Wheels

 This truck came with split rim military type wheels.  These are not the “widow-maker” style but the Landrover military style.  The use tubes and tube gaiters.  To repair a tire the side of the rim is unbolted and the tube replaced and then bolted back together a faster and more reliable repair in the field.

I hear the are somewhat “rare” or at least sought after for rivet-counting builds.  Ike told me that the bolts for them are hard to find.

The build sheet I hav for the truck does not specify military wheels and only states that Dunlop 7.50-x16 tires were installed and the rims were black.  The rims on the truck when I got it were 1 limestone and 3 military green.  Later I picked up 2 that were dark green.

In any other build I would replace the wheels with either stock 16” or Wolf wheels and 235-75x16 tires. But in trying to stay true to the factory build I am blasting and painting the wheels black and will put it back with 7.50x16 tires.