Front & backs are 8 inches wide with 4.25 inches backspacing. Rims are no longer available, discontinued in 2007. Low sales, rims were too heavy in that size.
Youre a lucky man, would love to see a thread on it if your building it. I just finished a '56 and about to hop onto a '54.
Gawd I love these trucks! My pops ran in a club in the 70's that was strictly F100's. Wish I could scan some of the pics from back then. That red 56 with the quad headlights is great!
The picture with the open bed was taken in 1991, the one with the tonneau cover is current. There are lots more pictures of the pre-build and build here .http://s1100.photobucket.com/user/1944corp/library/56f100
Beautiful truck!! One of the very first models I built was Revell's '56 Ford F-100 and I painted it the very same color as yours....Testor's Ruby Red Metalflake. Naturally as a second grader, my paint did not turn out near as nice as yours, but I have always had a soft spot for '56's ever since.
Me too this has always been one truck that I like a lot and in this livery it is about as perfect as it will ever be. nothing to ad just checking in.
Sorry guys, I just realized I hadn't updated this thread in some time. The truck is finished, except for working out a couple small bugs. It's maiden voyage was on March 19, to the Assorted Nuts cookout. Here's how it turned out. Had a blast building this one. Thanks for looking.