Oval vs round valve stem holes in original wheels

[Knaveofdarts]

Heyo,

 

My '50 deluxe has original wheels with oval shaped valve stem holes, and is wearing some very tired looking bias plys with inner tubes. one wheel rotted through completely (but still held air in the tube, haha!) so I bought a surplus 15 x 4.5" wide desoto wheel on ebay, and this wheel has a round valve stem hole. So clearly there was a year in which they changed over to round holes which should take off the shelf modern valve stems.

 

For running radials without inner tubes, do you guys weld up the oval holes and make 'em round, or is there another way to do it?

 

I wonder if something like this would work:

 

4 - TR501OV 1-1/2" Brass Clamp-in Oval Tubeless Truck Valve Stems | eBay

Edited December 29, 2020 by Knaveofdarts
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[Dodgeb4ya]

I just use the larger size valve stems in the oval hole rims.

Has always worked for me.

There cannot be any rust pitting.

Also steel stems work too.

Edited December 29, 2020 by Dodgeb4ya

[Sniper]

My 51 has oval holes too.  I just went to Autozone and bought the metal bolt in ones they had and replaced my old rubber ones that were leaky.  They had two different sized rubber gaskets included and I used the larger of the two.

 

https://www.autozone.com/tire-repair-and-tire-wheel/tire-valve-stem/slime-hi-performance-tr416-tire-valve-stem/582043_0_0

[greg g]

I put the two piece screw together ones in my wheels.

[DJK]

I used the Milton 476 valve stems, had to trim the rubber to fit, but so far OK.

[Dan Hiebert]

Short answer - no.  Just use the appropriate valve stem.  I have both the round openings and oval ones on our car.  No issues. 

[RobertKB]

40 minutes ago, Dan Hiebert said:

Short answer - no.  Just use the appropriate valve stem.  I have both the round openings and oval ones on our car.  No issues. 

Ditto