L-78 15 inch tires

I'm looking into picking up a set of l-78 15 wide whites from coker for my 1950 dodge. So I'm wondering what these look like on full fendered cars.

I'm mainly attracted to this size or the h-78 15 because I want around 28 or 29 inch overall diameter and use the 7 inch wide rims I currently have on it. The only thing I don't like about these tires are the lack of "pie crust", but I can't find bias plies with the "crust" for the 7 inch wide rims.

Am I on the right track? Or can you guys steer me in the right direction. Show me some pics if you have them.

 

here are L78-15 denman bias ply wide white walls on our '52 caddy.

I like them a lot!

 

Sorry about the HUGE picture.

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/...achment.php?attachmentid=1897742&d=1364269048

this is my ad in the classifieds, maybe that will be better?

 

H78's on my poncho


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Got L78 x 15 Cokers on the rear of Sues car

 

Hey langy are those the 3 inch white wall version, or the 4??

 

4" whitewall L-78 15" Cokers on the back of my pickup. HRP

 

4" I believe, I've never measured them to be honest.

 

I feel the H&L78's are more for 50's and 60's cars while the Firestones and BF Goodrich's are more for the 30's and 40's cars but hey, that's just me....

 

Personally,I think your wrong,but hey,that's me! HRP

 

The "78" series tires did not become available I believe until the 50's or 60's.. If you want your 30's or 40's car to look like it was built in the 50's or 60's, then by all means, use them....

 

Semantics,,The L-78 Tires gave me the 29.30 height I needed in a whitewall and yeah,,I suppose I was leaning towards the 50's ,60's style.

As far as production of the 78 series tires I believe the late 60's. HRP

 

have them up front on my pontiac but no pics on me...

here they are on my '57 tho:

 

I mounted these on a '57 DeSoto so I could roll it around. Man that poor old car was a mess.

 

Perfection

 

I like them



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So are most of you guys running the 4 inch white wall?? I'm torn between the two... I don't want it to look too overwhelming...

 

The ones on the rear of my truck are 4",,,heck,at one time Coker had a 5" and I had them on a 29 Highboy roadster. HRP

 

no,not all the guys are running 4 inch,alot of guys run 3 or3 1/2 also......

 

According to the web site L-78's are only available in 3" and 4" . HRP

 

...4" wide whitewall L-78's on the rear of my '47...:

 

yes 4" and you can never have too much white...

 

How about a full fendered truck? My new toy. I think they look killer!
Dom