Bought a set of '34 Ford wire wheels thinking they were 16" 1935s. Shoulda had my measuring tape. Anyways, anyone using 17 x 3.25s? Pros/cons? What is the widest tire that I can run on these? Know if I can get a nobby military tire to fit these? Couldn't find any on the Coker site. Someone point me in the right direction please. Pics are always appreciated.
It doesn't seem that many people are using them, About two years ago, before everyone started using the 16" wires we had about 80 16"ers and about 50 17"ers, Now we dont have any of the 16s left but still have all the 17s. What do you want pictures of?
Would help to know how to size them 16in? 17in.?,it seem Ez to get between rim lips for how wide,but can they just be sized OD? all the way across out side to out side so 16in.=__________? or is there a set of number stamped under the rust & drit anyplace?
16s will be about 17" OD and 17s will be about 18" OD Heres a part of something a wrote a little while ago and it gives some ways to tell them apart without measureing and has some pictures Thanks, Jimmy 32 These are 18"x3 1/4" wheels with welded spokes. The spokes are single cross on top and bottom. Hubcap hole size is 5 3/4, as is the rest of the wheels mentioned here forward. Unlike the two Model A wheels the lugnuts on these are covered by the hubcap. 33-34 These are 17"x3 1/4" rims that are pretty much the same as 32s. 35 Same as 32-34 wheels but they're 16"x4" These are by far the most plentiful because back in the war years, when a car needed new tires, a set of these wheels with new tires could be had for less than a set of 17" or 18" tires because of the price of rubber if you could find them. A good way to tell these apart from 17s and 18s without measuring is the valve stem hole. The 16" has a normal hole in the flat part of the rim, while 17" and 18" have the hole in a humped up area. (see pictures of the 17" and 18")
i run 17's on the back of my sedan, i just ordered firestones from coker. in 17x7 with 16x6 in the front
Here is a pic of my bucket with 17's on it. The rear tires are Vintage columbia 5.25/5.50 17 and the fronts are excelsior 4.25/17 from Coker. EVILT
im running 17" on my volksrod!i have some 4.50x17 firestones on the front and 700x17 firestones on the rear!
On my T I have 17s in the back, 16s in the front. If I remember right I am running a 600/650 tire, bought them from Coker
I did that for 20 years with no problems. Of course if you listen to what others say, they will try to convince you not to do it.
i dunno how wide they are, but im running 17x7.50s on there now ..but firestone doesnt make a matching blackwall in 7.5 so i got 7. here is a pic. in fact my tires SHOULD/BETTER be here today, ordered them before the 4th.
The Jalopy Journal
