Projects Getting Some White Walls - Tire/Wheel Size Question Before I Buy!

Hey Guys,

I found a sweet set of Bias Ply 3" White Wall BFG Silvertown's. Brand new, and the guy will ship them to me for $465 total. This seems like a great deal since I can't find these tires at a shop anywhere for less than $700.

Question - will these fit my '56 Pontiac Star Chief? It has the original 15" rims on there, and these tires say 820-15 Bias Ply 4ply tubeless.

Will these tires fit my original rim? Any help would be appreciated before I make the purchase. I've called some tire places and most say "ya it should work" but I want to confirm before buying. Not sure what that 820 means, if its the width of the tire, and if its the correct width for my original rim.

Thanks all

 

820-15 is a pretty big tire. Here's a handy reference: http://www.carnut.com/specs/tires.html. Coker's site says your car would have come with 710-15 which is about 1.6" shorter than the 820-15.

 

So will that tire not fit? Is the 820 refer to the width?

 

I think you should be ok with it. It is comparable to the old G78 series tire and will fill up the wheel opening nicely.

Bob

 

I've got another guy with a "recapped" (retreaded?) set of firestone 820/15 that he will ship to me for $225. I think I'm going to go with that. He said they haven't been mounted since they were retreaded.

Is a retreaded tire safe? I know this used to be pretty common. What do you think?

 

Comparable to the old G78 series except almost 2" taller

Actually, more like L78 size

 

so will they fit or not?! haha

 

What size you runnin' now?

 

225/75 R15 radials. I want to put on these 820-15 bias plys though cuz I want the old style tire and a wide (3") white wall. Car is at stock Height. I was planning on dropping it 2" sometime in the future, but not soon. I'm pretty sure it will fit the stock rim I have (won't it?), just wondering if that extra height will be a problem. I think I should have enough room though, that wheel well is huge.

 

710-15 or 760-15 bias plies are corect for this year/model/make. 820-15s may fit but are pretty tall...I'd go with the the 710s or 760s.

Check them out here:
http://store.coker.com/search.php?m..._shortdescr=Y&by_fulldescr=Y&substring=760-15

 

well I ordered the 820-15's. I think they are going to fit, but do you think they might look wierd if they are too tall?

 

There's only one way to find out!

 

haha guess we'll see. My only concern was if they would fit on the rim. I think they will just fine. Theres a ton of room in the wheel wells so I think it should work out. Pics will be up as soon as they're mounted!

 

I am running the 820's on my 57 cad, and they are tall, I about threw up when i put them on the car before it was lowered! they will fit your rims but might be too tall to turn and it takes about 7 ' of lowering to make em look right. check out my cad in the dec. street rodder you will see what they look like.

 

Can you post some pics of them here? Does anyone else have pics running this size tire?