'36 wheel size?

The tires on my '36 Ford are 6.00x16. Does that mean the width of my wheels are 4" or 5" or ??
Thanks

 

Your tire size doesn't mean anything re: your wheel width.

The '36 wheel is 4" wide though.

JH

 

Geez Karl, wish i had that many problems with all my projects.

 

Standard issue was 600 on 4" wheels. 60 HP cars had 3 1/2" wheels and 550 tires. Special order, pickups, and '39 mercury (first year ) came with 4 1/2" wheels and 650 tires. I used 700 tires on back, Firestone specification is 5-6" width for them, so I had to get a pair widened. Personal hubcap taste '39's are best looking

 

FWIW, there was no 60hp offered in '36 and a '39 Mercury wasn't available in '36 either.

JH

 

I would not be too sure about the wide fives on the '39 Merc being wider than 4". Wider fives are 3/4 ton or commercial ch***is and look quite different. Even the Zephyr is only 4" until they went to 15"s. Merc did have some real nice 5"X16"s in '42. Good luck finding them too. Fred A

 

When you are looking at them in a pile only difference is width in my experience. Done it enough so I could spot the rare 3 1/2 incher, otherwise they interchange cap & all. "Spare parts" yard where I bought my Model A frame and a couple of wide 5's had a '39 merc coupe. He told me it had 4 1/2" wheels and that's why they were gone, and I wouldn't have wanted to pay the price for them anyway. He had been in the cl***ic car parts for decades so I believed him. Gladly gave him $40 for the chery 4 inchers and sent them away to be made into 6inchers.
Yes, 1 ton wheels were a bunch different, 7" bolt pattern split rim. I was referring to the 99 C series with the artillery type & not the D series:
http://www.vanpeltsales.com/FH_web/flathead_model_ID_1939trucks.htm