<VV> S10 lug nuts

[Joel McGregor]

No, they were the aluminum S10 wheels.  See attached.
I'm starting to remember more now though.  I think I could find nuts to make them fit but there were no nuts that had a combination of the correct taper and the external threads to mount the center caps.  I think the center caps are held on by fake plastic lug nuts over the real nuts.  This memory is killing me.
Summary IIRC:  The wheels need 3 things to fit.  Correct 1) stud thread, 2) taper and taper diameter, 3) external threads to mount the center caps.  I couldn't find nuts that matched all 3.
Joel McGregor

-----Original Message-----
From: Bryan Blackwell 
Sent: Saturday, April 25, 2020 5:00 PM
To: Joel McGregor <joel at joelsplace.com>
Subject: Re: <VV> S10 lug nuts

I have a suspicion the wheels you were using were styled steel wheels, those still have the 45 degree taper.  I'm pretty sure the alloy S-10 wheels use the same bulge nut, I have a friend with a set on his Corvair, I can check if Jerry decides to follow up.

--Bryan

> On Apr 25, 2020, at 6:12 AM, Joel McGregor via VirtualVairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org> wrote:
> 
> It has been a good 10 years ago so my memory is a little fuzzy but at the time I had plenty of experience with the bulge nuts and Z-28 wheels.  The S10 wheels were the wrong angle and I think they were quite a bit larger diameter where the taper met the nut.  The 7/16" bulge nuts I tried were generic ones from the local FLAPS that fit the Z-28 and IROC wheels perfectly.  I had a set of Z-28 wheels on a Caprice, my '67 Monza and I installed IROC wheels on the '65 Monza I took the S10 wheels off of.
> 
> Joel McGregor
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bryan Blackwell
> Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2020 5:05 PM
> To: Joel McGregor <joel at joelsplace.com>
> Subject: Re: <VV> S10 lug nuts
> 
> Hmm, I thought the 7/16 bulge worked fine on the S10 alloy wheels as well.  How big are the holes?  Or perhaps I should ask why don't they fit?
> 
> --Bryan
> 
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