Wanted: At least one more of these rims. 16" Barndoor rims, have two, possibly three if Mr Bubblehead still has that one put aside for me. So I need at least one more.

Can anyone help here please?

putting these on your notch?
If so great idea,easy 16 inch 5 stud.
Oh yeah sorry,I have not any to give as also looking for more.

Some on The Samba now Jim.

and on german ebay

And on PMGBUS's barney.

Cheers
Dave

They're beetle 16's Jim!

regards

RobK

help me out here, I got these on my beetle and bus, how do you tell the size, stupid q I know, they are dated from 56 to 65 with a stamp on the rim..

I measure 16" as per pic, but they have 15" stated on the tyre.. :duh



splitbusaustralia, how do you tell beetle v's barndoor?

The rim will measure 16" from end to end, but there is a 1/2 inch lip for the tyre to sit in, therefore taking 15" tyres. Does that make sence?!

N!

16" rims take 16" tyres. Latest date stamp for
a 16" rim is 54? (Theoretically could be 55 but I've never seen one).

So, green57 that's a 15" beetle rim in your pic. Look at your
beetle and bus rims. Notice the difference? One is
'solid' and the other has 5 little slots...

regards

RobK

no, i have a set of slots spare, they are not slots.. the mesure 16" as per pic, defently dated, will take more pics, im thinking they have had the centers changed or something..

- sorry to hijack th post by the way

But the holes are elongated, can it be fixed? Date 11/53

Thanks

gotcha.. cheers

Jim

I'm sorry to say that the rim I have isn't a barny rim after all I have had a close look and behind the rust it says made in England

Sorry to get your hopes up !!!

nIck

I think I have one rim, it measures 42 cm, it looks the same as the pic. I take a pic after work to day and un-load it. If its the right one its yours for nicks.
Rob

Thanks all for the responses. Robnjo, appreciate the gesture.

RobK, did the 16" barny rims even have slots then? I thought slots were bought in later? Obviously not..

I would be wrapped if I could get two more of the ones like this.. Something tells me it will take a while.. :o

.......so this one is what sort of rim?

That looks type 3 15" to me.. What does the tyre say?

Something like 165 x 5.5 x 15?

The tyre has nothing written on it, on either side, its a cross-ply tyre.
the measurement I took was from the other rim which would mean its a 15 inch rim.at the swap meet there was an early panel for sale with two rims on the back the same as mine but had the four slot rims(splitty) on the front.not sure who was selling the panel, might have been Alec from Toowoomba as it was next to his stand of goodies
Rob

Hmm.. oh well, thanks for looking.. Anyone else? I think it is a long shot..

robnjo,
you have a beetle rim there. A type 3 rim doesn't have hubcap clips on it.
Cheers
chris

Of course, my bad.

so............barndoor's came with 16" standard ?
I just checked mine and it has 15",they must have been replaced at some stage I guess

Most VW's pre 54 or up to 54, came with 16" rims. It seems these are Beetle rims, therefore Split Beetle/ Zwitter (regardless pre oval probably).

RobK, can you show us some Barny 16's please mate? I thought they all were the same.

Incorrect Jim, Zwitters were the first beetles with 15's. Only double glovebox splits have 16's. As for split buses, Im not 100% sure, but all barndoors had them....

N!

Pic of 16" Barndoor bus rim.

I've seen the 16" 'bus' style
(with slots) dated 53 and 54. MAY have all
been solid rims 51/52 (hmmm) but there is a big disinformation regarding 16" barn bus rims being solid. Think that's just because the slotted 'bus' rims are very very hard to find and not seen that much.

regards

RobK

p.s. hope image size is OK. Updated to XP, lost all
software experimenting with photoshop 7 now etc etc

Umm.. upon reading my post again, it does read like that Nectar, but I didn't mean that exactly, but cheers for that.

Thanks Rob, yeah never seen those before.. And you have a set huh?