Anyone know what these rims are from?

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Cleaning out my Dad's place as I had to move him to assisted living and I came across some miscellaneous parts in the timber behind the house. I found an older VW rim with a studded snow tire on it (got a buddy to give that one to) and a very nice '78-'79 Ford F150 hubcap (gave that to the FIL for his '79 F150 4X4). Also found these inner rims (??). I have no idea what they are from. I think they are old VW rims. But I know just enough about VWs to spell it correctly 3 out of 4 times.
Any ideas??? I have never heard of VW's using two piece rims but maybe someone ground the rivets out and separated them for some reason. Or maybe I am way off on what they are for.
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Are they pretty heavy? Maybe some tractor weights?

They also look similar to artillery wheels.
 

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Thanks pnwnvrd!
I googled Ford "wide five" rims and there they were.

Too bad the guy separated them from the rim..... Iron pile fodder now.

The guy Dad bought the cabin from had a couple of 30's Ford rat rods in the shed so that makes sense.
 

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Agreed, sell them to someone looking for some.
 

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Look like 37 ford wheel centers .
 

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Yup.
Don't just assume they are garbage.
Old stuff like that can be put back to use and may have some worth to a guy out there.

Exactly. My guess is that they were removed in order to fit them to a wider rim. Or a different diameter rim. There's probably lots of people out there looking for them.
 

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Thanks for the replies on these. I started to feel guilty so I put them in the barn with with various parts stashes we have. I will dig around a bit and see in anyone needs these.
 

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Cleaning out my Dad's place as I had to move him to assisted living and I came across some miscellaneous parts in the timber behind the house. I found an older VW rim with a studded snow tire on it (got a buddy to give that one to) and a very nice '78-'79 Ford F150 hubcap (gave that to the FIL for his '79 F150 4X4). Also found these inner rims (??). I have no idea what they are from. I think they are old VW rims. But I know just enough about VWs to spell it correctly 3 out of 4 times.
Any ideas??? I have never heard of VW's using two piece rims but maybe someone ground the rivets out and separated them for some reason. Or maybe I am way off on what they are for.
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Old Ford wheels from the '30s. Used commonly on "Jalopy" racers in those days.
 

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Old Ford wheels from the '30s. Used commonly on "Jalopy" racers in those days.
Oh I think my 1932 or 1933 model AA "tractor" has that on the front wheels, makes sense
 

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