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Originally Posted by Ed Snyder
The original wheels on the one ton panel that my Dad and I converted into a Suburban where 17.5" white ones. That's Dad in the photo in 1965.
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Much water under the bridge with GMC between my early 1962 production and 1965. I had never considered that the wheels were added after delivery, but that is possible. Certainly after owning my GMC for 44 years, I'm used to the wheels being black.
I suppose the suggestion is that if you ordered wheels from a GMC dealer after delivery, they were black, but if ordered with the vehicle, they were white? I would imagine that ordering 5- 17.5" wheels with tires at the dealer would have been quite expensive. Then there may have been a hub cap issue if they are different on the 17.5 vs the 15 or 16. No hub caps when I got it in 1978. I'll guess 1962 GMC 4WD 17.5" hub cap sets are rare as hens teeth.
Ed, your dad must have been tall. He sure knew what he wanted in a vehicle, and bought something suitable.