These pics of the Valencia Chevy were posted by boxrod in his VLV post,thanks again ! May somebody who is in Vegas this weekend go to the car,look at the front tire and tell me what brand and size it is ??? Would be greatly appreciated ! (Joe,you're a wizzzard ! )
These pics are from 15yrs ago & they were the only 5" whitewalls i could find at the time, i used Coker on all three but i don't think they make 'em now. They might be Goodyear as seymour mentioned or another i've seen recently is Lester, Firestone do a 5" WW 890x15.........be interested to know what those are when someone finds out. Kev.
Yes,could be a Good Year 6.70-15" with 4 1/4" whitewall but not sure.Same tire like weez has on his gorgeous '50 Ford,or J.B. on his '40 Merc.Hope we find out for sure !
it is in fact a 6.70x15 firestone. i just came form viva.. and i looked it up i have a pic if ya want it just pm me you email.
dirthawker1313,PM sent.Cool,thank you ! Joe Garcia once told me the tires are 6.70 Firestones but these may be "older" ones with a wider whitewall.The Firestone 6.70 currently available has,just like seymour says,a 3 1/4" whitewall.I've got those on my car.The ones on the Chevy somehow look wider and I'd say they are perfect. seymour,where did you see a 6.70 with 3.50 whitewall and you have any idea what the whitewall width on that cool Shoebox is ? I think those are 3.25". Thanks ! Jeez...in the end that tire really is the "basic" 6.70 Firesone ?
DAMN! that car gets my **** hard!!!! not literaly but man oh man is that one beautiful car. these are the first pics i've seen of it "finished" and in the shiny stuff.
I'm probably remembering wrong. I went through a bunch of tires at the tire shop and I thought they had some that said 3 1/2" but it was probably some other size.
yea sorry guys.. my first statement was wrong. they were in fact as you see by my pic goodyear.. i had caught a cold and had spent all day in the sun at viva so when i posted i stated firestone .... sorry. if i drank i could of blamed it on seeing double..
Hey Frenz or anyone else- Do you know the overall tire diameter of the Goodyear 6.70-15 with a 4 1/4" whitewall?? And who sells this Goodyear tire?? I haven't seen this tire in Coker's catalog.
Lloyd,here's all the info you need : http://www.universaltire.com/cart.php?target=product&product_id=25065&category_id=346 I'm trying for so long to find out what those tires are.Even asked Joe Garcia,the builder of that gorgeous Chevy but Jesus Valencia obviously changed them as Mr. Garcia told me the tires are 6.70 Firestones.I did get in contact with weez who has them on his killer '50 Ford,also with J.B.who has them too.It's a great looking tire,narrow overall width but wide whitewall,cool thread pattern,timeless stuff,it simply has the look !
Groucho,I actually was done with it but every time I see a pic of that car it all comes up again...that's nuts,huh ? I think I need a set sooner or later.
Frenz- Thanks for the info and for posting weez and J.B.'s car!!!!!! Two damn beautiful cars. Frenz- I sent you a pm.
The tread width is 4.40" but don't know the total width.I guess it's somewhere around 7" as the tread width of a 6.70' Firestone is 4.50" and total width is 7,01".I think the Good Year should come close. And for other tire nuts out there.Here's a pic of a 6.70 and 7.00 Firestone.The 6.70 looks a lot more narrow compared to the 7.00 although the difference is only 0,30".Of course this is not visible on the pic,it's just to show the difference in whitewall width which is 3 1/4" and 4 1/8".I would have been very grateful for these kind of pics some time ago when I tried to find the right tire for my car so maybe they are of any help for somebody else now... Lloyd,you've got mail.
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