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Does anyone know when the switch from lugbolts to "normal" lugs with lugnuts happened? Thanks for the answers, fellers. Wp

I know the old (30's) Chryslers used left hand twist on drivers side lug bolts and right hand (normal) twist on the passenger side but what about the Plymouth and Dodge cars of that era? Were they same as Chrysler? Thanks Wp

...rather than in general discussion http://forums.aaca.org/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showflat/Number/515159#Post515159 apologies if I posted in the wrong place. Wp

Here is a pic taken when I got it. You can clearly see the hubs sticking thru the hubcaps. Wp

I wish they had put some type serial number on the axles to make it easier to identify. Wp

Informative answer and thank you much. The wheels that fit the axle are the same as the five bolt pattern on a '66 Mustang, I tried the Mustang wheels and they work. The one thing that stands out as unusual to me about the axle is the hubs stick out further than normal, when I got it someone had put Dodge half-moon hubcaps on it and had to cut a whole in the center of the hubcap for the hub to stick thru, I tried it with several other hubcaps I own with the same problem, the hub sticks out about an inch or inch and half past any hubcap I have found. This leads me to believe that perhaps the original wheels were similar to the Model A wire wheels in which the center was made different than modern wheels? I can think of no other reason for the hub to stick out so far. Correct me if I am wrong on this notion. Wp

Hi everyone, Total newbie and mostly ignorant. My question concerns the use of I-Beam suspension on Chrysler Products. I recently acquired two old front axles and the first I found to be from a 34 Ford, the second I have been TOLD is from a Dodge of some sort. It is a standard I-Beam with the small pattern five lug wheel pattern. The flat spot where the leaf springs mount has a five hole pattern which looks like the "5" on a dice. I have been told by some people that Dodge used mainly tube axles before going to independent front suspension so what could this possibly have been under? Was there a time period where Dodge cars and pickups used I-Beams? If so what years would this have been? Thanks for any help and good to be on the forum. William Potter