Technical Tire sizes for 49 ford coupe

Ok. Dad and I are trying to figure out what size tires we will be getting for his 49. The wheels will be staying the current size which is 15x6. It has 215 70 15 tires on it now in all 4 corners, but he is looking into some chrome reverse and whitewall tires for it. Any info would be greatly appreciated. Thank you

 

You will need about the same backspace as your present wheels to clear the rear wheel wells.

 

Back in the 60's, we ran 560x15 off v-dubs up front and 820x15 out back.

 

670 x 15 on non reversed chrome rims!

 

I'm with Bludice.

 

Ok. Let me rephrase it. Lol chrome reverse style wheels. I know that the actual reverse rims will probably not fit at all. Lol. We did find come caps at a swap meet yesterday. Granted they are not 50 merc caps, they work fine for now.

 

Dad said when he was a kid, he ran 8.20's on the back and 6.70's on the front of his 49. But the 8.20 seems a wee bit big.

 

I ran what I stated above on 49 thru 54 fords. some had a mild reverse.

 

i ran g78-15s on my first shoebox and had no problems. used the ford 5" wheels.