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All wheels are 5-lug, 4-3/4" bolt pattern. All should have the size of the wheel and some type of manufacturer's trademark and is usually found on the inside of the wheel along with a series of numbers/letters such as 14x6 JJ. There will be a number stamped below or to the right of this alphanumeric series that represents the month. An example might look like K-1-7 4 DG for a 1967 rally wheel (DG) made at the Romulus, MI. plant in April of 1967 (K-1-7 4).

The workers stamping wheels didn't always follow this "rule" though as shown by this 1967 rally wheel.

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Often found on the spider of the outside is the Kelsey-Hayes assembly date of the wheel.  An example would be K-1-0 where K is Kelsey-Hayes, the first 1 is the plant (1=Romulus, MI, 2=Windsor, ON, 3=Philadelphia, PA.) and the last digit is the model year, or 1970 in this case.

Year - Model Code Size Offset Notes
1964 - Chevelle   14x5 J 0.44 All
1965 - Chevelle   14x5 J 1.00 Pass & Wagon
1966 - Chevelle XC 14x5 J 1.00 Pass & Wagon
    14x5 JK 1.00 Wagon & H.D.
1967 - Chevelle XC 14x5 J 1.00 Pass & Wagon
    14x6 JK 1.00 SS & H.D.
  DA 14x5 JJ 0.88 Rally D/B except SS, Camaro D/B except SS.
  DG 14x6 JJ 0.88 SS Rally D/B, Camaro SS w/D/B
1968 - Chevelle XC 14x5 J 1.00 Pass & Wagon
    14x6 JK 1.00 SS & H.D.
  XE 14x6 JJ 0.88 D/B
  XB 14x6 JJ 0.88 Rally
1969 - Chevelle XC 14x5 J 1.00 Pass
  YX 14x5 JJ 0.56 Wagon
  XE 14x6 JJ 0.88 D/B
  YV 14x6 JJ 0.88 Replaced XE
  YB 14x6 JJ 0.88 Wagon D/B
  XB 14x6 JJ 0.88 Rally D/B
  YW 14x6 JJ 0.88 Replaced XB
  AE 14x6 JJ 0.88 Wagon drum and D/B
  YA 14x7 0.88 SS
  AO 14x7 0.88 Replaced YA
1970 - Chevelle YD 14x5 0.60 RPO except SS & Wagon
  YW 14x6 JJ 0.88 Rally
  YB 14x6 JJ 0.88 RPO  & Wagon
  CZ 14x6 JJ 0.88 Replaced YB
  AE 14x6 JJ 0.88 Wagon Rally
  AO 14x7 0.34 SS
  YA 14x7 0.34 SS found on early model year
1970 - Monte Carlo YH 15x7 JJ 0.30 Rally
1971 - Chevelle FF 14x5 0.60 standard
  CZ 14x6 JJ 0.88 RPO, Wagon
  DE 14x6 JJ 0.50 RPO Rally except SS
  AU 15x7 JJ 0.30 SS
1971 - Monte Carlo XX 15x6 JJ 0.85 Standard
  XY 15x7 JJ 0.30 Optional, SS
  FW 15x7 JJ 0.30 Rally
1972 - Chevelle DD 14x5 0.60 Standard
  DE 14x6 JJ 0.50 Rally
  AU 15x7 JJ 0.30 SS
  CZ 14x6 JJ 0.88 Wagon
1972 - Monte Carlo XX 15x7 JJ 0.85 Standard
  AH 15x7 JJ 0.30  
  FW 15x7 JJ 0.20 Rally

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Often a Camaro wheel will find its way on a Chevelle. Note the differences in the Chevelle SS wheel in the top photo compared to a Camaro wheel in the bottom photo. The Chevelle wheel has an oblong opening for the valve stem where the Camaro wheel is round.

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