I am starting to look at getting tires for the 66. It currently has 15" with wires on it from a couple of decades newer, and even thought I'm not driving it I'm tired of the "new" look those wires give.
I want to put 14" on with the stock GP covers but man, what a challenge. 14" is basically obsolete. Best thing I seem to come up with for close to stock look is a 225 70 14. What have you guys run for 14" on your 65-70 B body cars.
And before you suggest it, NO, 15" is not an option for me! I want to run those stock wheel covers.
P225 /70R-14 ae your biggest I personally would only run 14 inch on a trailer queen here what the car will "sit like"
My goal of putting the 215/75/R14's on was to make it look original. And I found that if I went any larger, then I couldn't get a whitewall, only letters. Here's a pic of my tires. Then do look a little thin.
hey carl what list originally for 66 855 75 14 good year power cushion, i still have one as a spare now i wore out the originals but they dont repro them yet, my rag still has 775 75 14 fire stones those they do repro i would personally go for a bias belt not bias ply they handle almost like radials and have the right look
hey carl what list originally for 66 855 75 14 good year power cushion, i still have one as a spare now i wore out the originals but they dont repro them yet, my rag still has 775 75 14 fire stones those they do repro i would personally go for a bias belt not bias ply they handle almost like radials and have the right look
Its amazing we all have different views, and a good thing...
I sold tires from 1971 to 2006 So I have, seen a lot, in the business...
The day I put Bias ply, non radials,on will be the day, some the new owner paid me, and drove away....
Hey Carl you'd better get a few spares as I think their life will be short and brutal with the horsepower you'll be herding. You might lay in a few spare wheel covers too if you take any corners kind of hard.
Hopefully not too hard to find. ( I still kind of need two myself)
i didnt say bias ply thats only for show, bias belts are almost like radials and the modern technology helps them out, they are alot better today than 40 years ago, to me radials are too soft but it all depends on what you are doing, if i auto cross radials, criusing and looking original bias belts work, and you are right i would not put bias plys on anything i drive regularly
I am looking for "cushy" so I am convinced it will be radials. That is one area I don't concern myself with total originality. Size wise I like it to be close, composition is a different story.
I am liking the look of the Firehawk and I've read good reports on it online too.
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars
Carl, as you live quite close to the border, is there savings to be had by shipping tires to the US side, then pick them up and bring them back for mounting?
I would strongly recomend a 75 series, you want a comfy ride. Tallest sidewalls are the way to go for a stock look without going to a biasply restoration tire.
Cooper trendsetter has alot of 14", i think they still have a 225/75r14 and a 215/75r14. either would be suitable, i would not go any smaller than that. I think they might even have a white stripe still too.
Anything smaller on that car would look like a circus-mobile. Its gotta have a tall tire like the originals to look proper.
Motomaster AW+ also had a 215/75r14 but i think it is dicontinued now.
Terible sign of the times isnt it!!!!!!!!!!!
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MY BEAUMONT HAS 4 STUDDED TIRES AND 2 BLOCKHEATERS......AND LOTS OF OIL UNDERNEATH. The other one has a longer roof.
I wanted the correct size and look on my 67 Chevelle when replacing the tires. It was rolling on replacement E78-14 Firestone Deluxe Champions when I got it and had 1 original 7.35-14 14 Firestone Deluxe Champion as a spare. I took them it to a Firestone store and bought radials that look like the originals but are vastly superior. They are P195/75R14 size Firestone model FR480. They directly correspond back to F78-14 to 7.75-14 sizes, the correct optional size for my car. Unfortunately that was 20 years ago. My radials only have about 5000 miles on them but are 20 years old. They have been sitting in the dark, pumped up hard, but time is not on their side.
I do remember seeing similar Firestone FR380 tires on the Internet within the last 2 years. They were offered in 75 series in a limited number of sizes. I cant seem to find them now, and that is what counts.
Here 's a picture of my car with the stock looking replacement radials, evidently unavailable now:
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67 Chevelle Malibu Sport Coupe, Oshawa-built 250 PG never disturbed.
In garage, 296 cid inline six & TH350...
Cam, Toronto.
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