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Chevelle Wheels
All wheels are 5-lug, 4-3/4" bolt pattern. All should have the size of the wheel and some type of manufacturer's trademark and is usually found on the inside of the wheel along with a series of numbers/letters such as 14x6 JJ. There will be a number stamped below or to the right of this alphanumeric series that represents the month. An example might look like K-1-7 4 DG for a 1967 rally wheel (DG) made at the Romulus, MI. plant in April of 1967 (K-1-7 4).
The workers stamping wheels didn't always follow this "rule" though as shown by this 1967 rally wheel.
Often found on the spider of the outside is the Kelsey-Hayes assembly date of the wheel. An example would be K-1-0 where K is Kelsey-Hayes, the first 1 is the plant (1=Romulus, MI, 2=Windsor, ON, 3=Philadelphia, PA.) and the last digit is the model year, or 1970 in this case.
Year - Model | Code | Size | Offset | Notes |
1964 - Chevelle | 14x5 J | 0.44 | All | |
1965 - Chevelle | 14x5 J | 1.00 | Pass & Wagon | |
1966 - Chevelle | XC | 14x5 J | 1.00 | Pass & Wagon |
14x5 JK | 1.00 | Wagon & H.D. | ||
1967 - Chevelle | XC | 14x5 J | 1.00 | Pass & Wagon |
14x6 JK | 1.00 | SS & H.D. | ||
DA | 14x5 JJ | 0.88 | Rally D/B except SS, Camaro D/B except SS. | |
DG | 14x6 JJ | 0.88 | SS Rally D/B, Camaro SS w/D/B | |
1968 - Chevelle | XC | 14x5 J | 1.00 | Pass & Wagon |
14x6 JK | 1.00 | SS & H.D. | ||
XE | 14x6 JJ | 0.88 | D/B | |
XB | 14x6 JJ | 0.88 | Rally | |
1969 - Chevelle | XC | 14x5 J | 1.00 | Pass |
YX | 14x5 JJ | 0.56 | Wagon | |
XE | 14x6 JJ | 0.88 | D/B | |
YV | 14x6 JJ | 0.88 | Replaced XE | |
YB | 14x6 JJ | 0.88 | Wagon D/B | |
XB | 14x6 JJ | 0.88 | Rally D/B | |
YW | 14x6 JJ | 0.88 | Replaced XB | |
AE | 14x6 JJ | 0.88 | Wagon drum and D/B | |
YA | 14x7 | 0.40 | SS | |
1970 - Chevelle | YD | 14x5 | 0.60 | Standard (except wagon and SS) |
YW | 14x6 JJ | 0.88 | Rally | |
YB | 14x6 JJ | 0.88 | Wagon and El Camino | |
CZ | 14x6 JJ | 0.88 | Replaced YB | |
AE | 14x6 JJ | 0.88 | Rally (ZJ7) | |
AO | 14x7 | 0.34 | SS | |
YA | 14x7 | 0.34 | SS found on early model year | |
1970 - Monte Carlo | YH | 15x7 JJ | 0.30 | Rally |
1971 - Chevelle | FF | 14x5 | 0.60 | Standard (except wagon and SS) |
CZ | 14x6 JJ | 0.88 | Wagon | |
DE | 14x6 JJ | 0.88 | Rally (ZJ7) | |
AU | 15x7 JJ | 0.34 | SS (Trans-Am) | |
1971 - Monte Carlo | XX | 15x6 JJ | 0.85 | Standard |
XY | 15x7 JJ | 0.30 | SS | |
FW | 15x7 JJ | 0.30 | Rally (ZJ7) | |
1972 - Chevelle | DD | 14x5 | 0.60 | Standard (except wagon and SS) |
DE | 14x6 JJ | 0.50 | Rally | |
AU | 15x7 JJ | 0.30 | SS (Trans-Am) | |
CZ | 14x6 JJ | 0.88 | Wagon | |
1972 - Monte Carlo | 15x6 | 0.85 | Standard | |
XX | 15x7 JJ | 0.85 | Standard | |
AH | 15x7 JJ | 0.30 | Custom Model (ZO3) | |
FW | 15x7 JJ | 0.30 | Rally (ZJ7) | |
* Not confirmed by GM Docs |
Often a Camaro wheel will find its way on a Chevelle. Note the
differences in the Chevelle SS wheel in the top photo compared to a
Camaro wheel in the bottom photo. The Chevelle wheel has an oblong
opening for the valve stem where the Camaro wheel is round.
The 1971 and 1972 YF3 optioned "Heavy Chevy" were equipped with 14 x
6 rally type wheels with bright lug nuts and center cap. Essentially
the same wheel was optional under RPO ZJ7 but have a bright trim
ring and those (RPO ZJ7) were not available with neither the SS
option nor the YF3 option. Other steel wheels with wheel covers were
also not an option with either the SS or YF3 option.
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