Wheel Interchange / Pilot Hole Question

[JerseyHarold]

My '52 Cambridge got a flat tire in my garage so I pulled a replacement  from my stack of 'rollers'.  The original 15" wheels have hubcap clips and 10 holes ( 5 for lug bolts and 5 for locating pins).  The one I attempted to use has 6 holes and no clips.  The pilot (center) hole is slightly smaller than the rear hub flange so it didn't fit right.  That came as a surprise  because I always thought everything is interchangeable.  Luckily I have another 10 hole wheel with clips I can use.  

 

I'm going to go through my collection of wheels and only keep the ones that fit my cars.  Are there wheel interchange 'rules of thumb' that say (for example) '6 hole wheels started in 195x and won't fit earlier cars'?  Does anyone know of a wheel interchange chart that would spell this out?

 

Thanks for any ideas.

 

Harold 

[dpollo]

The wheels which will fit your car will be Plymouth  48 to 56   and Desoto and Chrysler (wider)  48 to 54.

Dodge in the USA have a different offset and did not need the alignment pin since the hubs had studs.

Canadian Dodge were like Plymouth   Your car should have 15 by 4 1/2 wheels but different years had slightly different offsets so it is a good idea to measure.    Chrysler Desoto and Canadian Big Dodge used 15 by 5 1/2.

[JerseyHarold]

Thanks for the info.  This should help me weed out the collection.