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Wheels (Groups 5.858-5.871)

 

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 did not 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 Part Number(1)
1964 - Chevelle   14x5 J 0.44 All #3872276 - wheel
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. #9792737- wheel
  DG 14x6 JJ 0.88 SS Rally D/B, Camaro SS w/D/B #3901712 - cap
#545910 - trim ring
#3918078 - wheel
1968 - Chevelle XC 14x5 J 1.00 Pass & Wagon  
    14x5 J n/a D/B #3928294 - wheel
    14x6 n/a   #3928297 - wheel
    14x6 JK 1.00 SS & H.D.  
  XE 14x6 JJ 0.88 D/B  
  XB 14x6 JJ 0.88 Rally  #3925801 - cap
1969 - Chevelle XC 14x5 J 1.00 Pass  
  YX 14x5 JJ 0.56 Wagon  
    14x6 n/a   #3928297 - wheel
  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  #3925801 - cap
  YW 14x6 JJ 0.88 Replaced XB  
  AE 14x6 JJ 0.88 Wagon drum and D/B  
  YA 14x7 0.40 SS  
1970 - Chevelle YD 14x5 0.60 Standard (except wagon and SS)  
  YW 14x6 JJ 0.88 Rally  #3925801 - cap
  YB 14x6 JJ 0.88 Wagon and El Camino  
  CZ 14x6 JJ 0.88 Replaced YB  
  AE 14x6 JJ 0.88 Rally (ZJ7)  
  AO 14x7 0.34 SS  
  YA 14x7 0.34 SS found on early model year  
1970 - Monte Carlo YH 15x7 JJ 0.30 Rally  #3925801 - cap
#3901704 - trim ring
1971 - Chevelle FF 14x5 0.60 Standard (except wagon and SS)  
  CZ 14x6 JJ 0.88 Wagon  
  DE 14x6 JJ 0.88 Rally (ZJ7) #545910 - trim ring
AU 15x7 JJ 0.34 SS (Trans-Am)  #3989479 - cap
#3998532 - wheel
1971 - Monte Carlo XX 15x6 JJ 0.85 Standard  
  XY 15x7 JJ 0.30  SS  
  FW 15x7 JJ 0.30 Rally (ZJ7)  
1972 - Chevelle DD 14x5 0.60 Standard (except wagon and SS)  
  DE 14x6 JJ 0.50 Rally #3984555 - cap
#545910 - trim ring
  AU 15x7 JJ 0.30 SS (Trans-Am) #3989479 - cap
#3998532 - wheel
  CZ 14x6 JJ 0.88 Wagon  
1972 - Monte Carlo   15x6 0.85 Standard  
  XX 15x7 JJ 0.85 Standard  
  AH 15x7 JJ 0.30 Custom Model (ZO3)  
  FW 15x7 JJ 0.30 Rally (ZJ7)  
           
* Not confirmed by GM Docs
(1) Service replacement part numbers from 1972 GM Parts and Accessory Catalog		  

 

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Luis Caceres-Rivera photo
The 1969 and 1970 shared the same SS Magnum 500-style wheel. This example is dated 10/31/1969 with the broadcast code of "AO" indicating an early 1970 SS wheel. The 1969 "YA" coded wheels were used for early 1970 SS-optioned Chevelles until their supply ran out and began using the 1970 "AO" coded wheel. Just when the plants made the change differed among them.

 

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Grant Yeater photo
A 1970 SS wheel with broadcast code "YA" used on 1970 SS-optioned Chevelles and dated June 4.

 

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Marty Snyder photo
A 1970 SS wheel with broadcast code "YA" used on 1970 SS-optioned Chevelles and dated June 4. The MI9 indicates M-Motor Wheel (the manufacturer), 1-Chevrolet, 9-1969.

 

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Dale McIntosh photos
For 1971 the SS-optioned Chevelles used a 15x7 "Trans Am" wheel. Camaros shared a slightly different wheel as noted by the valve stem area. 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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The 1971 and 1972 YF3 optioned "Heavy Chevy" was equipped with 14 x 6 rally type wheels with bright lug nuts and center cap. Essentially the same wheel was optional under RPO ZJ7 but have a bright trim ring and those (RPO ZJ7) were not available with neither the SS option nor the YF3 option. Other steel wheels with wheel covers were also not an option with either the SS or YF3 option.