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Yes i was driving thru the great state of Pa with its many potholed roads when I hit a particularly bad one and bent a rim on my passengers side rear. I noticed the bent rim while driving to church today, I am having AAA put the spare on. The question I have the rim is 15" in diameter will any 15"rim sufficiently replace it or must it be a Packard rim?

One issue is the center hole. Packard used an extra large hole compared to other mfgs and that will be the hardest part to match. There are some cars of the era that will fit and hopefully someone will quickly be able to help with models etc. No idea how plentiful they will be though. Most other mfgs or the modern wheels you can easily obtain have smaller holes. Another issue is if your car has the locating pin on the drums most other wheels do not have the corresponding holes in the rim for the pin to fit thru.