[Bill Pritchard]

Back to discussing a solution to the problem at hand....

While I don't doubt that the "Lug Seats" pictured would physically hold the wheel in place on the car, there's no way they could exert a proper amount of clamping force that would normally exist with a wheel and lug nuts in good OEM condition. The material of the "Lug Seats" is WAY too thin for that. Those might be fine if all you were going to do is putt around the neighborhood like an old granny, but to do any type of performance driving on a wheel like John has pictured here.....I'll pass thank you. Apparently a moot point since they are no longer available.

There are chrome one piece lug nuts available with a much larger tapered seat area, but they would just go thru those greatly enlarged lug holes and clamp against the brake drum without really holding the wheel in place. This type of lug nut will work fine on a wheel whose lug holes are only slightly enlarged from nominal size (which is 5/8" diameter). Unless and until some manufacturer decides to make a more functionally useful repro stainless-capped lug nut like the originals, I will be using these chrome one piece lug nuts.