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01-09-2014, 07:44 PM | #1 |
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Lot of Talk on 16" wheels/tires - anyone running 18"?
Lots of discussion on running 1935 Ford 16" V-8 wheels and 16" tires - better riding, better handling, better looking, easier accessability, etc, etc.
So, who among you run the 18" Ford wheels, and how many run the 17" Ford wheels ? And why ? |
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Re: Lot of Talk on 16" wheels/tires - anyone running 18"?
17s and 18s are probably cheaper because tire companies don't sell 17 or 18" radials. Just a guess.
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Re: Lot of Talk on 16" wheels/tires - anyone running 18"?
I run 17" Ford wheels. When I bought my coupe it did a nice little giddie up dance due to 4 bent wheels. I already had tires on 17" wheels. So the solution was easy. I run 550 and 750 BFG's. I don't know if I'll be able to go back to 19's. The 17's are a bit wider with taller sidewalls giving a better "feel" on the road. Also the 750's on the rear give a poor mans overdrive. My car does 55 easy now and 2nd cruises most residentials at 25-30 without over revving the motor. Before 50 was the top end and residentials always either lugged in high or over revved in 2nd.
I think the 16's look too small on A's. Amazingly one inch helps the proportions a lot. I know I know. That's what she said!!!
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Re: Lot of Talk on 16" wheels/tires - anyone running 18"?
I am running 17's. I like the looks.
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Re: Lot of Talk on 16" wheels/tires - anyone running 18"?
Do you have a pic of your 17's?
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Re: Lot of Talk on 16" wheels/tires - anyone running 18"?
Yes, but they are on my Speedster project, which is only in "chassis complete" stage, so they are probably not what you are looking for.
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01-09-2014, 10:22 PM | #8 |
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Re: Lot of Talk on 16" wheels/tires - anyone running 18"?
I have 17's on my 30 coupe. The reason I am running them is because they were on it when I bought it back about 1957. I have since acquired some 19" wheels (about 25 plus years ago) but I doubt I will ever put them on. I like my 17's. I do believe Coker does sell 17' radials.
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Re: Lot of Talk on 16" wheels/tires - anyone running 18"?
Marvin/TN : "I do believe Coker does sell 17' radials."
______________________________________________ Coker's 2011 Catalog, page 18 : Stahl Sport Radial 550/17 - 6 ply Poly-Steel, 4.50 / 5" rims. Black-wall. $214 each, Tubes $42 each. Stahl Sport Radial 550R18 4"-5" rims, 6 ply Poly-Steel, Black-wall. $216 each, Tubes $42 each. _______________________________ Page 26 ; Standard Bias Ply, Firestone 525/550 - 17" : 4 ply poly Blackwall $137 each ; 3" Whitewall $180. Inner-Tube $15 each. Firestone 550-18" Blackwall $144 each ; 3 1/4" Whitewall $178 each. Double sided whitewall : $271 each (ouch !). |
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Re: Lot of Talk on 16" wheels/tires - anyone running 18"?
The selection in 16's is far greater, and obviously they are wider and smoother riding, but I do prefer the look of the narrower tires myself. So 18's are not a bad compromise.
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Re: Lot of Talk on 16" wheels/tires - anyone running 18"?
Ron : "I do prefer the look of the narrower tires myself. So 18's are not a bad compromise."
_____________________________________________ Ron, I really do like the artistic balance that the larger hubcap of the '32-35 wheels have, but the 16" wheels (ignoring tire superiority) just don't look 'appropiate'. I like / prefer the 18" Ford Wheel/tire because is 'looks' (and is) age appropiate, whereas the 16" wheels/tires do not. An additional advantage is that I don't have to fight stuffing the fat 16" tire into my wheel well, and drive around with a half-inflated spare tire. That being said, I will confess that 50 years ago I drove my '31 Dlx Roadster with 16" Wide White Wall tires - even in the fender wells, for many years. Maybe it was because 50% of the Model A's of the time also ran 16" tires and my dad ran 17" tires on his roadster in the '40s and '50s; but somehow it did not seem so 'out of sorts' then, as it does today. |
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Marco : "I'd swear it had 18" wheels and tires!"
______________________________________________ You may remember Marco, that was after three hours of playing VolleyBall and two hours of drinking Beer ! You probably would have remembered 16" wheels/tires BEFORE the beer ! When you are up for your next visit, we will review the photo. - Doug Last edited by DougVieyra; 01-10-2014 at 09:29 PM. |
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Marco: "I usually remember better after beer!"
_______________________________________________ So Marco - what beer are you drinking now ? Hires, Dad's or A&W ? __________________________________________________ - For all of you Model A drivers who want to be totally authentic, an historically accurate and authentic Beer from the 1920 - 1932 period - in the West we can still (on occaision) find Henry Weinhard's "Gourmet Soda - Draught Style Head" ROOT BEER. It is now brewed in Ft. Worth, Texas. This is the product that the Blitz-Weinhard brewing company shifted to during the Prohibition Era, when alcohol was not allowed for commercial production. This stuff DOES NOT taste anything like the common 'Root Beer' offerings available today. It is the 'Real Deal' from 1932, before Roosevelt's 'New Deal' of 1933 ! This is the stuff that George Cluny (Oh, Brother, Where Art Thou ?) would drink when applying 'Dapper Dan' hair gell, while driving his stolen, Model T, Model A, Model 18, etc. An 'informational' on the side of the bottle says: ". . . During Prohibition, this Gourmet Elixir, brewed with Sassafras. Vanila and Honey, proved to be a popular alternative to our Beer Drinking Loyalists." This is packaged in a tall brown 'Beer Bottle', with a 1920's vintage label. Neat Stuff ! Last edited by DougVieyra; 01-10-2014 at 10:17 PM. |
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Re: Lot of Talk on 16" wheels/tires - anyone running 18"?
That settles it then-root beer and 18's it is!
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Re: Lot of Talk on 16" wheels/tires - anyone running 18"?
FoxFire42 : ". . . Sassafras is a member of the psychedelic stimulant family of drugs."
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Re: Lot of Talk on 16" wheels/tires - anyone running 18"?
Makes me want to build a AA school bus and follow The Dead again !!!
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Re: Lot of Talk on 16" wheels/tires - anyone running 18"?
Back in time, to the turn of the 17th Century, explorers of our Eastern Seaboard were looking for sources of Sassafrass. Here in Old Plymouth Colony that tree is abundant and grows like a weed all around my place. In those times Sassafrass tea was the Elixir of Life, Fountain of Youth, etc. like the Viagra of today. Later, Catherine of Bragdanza, the Portuguese Princess who became Queen of England popularized tea drinking as we know it.
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