Hello,
I would like to have some information about the size of radial tires instead of the orginal 6.00 x 16" tires ...
It seems hard to find well fitted radial tires.
Do you have some suggestions / experience? about wich size can be mounted on the orginal wheels. ?
thank's for your replies.
Paul
check the availability of tires for an early Chevy dually pickup. they are tall and not too wide. I believe they are like a 205 or 215 85 16 or something close to that. Problem is they are light truck tires and a bit stiffer than passenger car tires.
225 75 15's on my car they are a bit wider than stock but OK for my needs.
Somebody is also running a Dunlop Rover Suv tire in 205 75 16, but I don;t know if they are still being made, as everybody seem to want the super wide low profile 17 through 20 inch deals thesedays.
An alternate thought for tires would be to pickup a set of 15" '46-48 Chrysler/DeSoto wheels... The 15" wheels are wider, but not enough to cause problems.. The selection of 15" radial tires is much greater, and you are dealing with car tires in lieu of truck/SUV tires. The '46-48 wheels are a direct bolt on and they will have the spring clips to attach your stock hub caps.
Most of the truck/SUV tires are made for 6.5" or wider rims, putting these tires on the early 4.5" wheels pulls the side walls in and therefore creates a situation where only the center of the tire tread is in contact with the road.
If you are wanting larger tires to correct a gearing issue, consider an overdrive transmission out of a Chrysler/DeSoto/Dodge. You will have to use very large tires to overcome low gearing. The addition of an overdrive would give you the best of two worlds, low gearing for pulling hills and town driving, plus good road ability...Bill
advise you to search out a few dealer that cater to the old car industry..they will know what is available, the price, how much to ship to you and probably even recommend a local installer so to benefit from whatever so called warranty that will come with the tire..
http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=Aka54nhHGix1WUgcxeOCx_ybvZx4?p=antique+car+tire+dealers&toggle=1&cop=mss&ei=UTF-8&fr=yfp-t-701
coker refers to the size as 600R16, great tire ,but costs $252 w/o tubes
Mike
Quote from: MRR41 COUPE on December 12, 2011, 06:11:15 PM
coker refers to the size as 600R16, great tire ,but costs $252 w/o tubes
Mike
That is why I have 15 inch wheels on my '40 with run of the mill Cooper radials. Darn near four tires for the price of one
no matter what or where..it all comes down to "pay to play" there are better sources than Coker in my opinion..
I have a set of the Gneral Jet air.. not radial but they sure ride smooth for me..on the 54 no tubes are needed..so was a win win..I did not buy them from Lucas direct either as I bought them from a person who never finished his project..they were new unmounted tires and well, the price was just fantastic..compared to certain makers, these tires balanced out with just a token weight compared to my experience with the big name pusher. But each has to weight their own use and need and go from there..if you care to look...follow the link...
http://www.lucasclassictires.com/GeneralTire.html
Jim Benjaminson, one of our POC moderators, may be able to help. I bought the tires that are on my '36 from him, and I'm happy with them. He advertises in the PLYMOUTH BULLETIN.
Pat O'Connor
I have a set of 5 www tubeless radials on my '36 Plymouth P2 (stock 16" wheels). They have been performing really well. Got them from Diamondback.
Hi, I have a 1941 Plymouth and am looking into radials as well for the stock tires/wheels 600R16.
Diamondback classics recommends... "Replacing a 600-16 in a modern radial is a 215/70R16 which will a good bit wider than the bias ply tire being replaced. These have a 6" tread width. With a 2 3/4" whitewall", which is the widest whitewall they say they offer for 600x16 tire replacement.
But I want as wide a white as possible. On my 1940 LaSalle, which has a stock tire/rim of 7.00 - 16, I have 215/85R16's with a 3 3/4" Whitewall width from Diamondback. They say "the 215/85R16 are most likely to large for a car that came with 600-16."
Has anyone tried 215/85R16's on a 1940 or 1941 Plymouth?
I think they would fit fine but??
Thanks
After a few e-mails to some different tire centers , i got the advice from a us company to install 195x80x16 radials.
The 195 x80 is in Europe not a common tire so that would be difficult one to find. So another option was 205x75x16 .. tire.
The outer diameter is the same as the 6.00 x16 Coker classics and i must say they fit perfect on the 72 year old wheels and i was amazed that we got them all tubeless .
So now driving is really fun !
thanks for your advice!
Paul
How about posting some photos of when you are out driving, always like seeing the countryside of other places.
Thanks,
Bob
Hey Paul, glad you got that figured out. I got the 205x75 for my 39, the ride is beautiful, They measure as close to the original as any others could. Good luck with yours,
SD Glenn
Bob
for sure I wil select some pictures for you , Would be nice!
regards Paul