<VV> S10 lug nuts

[James Davis]

We used to run Chevy S-10 steel wheels on the UtraVans, as they are much
heaver than the 1965 GM A body cars rims (14x6) which came on UltraVans.
The S-10 steel wheels are 14x6 for the two wheel drive and 15x6 for the
4-wheel drive trucks.  All were 5-4.75" stud pattern and used 45 degree
taper, 7/16x20 lug nuts.  They fit the 1965 Chevy II front brake hubs and
the 1965 rear Corvair brake hubs perfectly.
Jim Davis- UV #388A

On Tue, Apr 28, 2020 at 2:24 PM Joel McGregor via VirtualVairs <
virtualvairs at corvair.org> wrote:

> 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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