65 Plymouth tire ?'s

[moparcman]

Ok my 65 belvedere has flat spotted tires. From sitting since 1993.
It has 14" American racing wheels 440's I think.
The ones on there are 225 70 14
I want to keep the wheels as they look nice and ate period correct.
I am planing on BFG radial t/a just not sure what size
225 70 14
235 60 14
245 60 14
What do you guys thing. It never hurts go get others opinions.
Thanks.

 

[moparcman]

This is what's on there now.

 

[Moparsmitty]

I would go with the 245-60's in the rear and maybe the 225-70's up front depending on the look you are going for. I've always liked the big and little tire look on B's. The 245's should fit the rear wheelwells easily unless the wheels have some kind of unusual backspacing.

 

[moparcman]

That looks good!
Thanks for shareing the picture.

 

[kdtjb]

I would go for a 28" tire in the rear, and 26" in the front. 275/60/15 rear and 235/60/15 front. I run 8" wheels with 4.5" back spacing rear & 7" front.

 

[moparcman]

I want to keep the old school rims that are on it. They are 14's

 

[62MAX]

I would go for a 28" tire in the rear, and 26" in the front. 275/60/15 rear and 235/60/15 front. I run 8" wheels with 4.5" back spacing rear & 7" front.

Two different sizes are fine until one of the rear's goes flat !

 

[brian.linn]

http://www.hurstracingtires.com/1093440.html

Try these guys for period correct tires... I am in the process of figuring out what I want, I will try and post about the quality and overall experience of these.

 

[Red63440]

I want to keep the old school rims that are on it. They are 14's

These are 225 75R 14's all the way around and are one original rims with DD caps.

 

[moparcman]

Ok I started scrounging around my mopar parts.
I found three 15 inch steel wheels. Two are 15x6 one is 15x6.5
I also found some dog dishes that will look nice. I believe they are from a 68 Plymouth.
Anyone have a 15x6.5 that fits the smaller dishes laying around?
I'm figuring 225 60 15 on the front and 255 60 15 on the rear.

 

[moparcman]

 

[moparcman]

Did some searching and found specialty wheel has reasonable priced repo steel wheels.
15x7 would be better than 6's and the ones I have ate pretty pitted.
Anyone use these? Are they any good?

http://www.specialtywheel.com/wheel-showcase/mopar/mopar-standard-steel-large-bolt-pattern-raw.html

 

[moparcman]

Just wanted to update if anyone is looking for info.
Ordered wheels fron summit racing. Wheel vintiques
Front 15x7 4"backspace BFG 225 60/15
Rear 15x8 4.5"backspace BFG 275 60/15
No clearance problems.
The rims are of good quality and made in the USA

 

[mrkinger]

My 65 has 15 inch

 

[B-Body Bruce]

Tires

Ok my 65 belvedere has flat spotted tires. From sitting since 1993.
It has 14" American racing wheels 440's I think.
The ones on there are 225 70 14
I want to keep the wheels as they look nice and ate period correct.
I am planing on BFG radial t/a just not sure what size
225 70 14
235 60 14
245 60 14
What do you guys thing. It never hurts go get others opinions.
Thanks.

I just put a brand new set of 235/60/14 all the way around on my 65 Coronet. That is about as big as you can go on the front because the inside of the tire barely clears the upper ball joint. When the car is jacked up in the front,and the suspension is at full travel..the tire actually touches the upper ball joint very lightly.

 

[Sonny Black]

This looks good, sonny put these on painted rims with
"bottle caps"...P275/60R15 on rear.....

 

[64Belvedere]

That Black Belvy is looking great with the new wheels.

 

[moparcman]

That Black Belvy is looking great with the new wheels.

Thanks.
I'll post some better pics soon.

 

[Moparsmitty]

Looking Good! :headbang: