative!
Any tips on welding in centers on a rim that has never had a center?
I'm rebuilding a home-built, heavy-duty trailer for my dad, and he has 3 really old school 6K mobile home axles in it that I can't get bearings for any more (axle dates back to the 50's; based on what a couple of mobile home axle experts have told me, these axles are the "old style", with a crazy large spindle that that they don't make bearings for anymore). One axle's failed (while hauling it to my house), I have doubts about the other two and since I already have to replace one of these axles, I decided to replace all three with ordinary 6K axles, with standard 8 x 6.5" hub patterns. This means I'm going to have to either convert the tire sizes, or adapt the rims from an open wheel to a closed 8 x 6.5" pattern.
Converting the tire size would require significant fab work on the trailer that I'd rather not do, and I had to put tires on this trailer just to transport it, so I really don't want to have to replace these brand-new tires if I don't have to. That said, the only place I could find a 14.5" rim with 8 x 6.5" centers is charging $250 a rim, plus shipping. And I need 7 of them (6 plus 1 spare). Buying all of them would run me more than all three axles, combined!
So, I'm going to build my own.
Any tips would be appreciated. Thank you!
I am 20 and I did this to a rim today right after I seen this video. When my uncle seen me cutting his old rims apart he almost took my head off my shoulders but once I showed him what I was doing he though it was genius. YOU CAN TEACH AN OLD DOG NEW TRICKS .
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND TODAY IS FRIDAY THANKS FOR VIDEO JOLE & BRO CHAD
I like you personality and skills. I enjoy watching your CZcams video's. What part of America do you live?
I'd like to see you work on that 32 or 34 Plymouth u bought that looks like a ford roadster kinda...that be nice to make something awesome outta that!
This is Chad reinventing the wheel , top job 👍
my dad told me when was kid they would reverse the rims cutting out center then turning over wells. i had chrome reverse rims on my first car for 90 bucks the rims where 16's then put on the reverses.
you need a spud wrench to align holes
There is no dead ends for this man he will build a bridge to get over a broken bridge anything is possible with Chad!
Did this to reverse the rear wheels on my ‘47 Hudson. Worked great. Swapped the rear end and needed to step the wheels out by 3/4” to make it look right. I figured the old timers did it why can’t I?
When you guys are coming back to tv? Season 2 release date?
Wow. Never seen that before!
that windsheld is badass chad
Chad you r Awesome dude...
That is cool man. I love the rag top. Just mint
What about a riveted inner in a welded outer?
Is this better/worse than redrilling the dodge hub?
Chad is a mad scientist at work!!!
Genius! Simple. Direct. Smart.
I've never seen that done before or something new everyday LOVE your work bad Chad come over to Jolene love your shows
Ford trucks and vans used 5x5 1/2 bolt pattern also.
Got the same pattern on my Suzuki samurai
Now that slick ! Look at that, would ya ! That’s Far Out !
That's fucking awesome
Like watching your instructional videos i think new cars have a soft joint at steering box so steering wheel doesn't break your chest older car where like you did cause safety wasn't a thing 🤔 never thought about doing that with a wheel cool as dang !
Genius!
True crafstman !
cr love it
good stuff chad!
If you didnt know it before. Know it now. This guy is a friggin hot rod guy! He is doin with what he has to do with.
I bet when Chad was a kid & his mother told him he couldn't do something - his immediate response would've been, "why not?"
" couldn't ask any better"🤤 except maybe if you spun it , at the very least by hand on the freaking spindle to check the run-out!!! Oh my God this guy 😮
Nice work, shown well. I’d now like to see the rim run at 80mph (100kph) to see how true it is or if it shudders.
Exactly what I was thinking. Curious to see these wheels on a balancer
I've seen this done before but you need to bolt the new wheel to the car or a balancer to make sure it's true before welding
Chads philosophy on indicators is pretty interesting. Convinced me that indicators are dangerous. LOL
interesting never seen that done before
around 45 years ago I owned a '47 Willis jeep MB 2A. It came with 16 ply 16.5" military lug tires on it. The first summer I owned the thing I ran around with no air in the front tires. Being 16 ply they did not show as flat. Of course I was not running very far and definitely not very fast.
