Did V8 Grabbers wider rims?

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    looks like it might be camera angles playing tricks on the eye. I would imagine Ford would have one size of steely and the "Mag" style would be slightly wider. I could be wrong though.
     
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    No theres deffintly deeper dish Beauty rings...and i see them on quite a few v8 Cars. Mustang as well.
     
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    front and rear look the same to me. I'm not sure about the earlier cars, but we had a stock 73 Grabber when I was a teen, and the wheels where the same front and back.
     
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    The wider wheels are 6". They were not part of the Grabber package. They were also used on other Fords and Mercs.
     
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    V8 cars had the 6" wide rims.
     
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    Not necessarily. Earlier V8's had narrrow wheels as standard equipment.

    There also was a 4-lug 6" wheel available on 6 cyl. cars.
     
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    The trim ring is actually wider. Same one used on Mustangs and Torinos.
     
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    I've never had a 6 cyl car with the wider wheels, then again I've never had anything before 73.
     
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    They are surely scarce. I was looking for a full set for my dad's '71, but all I could find was two. He ending up just having some made.
     
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    I just looked it up on the order forms, and in the price books, I have, and it doesn't really say anything, but it shows the same option for tires on a 250 with A/C, as a 302 with or without...There are 5 different tire options, so depending on the size, it may determine the rim that was used? All are 14"
    I figured it may have a note that makes you take one option, when you pick option..but nothing like that. I
     
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    That's correct. It's why some 250's have 5-lug wheels, while others have 4-lugs. The 250 A/C option got you bigger brakes, thus the 5-lug wheels.
     
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    We were referring to early cars with 4-lug wheels.
     
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    So you were. Sorry for the confusion.
     
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