Topic: 1967 Shelby K/H steel wheels

[ruppstang]

Is that the one that is supposed to have small letters tires on it.

Oh boy I wonder how that happened! I never thought about it just had it mounted yesterday.

[KevinK]

I normally would not have much input on this subject, but I do have a low mile 67 Tbird. I recently had the spare wheel powder coated. Looks like it confirms what was posted here. Photo attached.

[Bossbill]

I normally would not have much input on this subject, but I do have a low mile 67 Tbird. I recently had the spare wheel powder coated. Looks like it confirms what was posted here. Photo attached.

Looks like "2" "67". Does that match the build date of the Tbird -- maybe a month or so earlier?

[Bossbill]

I've seen wheels listed with a specific wheel code in various ads and one of them got my interest.

The "Competition Wheel" is always a 15x6. After the 15x6 stamp, which is usually written as " 1  5  x  6", is usually the code "JK", written as " J  K".
This code, it turns out, is an SAE designation for the bead profile. Bead profile is the width, height and radius of the outer portion of the rim (see pic).

The bead profile is listed in SAE papers and can be J, JJ, JK as well as many other codes. "J" is today's most popular bead profile.