Technical How about a all encompassing thread on wheels & tires?

@-Brent-, That coupe just does it for me! Not trying to sidetrack the thread, but I would like to know, do the Radir Slicks hold true to the advertised spec's as far as diameter and section width? I'd like to get a pair for my bucket of bolt's, but only have a certain amount of leeway to deal with.

 

Front wheels are '40 Ford, rear wheels are International truck wheels from around 1941 - 5 bolt holes, old Ford pattern, wider than '40 Ford wheels so they fit the Firestone bigs better

 

When it came time to replace my Goodyear's, I went with Coker American Classic radials. Same sizes,
5.90 Front, 8.20 Rear. Ride and handling vastly improved. The rear WW is a little wider, but I can live with it.

 

Diamondback Deluxe Redline Radials
5.60x15 , 7.50x16

 

Great idea for a thread……

8.20 x15”. & 5.60 x 15” 5” wide rims.

 

Dirt track tires and 16 inch chrome 1940 wheels

 

15x5 chrome OE wheels and 6.70-15 tires front and rear

 

My old flathead powered '32 Fordor sported 16" bent spoke Kelsey Hayes wire wheels and 600/16 bias ply Firestone tires. HRP

 

'34 Pickup: '35 16" rims, Firestone 6.00X16 fronts, 7.00X16 rears
'29 Roadster: '35 16" rims, Blockley 6.00X16 fronts, 6.50X16 rears. Would have gone with 7.00 or 7.50 rears, but they don't make them any larger than 6.50. I may change the fronts to 5.50's instead.

 

The Pontiac Kelsey Hays 8 lugs on big Pontiacs. I'll put the stopping power of those brakes against any other American car disc / drum system.

 

Fronts are 500/525 and rears are 750-16s. I'm not sure what size wheels are on it, the car belongs to @EV34 he can say for sure.

 

thanks @Kelly Burns. The wheels are factory 16x4.5s

 

Two ideas for mags...1961 Corvette...

 

'46 Chevy....

 

@ebfabman I dig a unchopped Merc!

 

Far from done, but always nice to build a car around a set of wheels and tires.

 

I blame the sizes of wheels and tires on modern cars for a need for this thread. It seems that tires that fit rims from 13" to 15" have become extinct. If we need tires, we might as well spring for era correct bias plies because we can't find radials anyhow.

 

Real Hals getting powder coated for the 5 window. 15X4.5 and 15X6.

 

Milwscruffy, tire sizes front and rear please. I can see the back are Hoosier, but what brand are the fronts? Thanks.

 

15x4.5 Circle Racing with 5.60-15 Firestone
15x8.5 Torq-thrust with Radir 9.0-15

 

Front 165/80R/15 Rear 31 x 16.50R 15LT

 

Thank you!

 

15x4.5 american racing 5.50 firestones and 15x10 american racing firestone 10.00-15

 

Ford 16'' steelies coker 5.50x16 front,265/85/16 rears.

 

On certain cars I really like the fat white white walls. Most guys use 7:50 bias in rear and 5:50 in front. But I went up a size in front in order to get the equivalent white wall in front. Most people probably don't notice , but I'm a guy who like proportions correct. These photos are of the Coleman Coupe when I did the rebuild. The first one is when I sold the car to a friend and he went with smaller tire and white wall. After trading to get the coupe back the second photo shows the larger more proportionate white walls. JMO Man I miss that car!

 

Maybe you're not looking in the right places. Just this year I've bought both a set of 15" and a set of 14" from the same place, Priority Tire. All radials. I know a lot of sizes are no longer available, but there are still a lot to choose from. Both sets I bought are MasterCraft, made by Cooper.

 

Banger coupe...
550-17 fronts 1933 Wires
750-16 rears 1935 Wires

 

My flathead sedan,
600-16 fronts on 1935 wires
750-18 Rears on 1932 wires

 

My 53 I had,

15x6 front and rear, 205/75r15 1" ww tires... Hankook