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    If you like the way it would look with larger tires...then that is certainly what you should do. Just make sure they won't hit the fender edges, if they stick out a little father. Then you would be forced to raise the car to allow travel, and that may not be the look you hoped for.

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    Here's a couple of my previous cars. The roadster has 245/70 on 15x7, the coupe 235/70 on 15x8 (if my memory is working today). The rear in the coupe was narrower than the roadster. The tires sit close to the same position relative to the fender (the roadster should have been 1/8" more rear offset), the difference is in offset. IMHO the brand of tire and the nominal wheel dimensions have less meaning (Randy's comments about weight not withstanding) than offset. For some reason folks seem to have more problems with the concept of offset than they should. It helps to have the car mocked up the way it will end up, put a straight edge on the rear drum/disc face and measure how much space you have (same for the back clearance as well), then get a tire store or online source or other tires you may have around the shop or on friends cars (many tire companies have charts) to help with cross section measurements with various rim widths and figure out what will fit.
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    This little homemade tool ... is very helpful in figuring out wheel backspacing.



    Like on Bob's cars ... looks can fool you.

    I have found , that for me anyway ... with a 56 inch wide rear end under a 32 Ford ... you can have 4 and 1/2 inches of front wheel space and on a 58 inch rear inch rear you can use a 3 and 1/2 inch front space.

    NOTE .... Coupes and roadsters can run larger rear wheels than sedans because their wheelwell is more open.





    The sedan wheelwells are more shallow ( especially at the top ... ) because of the back seat.
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    Deuce, wondering what brand these nice blackwalls are on the baby blue sedan?

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    Quote Originally Posted by happyhokie View Post
    Deuce, wondering what brand these nice blackwalls are on the baby blue sedan?
    As Uncle Bob stated in Post #19...:
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    You wouldn't have any way of knowing, but Randy (deuce) passed away just over a year ago, so won't be answering.
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