Hi

Lucky me! Sort of.....I have a 1976 Franklin Hunter caravan with rusted out tyre rims

Even though they're made of serious Aussie steel, the rims are still probably too rusted out to salvage (previous owner head in the clouds....no idea about basic care let alone maintenance).

The problem is I don't know which model Holden to look for in a wreckers.


The rims have a 6.5 cm centre bore. They have a 5 hole pattern. Apparently this is an old style rim. Which is no longer being made..?

Hole 1 to mid 5 central bore of hole = 5.5 cm.

Two hole side by side distance from centre to centre = 6.6 cm. Diameter of the tyre ground to tallest part of the tyre is 61 cm.

The tyres are really old Firestones 6.50 - 13

10-UR 80-40794-4

The MADE IN AUSTRALIA stamp get me with this. On the VAN and the TYRES and the rims! I am on a mission now....lol.

The rims have uneven stamping and I'm taking a best guess where the stamp is faint.

Rim 1: JX132 75 I
HOLDEN 22 (and then one letter it looks like a combination of D and C. It's like an open D)

Rim 2:
4.53(or 5only the lower curve of either 3 or 5 is showing) X13 275
HOLDEN 22 M.

Any help from a Holden fanatic (or anyone else with a clue about how I can replace this type of rim) will be really great. (OR dare I say it, Maybe I can use a Ford? I have no idea. lol)

Otherwise I will likely have to replace the axle.

Someone said look in a country wreckers but no point if you don't know which model car you're looking for. Fruitless driving around instead of being able to call and ask if they have any X model cars in stock.

I'm in Melbourne.

I did find https://www.canterburyty...u/wheels/old-school.html

I suppose I could take the rims there and get a match from them but this is going to be expensive.....

Thanks in advance!!!!!

PS caravan repairers are so busy they don't have time for a problem like this. Everyone has suddenly discovered caravans and Australia.

You could just replace the axle and hubs and get away from 13” wheels altogether.

no big deal. you can buy new hubs with bearings for under $50 just pull off one of the hubs take it to your friendly trailer parts place and they can match it with any wheel bolt pattern you like.get the best ones you can, I had a brand new van and towed it across to brisbane where I found one of the hubs had a crack and had to be rewelded. might pay to buy a spare new hub /bearings as well with a tin of lithium grase.

for the wheels only most likely they will be 13" holden fe- hr bolt pattern, most trailer builders today fit the 14" hk pattern, which is the same as the bolt pattern on the early holdens just bigger rims. if you are buying new rims anyway pays to buy the 14" as tyres are easier to get.