Model A 21" Front Wheels tube or tubeless

I just picked up some Model A 21" wire front wheels for $27.00 total. Where these tube or tubeless tires? Also what is a good place to pick up a set of tires. Nice white walls. Thanks

 

I believe (could be wrong) coker has a set for them. I have a set of those wheels too. I want to run a full set all the way around on my A.

 

21 inch Model A wheels were used on '28-'29 Model A Fords and they used tubes with the tires. Black wall or white wall tires made by a variety of manufacturers including Firestone, Goodyear, Denman, etc. They should be available from any good Model A parts supplier.
Check out the following link as a sample.
http://www.snydersantiqueauto.com/modelaparts/TiresTubes

 

One more question what is the bolt patten of these wheels. thanks

 

5 on 5.5

 

Should I be worried about throwing 500 horse at these wheels?

 

Not at all.

 

HAHAHA

 

I got a resounding NO from everyone when I asked about using the 19" counterparts on my flathead powered AV8.

 

One thing to do on laced or wire wheels is to tape the spokes over on the inside of the rim with black fabric tape. keeps some friction and protects the tube from hitting the spokes.

 

"Should I be worried about throwing 500 horse at these wheels?"

I think I'd pay to watch that, if you have some 2" thick Lexan in front of the bleachers...

 

But I'll bet that your flatty isn't putting out 500 horses, right?

 

Good point, I guess I woulda underpowered 'em quite a bit. With a little more power they would be fine.

 

Exactly!

 

huh? now I gots to find me some 20's that can hold my power ya tell me? This blows!

 

Will disk brakes work with these wheels?

 

Not after you've put 500 horsepower through them...

 

Discs will certainly stop the hub...whether the rim stops too will be the question. These 21" wheels haven't held up all that well even in stock use, and lots of braking torque or lots of going torque might just finish them...

 

I'm pretty sure that the Model A wires won't go onto later drums (at least correctly) without a support spacer. The later drums are too large a diameter to fit within the hub area of the Model A wheels, like the A drums do. If you just bolt the wheels directly to the drums, the wheel hub will not be in contact with the drum. I dunno about discs, it'd be an odd combo that the spacers won't work with most likely. The easiest way to use A wheels is to first mount them to the wall, and then wrap your air hose around them for a nice lookin' hose reel...

 

HAHA yeah itll look like one of those LA cops episodes after the drunk hit the spike strips!

 

Okay so does any have any pictures of a stock setup for the 21" wheel...Thanks