[Chevelle-list] 12 bolt questions

[Karl Groves]

One of the Car Craft/Hot Rod/ Popular Hot Rodding/ Super Chevy magazines had
a story on stuffing wider tires on your car.
Off the top of my head, I think you can fit 12-inch wide wheels & tires on a
Chevelle if you do it right. The story shows you how.
If I stumble across the magazine, I'll post the exact magazine & issue info.
 

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From: Clint Hooper [mailto:chooper at sw.rr.com] 
Sent: Saturday, September 16, 2006 12:03 PM
To: The Chevelle Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] 12 bolt questions


You also mentioned gaining some room in the fenderwells with the earlier
rear. The size of the fenderwell is fixed and another rear is not going to
give you more room,,just allow a little more wheel dish.  What's wrong with
your present rear? Is it also a 12 bolt?
Clint Hooper
H&H Custom,owner
1969 El Camino protourer
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"You may find me dead one day in a ditch. But by God,you'll find me in a
pile of brass."


----- Original Message ----- 
From: Thomas Ringlein <mailto:TJ.Noelle at sbcglobal.net>  



Yea - it is probably more trouble then it is worth.  I did not even think of
what I would do if I changed my mind a few years down the road on rim choice
and the trouble I would have selling them if they were custom ordered for a
shorter axle.  But damn - with the shipping these days, a complete rear from
Moser will set me back about $2500, and because of the high price of fuel
the shipping is about $250 to California these days.  I just figured I could
get a good 12 bolt housing in need of a rebuild and get the local gear whiz
(fearless gear, Fresno Ca) put it together with 33 spline axles and an Eaton
posi for about $1700 complete (that is his quote for the job).

Alright - I will stick with the stock size axle and tell the guy with the 66
model 12 bolt I don't want it anymore.

 

Thanks guys.

If I cannot figure out my carb tonight I may chime in again - different
issue. :-)

 

T.J. Ringlein
1972 Chevelle (in shambles)
Clovis, California

 

 


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From: Clint Hooper [mailto:chooper at sw.rr.com] 
Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2006 5:39 PM
To: The Chevelle Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] 12 bolt questions

 

Seems like an awful lot of work and money to gain a 1/2" more dish and if
you ever decide to change wheels,you will have more trouble selling the old
wheels because of their insufficient backspace.

Clint Hooper
H&H Custom,owner
1969 El Camino protourer
http://dalesplace.com/misc/friends/clint/clint_hooper.htm
http://www.lateral-g.net/members/hooper/
"You may find me dead one day in a ditch. But by God,you'll find me in a
pile of brass."

----- Original Message ----- 

From: Thomas  <mailto:TJ.Noelle at sbcglobal.net> Ringlein 

 

Folks-
I'm not sure if this has been discussed lately, but have any of you
installed an early 12-bolt rear (say, 66-67 "A" body" into a later model
(68-72 "A" body) to gain room in the fenderwells for larger rims with less
setback/offset? I understand the earlier 12 bolt rears are 1" shorter
overall, for 1/2" extra clearance on each side (not sure of the exact year
range). I understand that what size rim you run is dependant on the size of
the rear fenderwell, and no size rear (smaller or larger) will make the
fenderwell bigger. I just like the "deep dish" look of the rear rims, and
thought an earlier rear would give me the look I was looking for. Any other
pitfalls I should be aware of if I consider such a swap?

Some more info...
I have a 1972 Chevelle Malibu - planning on a mild pro touring/g-machine
build, dropped 3" all around, disk brakes on all 4 corners, perhaps an
LS1/T56 combo to top it off.

Whatcha think?

T.J. Ringlein
1972 Chevelle (in shambles)
Clovis, California

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