Hot Rods BIG and little tires

YOU WIN!

 

Yes. Harold was very talented. And a very good guy. !!​

 

So I've heard. Wish I had a chance to meet him.

 

8.20-15s and 165/80-15s

 

Don't be fooled !!!
Its a well-done coupe turned into a "fun car "

 

Love the redlines.....

 

I love the look of big and little on most vehicles, but have had the experience of ending up going down an
exit ramp sideways when big in the rear tires on a light vehicle lost traction, so I am building my truck with
equal size tires. On a vehicle only driven on warm sunny days nothing looks better, but CT has too much sudden
frost on raised highways and bridges on otherwise nice days.

 

I'm just speculating here, but I think that when more serious / specialized racing series came along (ovals, lakes, drags) taller rear tires were used because it is an easy way to get more top speed out of the cars. And who wouldn't like the look of a raked race car after that? Prior to bigs n littles, rally / endurance / road racing cars primarily used one size tire all around. And on the street in those turn of the century days, you absolutely needed a spare(s) let alone extra tubes, patching kits, tire irons, etc., so only having one size tire was probably a good idea. I think it would be hard to pull off these days, but why not give it a shot in your mock-ups?

 

Love your ride height . I’m going to take my 15” Smoothies off and if I can get the right tire combo replace with some original 16” artillery wheels off a 36 plymouth for my 40 Coupe

 

Nice lookin ‘40! The stance looks spot on to me!

 

Thank you !

 

My favorite picture of my heap...

 

Where are the big ones?

 

Those are 275-60's, them big fat tires aren't hamb approved

 

Running 345 x 55 x 16s BF Goodrich truck radials but don't know what I can replace them with.

 

31x14.5" rears/26x6" fronts. I grew up on those Dave Bell big 'n little cartoons and always wanted one!

 

31x15.50-15s, these were the small ones, before that i had 33x21.50 15s on the back and 185x 15s in the front. I too grew up reading cartoons.

 

Hoosiers.?