War Department 16” divided rim: British and Canadian manufacture

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20-05-22, 21:23

Hanno Spoelstra Hanno Spoelstra is offline

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Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

Lynn posted this link also, upon actually reading Kurt Laughlin's article I found an interesting drawing.

The US 16" rim was 15.965" in diameter and had 5 deg. bead angle.

Worth a read if you want to turn down your rims to fit new tyres currently available.

The 16” divided rim has plenty of thickness to allow machining 0.125” off:

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