"Dealer Duallies"

[RustyBolts]

I haven't yet seen a thread on this subject, so I thought I'd start one.
In 1979, at the age of 20, my dad bought a brand new F-250, that had a 460, C6, 3.54's and had been converted to a Dually by the dealership. This wasn't your typical dually conversion with budd wheels. This one had the stock front wheels, and shallow dish inside rear/deep dish outside rear wheels.
Any fellow OB's ever seen anything like this?

 

[Agnem]

Can't say I have. Got any pics?

 

[RustyBolts]

I don't think so. Even if Ihad one on film, I don't have a scanner, so, we're still dead inthe water there. I know where the truck is, so next time I'm home, I might pay the guy a visit, and get a few pics.

 

[Darrin Tosh]

I actually have seen this before. They used this adapter:

http://www.jcwhitney.com/DUAL_WHEEL_ADAPTER_SETS?ID=12;0;0;0;100001;ProductName;0;0;0;0;2003967;0;0

And it didn't need budd rims. The rear outside rims were a little wider than the inside, I have also seen the rear wide rim on a non dually used on the Camper Special.

 

[argve]

we did see an F250 dually in at the Michigan IDI Weekend that Darrin hosted that had the normal rims up front and the dually rims in the rear - I can't remember his name but he was from New York or something to that effect. Didn't really realize that the rims were different front to rear until he pointed it out.

 

[RustyBolts]

I actually have seen this before. They used this adapter:

http://www.jcwhitney.com/DUAL_WHEEL_ADAPTER_SETS?ID=12;0;0;0;100001;ProductName;0;0;0;0;2003967;0;0

And it didn't need budd rims. The rear outside rims were a little wider than the inside, I have also seen the rear wide rim on a non dually used on the Camper Special.

Not calling you out or anything, but dad's '79 didn't use any spacers. It got it's offset in the wheels. Shallow dish inside/Deep dish outside.

 

[Double-S-Diesel]

I have heard of it being done, even heard of guys makin their own wheels, never seen it though.

 

[jwalterus]

one of my old bosses had a 198? GMC 3/4 ton the same way, so I know what you are talking about, didn't do jack in the snow for traction, handled like a pig on the highway, worse in town, and got no gas mileage, even for a 350 w/ a quadracrap

yeah, I've seen it, I've driven it, I'd never even CONSIDER it
if I get the chance tomorrow while the sun's up, I'll run up there and take a picture of it to post

 

[RustyBolts]

one of my old bosses had a 198? GMC 3/4 ton the same way, so I know what you are talking about, didn't do jack in the snow for traction, handled like a pig on the highway, worse in town, and got no gas mileage, even for a 350 w/ a quadracrap

yeah, I've seen it, I've driven it, I'd never even CONSIDER it
if I get the chance tomorrow while the sun's up, I'll run up there and take a picture of it to post

Really? Dad never seemed to have that much trouble with his
What kinda gas mileage did that 350 Quadrajunk get?

 

[jwalterus]

it was getting close to GPM instead of MPG, I know it was single digits under 5......

 

[Fatback]

I don't know if its the same thing but I seen a 79 F350 ..... oh .... I must have been in Texas....... it had duals tucked under a fleetside bed with regular non dually wheels in the front.

 

[RustyBolts]

I've seen a couple of those too on the internet. I remember pictures of dad's (before it became a flatbed) having dually flares on it.