I'd love your input for wheel/tire choice-- '62 Lincoln

Won't have the Lincoln completely like i want for the road trip to Austin for the Lonestar, but i'd love to strap on the tires and wheels before then. That is, if i could decide what the hell to put on it....

Give me your thoughts on wheel (and/or hubcap) / tire combo for this beast... Couple things:

- Since this older picture, the car is a bit more shaved than you see.
- Eventually will have a flashy 60's style paint job that i'm not ready to talk about yet.

Right now i'm thinking wire wheel maybe. Still also undecided on wide white or 60's pinner style. This land yacht should be able to get away with either.

Thanks for your thoughts. I need a jump start to get me past my current hang up in undecidedville....

-scott noteboom

 

I reckon 1 inch whites are the go!

with dirty bald chromies with no caps!!!

 

Hubcaps and Wide Whites work for me. I love '62 Lincolns! Looks to be sitting just purdy as well.

 

A nice set of tru-spokes and 1 " whites would be nice.

 

The stance says it all on this car. Whatever wheels/caps you choose will be fine. I think this model year car is better served by narrow white walls.

 

Boy, opinions are all over the map! I like the wheels/caps that are on it. I'd like it with wider whitewalls, like 2-3". Wire wheels would look OK too, but they're a lotta bucks and I think the car looks fine with steelies.

 

Stock wheels and covers with double thin whitesor maybe redlines as they look good on non-muscle cars. Then again, that may be an early Hot Wheel influence.

 

That car needs wires and narrow whites.

 

I think it rocks on the stocks

 

yep....

 

I'm torn between Tru Spokes or Chromies with no caps. Either way they'd have to be wearing thin whites.

 

Skinny whites & stock hubcaps Scott

 

I'm inclined to leave it as is...maybe the paint will ask for something different when you get it done.

 

yep

 

Spokes!

 

I like the whitewalls that are about 2" wide but the white doesn't start at the bead. They would have been popular on 60's era luxury cars. The skinny whitewall looks too cheap to me, and wide whites are too 1950's out of place. Tires like this would look nice.



I could see wire wheels on it too, but not modern 100 spoke wires, more like what a Thunderbird Sports Roadster would have had, they were around in '62 so they're period correct. Some late 50's Mopars had a nice looking wire wheel as well.

 

Astros,or Tru-spokes on pinner whites...

 

put some 1.6 inch white walls..i have some on my cadi ..american classics from coker all 4 will run you about 500 bucks shipped

 

Astros and white bands!

Nick.

 

Here is my old 61 with wide whites and caps.

 

how about 3 to 4inch wide white bias plys with chrome smoothies and 4 inch shannon cones.ive run that set up before and it looks cool as hell.good luck

 

I had whites and caps on my 67 and they looked great...would love to have that 62...nice car

 

Try looking at ebay or other on-line sites for other year Lincoln caps and then see if they look good on your ride. Early 70's LTD's had really cool fake spoke caps that would work too but are they traditional? Nice set of 59 mark III caps on ebay now but they are 14 inch. Whatever wheels/caps you choose,
I vote for 2 inch whitewalls - not too narrow not too wide - just right !!

 

Nice Lincoln, you can't go wrong with wide whites and a nice set of caps.

 

To answer you question I would go with the spokes and I have seen a super thin white..almost 3/4 inch white looked really good..

 

a set of the new repop tru-spokes wires with thin white walls would get my vote. if you are planning on going 60's go with the wires

 

Chrome reverse 3 inch whites.

 

Cragar Star 30 spokes.. A car that classy deserves a classy wheel.. and or course skinny whites.

 

This was a friend of mine's car.

 

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