Wish they made Torque Thrust 'D' in a wider rim like maybe 12's..... I use Hoosiers (29x12.50x15) but those are kinda OT here...
@hemihotrod66 and @Moriarity I was just looking at an old thread I posted on the subject a few years ago and the most you could get in '65 was 11x16 by M&H. https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/early-racing-slicks.1036192/
seems like firestone dirt rack tires came in wide. The ones with the diamond tread. I am not sure when they made them though. The OP's question is a little cryptic. I like my tread width and my rim width to be close to the same. The tire could be a little wider but not much. But I like my tires to stand up most guys don't care for that. So radio tires or bias ply on a 10" rim would want to be 10" wide. I avoid rims that wide for the most part. Even if I am building a modern car. Thinking bias ply a 9.00x15 works really good on a 7 or 8" rim. @Moriarity this will make you smile. All the freaks, bohos and greasers seemed to land at my dad's shop at one time or another. I remember my dad welding two rims together one time to make wider rims. I do not remember the diameter just how wide they were. A guy he knew worked at the airport and had come up with a pair of airplane tires. He was building a sand buggy out of an old Ford sedan. I was not very big so the tires were huge to me, but I remember the old man laughing about how big they were himself.
well im trying to eliminate those 33x19 x15 centerlines and wide mickeys ive bought cragar 10x15 just asking for a recomendation that will fill the wheel well. not trying to go off topic here , thanks
Around the area where I live guys who ran "big" tires on the street in the early 60's ran tires sized for a Cadillac Limo. 8'20-15 Those were the larges 4 ply poly bias tires you could buy for a car at the time. Those replaces by the letter series L in the late 60's early 70's. Stock Drag classes were limited to 7 inch wide tires or slicks. I was working in a Firestone store in the early 70's when we first saw 60 series or the N 50 tires that I had on the back of my 48 in the photo currently in my avatar on 8-1/2 inch rims. I think you would have to do some research on Mickey Thompson tires to find out when wide street tires for wide rims came on the scene but my thinking is early 70's. Again not HAMB era. First 70 series tire = 1966, First 60 series tire 1966. First 50 series tire 19 71. None HAMB era if you want to stay true to the school . I remember that in January of 69 when I got to Fort Hood Texas my buddy Rick Danzi out of Silver Springs MD (Now of Danzi Brothers truck sales in Deleware) had 8.20 15 tires on Crager SS wheels on the back of his 69 W-31 Cutlass and I had stock bias tires on 14 inch chrome reverse wheels on my 69 Cutlass S. His were the "big" tires at the time.
MT makes a 10.50x15 that would work well. I think that they are about 29 or 30" tall if I recall. If you are thinking radial tires I got an idea that a 245x70 would work. Some time sites give you tread width and what you want it a tire close to the width of the rim. Your other option is a cheater slick that is about 10" wide. I would not probably suggest that they are a good option for a daily driver though.
IN 64 I was running 950 15 Uniroyal Masters on the back of my 62 Impala on Ansen 15 by 8 steel wheels.
I like to keep the tread width on rear tires close to rim width. It gives the sidewall less bulge and looks more old school to me. My rear tires are 9x28.5x15 on an 8.5" rim and I like the appearance.
I have n 50 15s on my 10 inch cragars on my Henry J. In the case of a car like this, it would likely have had slicks
I'm interested in this also. Have read the narrowest is a 285. I have 245 50 x16 on an elco now but want to go to a taller narrower tire.
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