You said you were going with Stock style rims  

Thats Good  

The chrome wheels "were" uni fit    

now are ovalled junkers    

Hang on wall for hose holding 

Tin Man will have rims    From your bio "you" are in British Columbia and Tin Man is in B.C.      "might be the same "land mass"  

rabbit64cs wrote:

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those ook to be old Astro Supremes.. but they should not be ovalled to that degree.. looks someone may have helped them out to make them fit.

Supremes are available new, pretty affordable !

great looking wheel for the 62


I had vintage torq thrusts on my 62 hardtop same colour with a white top.

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 I had a set of alloy Torq Thrusts years ago with the large bolt pattern for my 62 Starfire. Like 03cts sport said, I was going to have trouble getting the big 14 inch tires for them. I think that look would suit a 62 Parisienne, but maybe not in an offset rim. Dead center would be about right. If I gi 14 x 5 stock steelies, I could find lots of 215/75/R14 kicking around, but bigger than that gets a bit tougher to find used.

dualquadpete wrote:

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check out the after market tire pl;aces eg. Coker, Tire Rack, etc. lots of listings for 225/75/14 & 235/70/14 Is your clearance problem the offset rim or "saggy" springs?? you should be able to see 1/2 the sidewall on rear 1/4 wheel opening at the top of arch!! Some are so sagged that you can't see the top of the rim!! Just a thought, Pete

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 It's because of the offset. They're fine on the back, it's the front that looks like the top of the arch will hit the tire if the car bounces and the steering is turned.

Most of my tires I get used, as I go through way too many cars to buy new ones on any but my daily drivers. I had a beautiful new set of 215/75/14s a couple years back that came on a 65 Parisienne CS I picked up for a parts car, but I sold them. The correct rims, too. Dang it all anyway. If I'd kept them, though, I would have never found THIS car !!

Seems to be the way it goes..... maybe my next parts car will have some useable wheels and tires.

I had 15x7 Americans on my 62.....looked pretty good

I'd have to agree about hubcaps being on the boring side. I've had no luck trying to flog these:
canadianponcho.activeboard.com/t54400644/1963-fullsize-hubcaps/

I like the look of the vintage torque thrust D's, but they're getting either rare or expensive. Polished Torque thrust II's are really common but I don't think they look all that great on these years IMHO. That's why I like the old Cragar SS, Appliance or ET 5 spokes. Period correct and old school cool.

Got my T/Thrudt "D"'s thru Summit Auto for the 51. everyone says 'there PERFECT" for the "LOOK"  8" out back & 4" "skinny's up front.

rumrunner wrote:

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 You should not have an issue at all running a full reversed rim on the front. I am running the same with  215/75/14s.   In my opinion a reversed rim looks better on these years as it fills out the wheel well.

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 I see what you mean. You can actually run 215/75/14 on yours? I'm going to put some on my rear two and see how that works. Maybe even with the wear on my bolt holes the wheels will be held on strong enough. I'll consider it an adventure. The cars is nowhere near driveable anyway. I don't even know if it runs !!  If it works, I'll consider doing the fronts later. Maybe the other wheels are less worn. I know they're in better shape rust-wise.

 

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Carl Stevenson wrote:

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It looks more like a Wide Track with the reversed rim, like it should.

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 I always thought the leverage would be hard on the front end bearings. I wonder how Rumrunner's car steers.