It wasn't until I put the snow plow on it that I noticed the fronts were 'low'. The tire gauge I used started at 5 psi and did not register. So I put them up to 30 pounds and had a blow out on the passengers side.
That was when I noticed a split on the inside of the tire. Replacing the tube and installing a boot did not work out very well so I started searching for replacement tires.
I could find 16.5 tires but they were designed for split rims and did not have the tread I wanted.
I could buy new 18 ply military tread tires but they were over $300 each way back then.
I took some Ford 15' rims and cut the centers out then did the same with the jeep wheels and welded them into the Ford rims similar to what you did.
I needed to cut the centers of the Jeep wheels down to fit into the hole in the Ford rim. I worried that I had cut to much off the outside edge or the Jeep centers but I ran the Jeep for 4 years with those wheels and never had a problem
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The new owner was quite pleased that he could get regular snow tread tires and replace them when ever he wanted to.
Brilliant
Lets talk about using what you have, I like how you fab your parts
I loved seeing his show on Netflix! Unfortunately I think there was only 6 episodes. ={
what would look cool is to do that in the rear with two rims welded together. Double skinnies in the rear... Good job bud...
Not one comment on the blue Jay neck tat? Nice work, have to admit that, but is it a neo tat? Inquiring minds want to know Haha
Bad ass Chad !!👊🏻👊🏻👊🏻
Sorry, you are wrong, the steering columns are attached to the firewall at the bottom. This prevents any movem at both ends of it, allowing only the center shaft to move. Lessening the chance of breaking the coupler between the box and column from tearing/ breaking apart. It also won't let side to side tire movement from left to right while driving to have any effect on the column at the top of the steering wheel. So, here's the skinny, once you connect the column to the box, and you have it lined up as you like, 90° a plate attachment to the floor pan/firewall, and inableing you to also attach it to the bottom of the column. Damping the tire movement is done thru several parts; spindle, tie rod arms and the tie rods, drag links, the steering box and the column. But wht the hell do I care, it's not my car, build it your way!
Guys used to do their own chrome reverse rims in auto shop for credit. They reversed the rims and got their grade and then took them to a chromer and had them plated..
The most creative fabricator on the planet. Hands down. The imagination on this dude!!! Fantastic!!
Do you have to worry about trueing up the wheel? or do you just put the tire on and balance it as normal? Love the vids..all the best! be safe...
Use your blinkers!
A true craftsman
I want to try this. But using my brake lathe to cut the rim. Your way would be less work.
Good to see you are still at it.
Old school or no school!
What electric metal cutter are you using? Obviously it is not a plasma cutter.
I am 74 and have been around cars off and on my whole life...and have never seen the wheel build you just preformed.
A country boy with a torch and welder can do anything with a little willpower !!!
Yes and anything can be fixed. The real question is How and is it worth your time. Like a unibody car that's rusted out. It might not be worth attempting a full restore. But it could be fixed by hacking the interior and making your own frame & roll cage. Keep your baby on the road, don't scrap it. My brother made this mistake with his Monza Spider.
Time for me to get rid of the widow maker rims on my 63 Ford Dually and make a regular tubeless rims. No one would touch or make new one for me. Yet the tires are going bald and worried they might go flat and stuck.
Perfect ride:)
Is it possible to put a fifteen inch center on a fourteen inch rim ,I can t find a Chevy six bolt fourteen inch truck rim .
They make or made aftermarket 14 inch 6 bolt wheels for toyota and nissan but I dont think they will fit over the calipers of a chevy
Is it just dumb luck that the Merc wheel and the Dodge wheel have the same inner diameter? Awesome fix!
Now I regret getting rid of some of my old rims.
cool stuff , but where is the bugatti
Never trust a blinker or a fart😊
That’s what I want to do and that’s what I’m gonna do!