Thread: Last chance bucket list bucket/bobtail/modified/track-roadster

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Welcome, and good luck with the project. One comment/suggestion, take a look at the tires you plan to run, and be sure that you can find them in 15's which are getting harder to find all the time. OEM's pushing to larger wheels, shorter sidewalls are changing the tire availability big time. I'd look at some bigger wheels, if I were you.

Originally Posted by rspears

Welcome, and good luck with the project. One comment/suggestion, take a look at the tires you plan to run, and be sure that you can find them in 15's which are getting harder to find all the time. OEM's pushing to larger wheels, shorter sidewalls are changing the tire availability big time. I'd look at some bigger wheels, if I were you.

I already have tire options picked out from several different manufacturers. The ones I'm liking best are Coopers. I already have the wires for the front, and since I'm a wire wheel nut, I'll likely be keeping them. I'm kind of restricted on the rears. Unfortunately my rear end is set up for a 4 lug bolt pattern...4x4.25. So far I've not run across any affordable wire wheels for that pattern. About the only other wheels I've found that fits my loose post WWII appearance theme and that bolt pattern is the Vintiques smoothies...and they are only available in 15". Since the time for actually needing the rear wheels and tires is quite away off, I'll definitely be looking out for alternatives.

Originally Posted by rspears

Welcome, and good luck with the project. One comment/suggestion, take a look at the tires you plan to run, and be sure that you can find them in 15's which are getting harder to find all the time. OEM's pushing to larger wheels, shorter sidewalls are changing the tire availability big time. I'd look at some bigger wheels, if I were you.

Just be glad you don't have 14's.

Originally Posted by Alleycat

Just be glad you don't have 14's.

Yeah, I bet they are hard to come by these days. I remember having problems finding wide low profile 14" tires for a Le Mans I had...and that was 20+ years ago.