Wheel Vintiques "Mopar Rallyes" (67 Barracuda)

AJ, I just completed the washer method you suggested and it worked fine. It had to install 0.325" of washers in order to seat the wheel up flat. I then took a few measurements as best I could in the cramped space. These measurements are take at "Full Droop". See attached pics.

Pic2: Washers thickness in order to full seat wheel.
Pic3: The short bend is 5/8" from arm.
Pic4: The short bend is 3/4" from BJ. The BJ seems to fall just under the lip of the wheel.
Pic5: Just a downward looking view from up top. I believe that measurement was 3/8".

From what I can tell using the 5/8" (0.625") distance off the upper arm and subtracting the additional thickness of the staked washers of 0.325", if the wheel were actually seated the upper arm to wheel clearance would be 0.300". Little under 5/16".
From Pic5, if we subtract the stack of washers thickness we get a little over 1/16", so the lip of the rim in full droop position would be almost right over the outer edge of the BJ. Not saying ti would touch since I think it would fall below the lip.

Honestly the rubber cushions that lie between the upper arm and the cushions mounting location need to be replaced as they are crushed and cracked. Also not sure how much these distances may increase moving out of full droop position with engine/tranny weight in the car??

I did a second test with existing Indy wheels. In droop position there was 0.640" clearance between wheel and A-arm. When I let the car back down on the tires the distance went to 0.730", so it gained a little clearance of about 3/32". Will it gain more with engine weight, I don't know.

MVH, I got my hands on a scrap 4.5" SBP (3.50" BS) steel wheel and you were dead-on with the center hole diameter. I measured 2.313" and it slid right on like a glove.


Tried to attach some pics of the measurements but my internet is very slow today. I will try them again later.