What size tire are you runing?

Looking to gather a list of tire sizes that fit your chero. If your so inclined to contribute, shoot out your Year, and tire/wheel combos. Ill start

1975 GT-245/60/14 all the way around. 14x7 wheels.

Edit: Now 275/60/15 BFG drag radials on the rear 15x8 wheel, unknown backspacing...

 

1973 500 P215-70R-14, Guess my tires are small

 

'72 with 235/60/15's on 8" Magnums on front and 295/50/15's on 10" Magnums on rear.

 

71 p255 60 15 on 10 in wheels rear. p215 65 15 on 8 in wheels front

 

getting backspace info would be helpful??


having just got my 71 that needs tires and rims I will be following this thread

 

I have 275/60 R15 on a 71 I have some room still so I can go wider with some more back spacing.

 

275/50/15 MT Drag radials on 8 inch wide rims. 72 Ranchero.

Had 275/60/15 on it before going to the drag strip.

 

62 Ranchero
315 35R 17's rear 11 x 17 torq thrust with 3" back spacing
225 45R 17's front 7 x 17 torq thrust with 4.75" back spacing

 

'71 ... have 14x7 wheels front/back, 3.5" backspace. Running 235-60 in the back, and 215-60 front. BFG Radial T/A, on old-school slot mags.

Bought at separate times, else they'd all be the same size. FWIW, neither front nor rear would even come close to fitting into the cubby where that original 14"F7 tire lived.

The sidewalls at the back clear the outer fender lip at the top by about 5/8", as close as I'd care to go. There is a lot of extra space on the inside, though, so with the right wheels you could put in a much larger tire.

I'll just add a note about a way to judge the space on your car; remove a rear wheel and set the axle on a jackstand so it's at normal ride height. Then you can use something like a carpenter's framing square held against the drum's mounting face, by rotating it around you can see how much space you have to play with.

 

I went with a more original size in keeping with the semi-stock look.
Ridler 675 15x7 & 15x8 5/4.5 Firestone Package from wheelsforless.com
$999.00 mounted balanced and shipped, no tax to CA.

 

72 with 275/60-15 in the rear. Rim is 8.5 with 3.5 back spacing.No fitment issues at all. Front is 235/60-15 with 7" rim. Not sure of the back spacing but the tire/wire looks little bit small for my taste.

 

78 GT: P295 50 15 on 8" rim Rear, P235 60 15 on 7" rim Front. 4 1/2" back spacing on both,, Still a little space to go bigger

 

Here is a good site to get a visual on what Tire/ Rim sizes will look like.

http://www.rimsntires.com/specs.jsp

 

Nice site Huevos. I had been looking around the world wide web and it was hard to even find a site that recognizes old cars like ours exist. I guess I hadn't reached the end of the internet like the wife believes!

 

beautiful 1961 with 195/85 r-13 white walls wunna race?

 

I like this site, I think it will be a great time saver, as long as you have the info of the b4 and after wheels. thanks.

 

72 with 245/40-20 on 9" and 275/35-20 on 10" 1,5" spacers all around
Mustang 07 wheels, are going 315 in the rear have them just not mounted yet. Should be accurate space there, trying the 275's in the front but think it's to big

 

When I looked for 85 profile radials for my '61, they were scarce as hen's teeth. So i bought some 14 x 5 wheels for a '66 Mustang, and put wide-white 185/75R14's on them. Exact match in diameter for the 650-13's it came with.

Yes diggette, I'll put my 144 against your 170.

 

I sure would like to see the 315 on the rear. That would be awesome.