big and littles on a tri five chevy??

anyone have any pics of cokers big and littles on a tri five chevy? I have just got a nice set of big and little cokers and they are the 15" I have a 56 chevy wagon that I need a set of tires on, but didnt know if they would look stupid on this car, I have a matching set of 4 on it now, but they are bad, and I hate spend money on a new set, so I wanted to know what these look like on a tri five chevy if anyone has done this! thanks

 

I don't think this is what you mean?

 

Stance is everything with a rubber rake.

 

I had Coker e78-14's on front and H78-14's on mine for a while. The rears are the biggest size they make in a 78 series. They were a nice size. The front's were a little small for my tast but you get the idea.

 

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My old '55 had 205/70-15's on 6" wheels in front and 255/60-15's on 8" wheels in back. It had 2" dropped spindles in front and 1 1/2 coils cut out. The rear was lowered with 2" lowering blocks. That's about as low as you can get without getting into serious $$.

I folded the rear fender flanges up to prevent them from rubbing the tires. The only problem was that I had to disconnect a leaf spring to change a rear tire.

 

I Think this is the *****inist 55 around

 

Thats what I was thinkin!

 

I was thinking about this the other day with my '54. I was thinking about 6.70's up front because they're pretty standard and then I was thinking about 7.10's out back because they're a little bigger and will fill up the rear wheel well and I can get them with the same size white wall as the fronts. Only thing is that it kinda messes up the whole spare tire thing if you're carrying one and the point of my '54 is not worrying about all the **** I would normally worry about with say my '35.

 

X2! Cl***ic

 

15 by 4" wheel,165/80/15 on front. 15 by 8" wheel, 245/60/15 on the back. Not exactly the "big and littles" that you think about on early cars, but I don't think that would look good on a tri 5 either...

 

Mehalich Wheels 15 8.5 in the back 14 7 in in the front

 

If you’re a real hot rodder you don’t even ask … its big and little’s or walk

 

Not sure how much contrast you are looking for between the bigs n littles. Granted these are slicks but they will be swapped out for a pair of hurst cheaters once i get it closer to finished.

 

'56 wagon with 165's and 275's

 

Bill, does that car have a narrowed rear under it ? any wheel well or spring work required ???

 

Nope, All original. 15x8 with 3.75 back space and 275/60. Had to roll the lip up for clearance. Here's the same wheel and tire on our old 210

 

That offset Cragar is a great wheel &#8230;. Iv used them on a few cars to stuff them under w 15 x 4 on the front

 

Thanks Bill, time for some wheel shopping....my 15X8's came from the local cl***ifieds for cheap, but I could use some more back spacing so I can run more tire.

 

Bill, where in the world did you find all that beach in Sacto???

Everything I have had for the past 50 years has had big-n-littles. Anson said it best.

"It's big-n-littles or walk."

 

i was gonna say Squirrel had a cool 55 but really I dig all of these cars! Beautiful! I hear a lot of **** about, oh it's just another tri-5, but there's a reason they're popular. Cause their cool as hell!

 

Fred Walke's 56 on a Morrison chasis with a 572!

 

very cool guys! I have a set of white walls, mine are going on the stock rims, with dog dish 55 caps, I will post pics when I find out what they look like! thanks

 

bump! just trying to keep this thread going

 

I have been running VW size tires on the front of my 57 station wagon for about 20 years.

I'm talking 1968 VW

 

I have 235/60-15's on the rear of my Nomad. This is on a 15x7 rim with 4" of back spacing. Is anyone running a taller tire than that on a 57 without mods...

 

Not sure on the tire size but these are just plain *****in.

 

A couple of pix of 56 2 inch drop spindles up front and re tensioned rear springs 3 inch lower, running 15inch wheels

 

All great info, I think I may try to get some 235/70 15s radials for the back of my 56, then go from there!

 

15s All the way around ...