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Originally Posted by Philippe Jeanneau
As for the specifics of this particular wheel, there seems to be some confusion... I cannot exactly say at this time who manufactured this 16" (8 Bolt) split wheel, (English, Canadian, or Australian) but we know it is indeed 16" X ?? and it exists... I just find it hard to believe that no one else has come forward with any more detailed photos of it to nail it down once and for all...
All I am trying to do is to come up with something very close to it, still working on it as an option using the backspaces from the 16" solid wheels I had made recently... The tires could be the Goodyear (R-3) 9.50-16, but ideally it would be the 10.50-16 (R-3) style tire that I'm trying to bring forward also... I will check the specs for your Simex tires, thank you...
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Seeing you sketch with measurements, I deducted the wheel diameter was 475mm, adjusting for measurement errors that's about 18 inch.
So indeed it is an unknown 16" split rim wheel. If a 10.5-16 tyre is fitted, the rim width should be 6.5" - this I deduct from a Michelin XL sheet for 9.00R16 and 11.00R16 tyres. Maybe it is 7" but no more than that.
So then it's option 3): buy 16" rims and modify those. The regular 16" W.D. split rim is assymetric and 6" wide. You could use these and widen them by having a .5"or 1" widening ring welded in the narrow half. There are many companies, epecially in the US, doing this.