Thread: Project "Left Overs"

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Don,
What size tires are on Don's T and what brand?
Thanks,
Ken

Ken, fronts are 5:00 or 5:60 x 15, can't remember which. I think the brand is US Royals. The backs are L78 x 15, Cokers, I think. All came from Coker. Don may see this and know more info. They are essentially the same size I have on my 27. If he doesn't see this I'll be at the shop tomorrow and will check for you. Now that I look at his avatar I am pretty sure they are 5:60's on the front. My 23 had the 5:00's on it.

Don

Thanks, I'm trying to figure out sizes for the new truck. I want the wide whites and big and littles. I would like something around 31or 32" tall but I haven't bought wide whites before so I'm poking around, thanks again.
Ken

Ken, to get that height you are almost locked in to 16 inchers. My rears are only 29.5 high. On the other hand, the 16 inch ones on Dans rpu rear are something like 31 tall, maybe 32. I think they are 7:60 x 16 Firestones. His are blackwall, but he had WW the first time and sold them to buy these, so both are available.

Don

Here Ken, I found the tires he is running, except in WW.

http://store.cokertire.com/tire-bran....html?___SID=U


Don

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

Ken, to get that height you are almost locked in to 16 inchers. My rears are only 29.5 high. On the other hand, the 16 inch ones on Dans rpu rear are something like 31 tall, maybe 32. I think they are 7:60 x 16 Firestones. His are blackwall, but he had WW the first time and sold them to buy these, so both are available.

Don

L78 cokers are 29.3" tall Don, I'm pretty sure Dans are 7.50's which are 31" tall.

Ken if you want a tall rear whitewall try either the 890 Firestone at 31", I have them on my 32 and they are nice, or Radir do a 900 which is 32" tall

Is Ken Thurm really going bias?

Originally Posted by Bob Parmenter

Is Ken Thurm really going bias?

He's seen the light!!!!!!!!!!!


Don

Originally Posted by roadster32

L78 cokers are 29.3" tall Don, I'm pretty sure Dans are 7.50's which are 31" tall.

Ken if you want a tall rear whitewall try either the 890 Firestone at 31", I have them on my 32 and they are nice, or Radir do a 900 which is 32" tall

Is that about the widest is the wide whites? I need as wide as possible, 12" would be great.
Ken

I know of no wide whites that wide, Ken. You might have to make your own. But knowing your capabilities, you will probably be able to do that.

Here are the widest I know of:

http://store.cokertire.com/tire-bran...wall-tire.html

Maybe someone like Diamondback make something?

Don

Ken, Radir also do a 12.00 x 15 , have a look here http://www.radirwheels.com/contents.htm

Originally Posted by Ken Thurm

Is that about the widest is the wide whites? I need as wide as possible, 12" would be great.
Ken

Originally Posted by Ken Thurm

Don,
What size tires are on Don's T and what brand?
Thanks,
Ken

Ken,
Dad was right on about the brand and they are 5.00's not 5.60's. They are wearing fantastic. Short enough to give me a bit of drop in the front. I bought them at Coker. Hers a pic

Thanks for your help.
]Ken

Still don't have any updates on my rpu project as it is on hold while we are thrashing on Dan's rpu, trying to get it done in time for Billetproof (April 9th). Dan has off every Friday and Saturday, but the last few Saturdays he has been playing out of town, so that cuts us down to one day a week to really hit on it. So what we have been doing is going over a few nights every week after he gets off work and doing at least a few things.

We have been concentrating on the front end. We installed the new Posies spring to replace the one that let the car sit too low, this one brought it up about an inch and a half, just right. We got it painted and installed, then I took his Buick drums to the machine shop to have the backs cut to clear his 39 Lincoln brakes (Wilson Welding versions). Dan was sweating bullets because I have had this set of drums for about 30 years in my stash and they are mint. He was worried that some fins might get damaged or that the back might be machined wrong. But the machinist races an 8 second S10 and knows hot rods, so he did them exactly right with no damage.

While we were waiting for those to be done we installed the backing plates, shoes, and hardware, then we installed the SoCal steering stabilizer. I will never build another car without one of these on the front end. I have one on my 27 and Don has one on his 23 T. They have both handled so much better since we installed them, now I see why no car has left SoCal without one in 30 years. We also got his caster set at 7 degrees and his toe in at 1/16........those should be good starting points.

The final thing we worked on was the steering box. He is using a Flaming River reversed Corvair box and we had to build a tapered shim to make the pillow block line up correctly inside the firewall. While he was doing that I was modifying a stock Corvair (forged) steering arm by cutting some new teeth in it so it could be indexed right. I also had to use a 7 degree tapered reamer to bore out the one end so we can use a stock Ford tie rod end on it. I learned the hard way you can not hold on to a steering arm on the drill press while using a tapered reamer. It tore it out of my hand and threw it across the shop. I then ran a bolt down through it and the drill press table and that did the trick. I learn REAL fast sometimes.

Tomorrow we are going to try to wrap up the steering system. Dan is going to measure for the braided brake lines from the frame to the wheels and get those ordered Monday. Chrome shocks and drag link are on order and should be here Wednesday. Once we have steering and brakes we can slip in the driveshaft and maybe he can finally take a spin around the parking lot!

Only a couple of pictures to post, nothing real exciting, but here are the finished Lincoln/Buick brakes, and the SoCal stabilizer in place.

Don

Looking real nice! You guys are so close now!