Re: Tire Shopping for a '54 Clipper

Posted by 55PackardGuy On 2016/1/25 15:24:00

A good look, Kev. The blue paint with the blackwalls looks real squad-car. (I've done preted Dragnet night cruises under the lights at old industrial locations. Fun!) But if I go the cheap radial route, I'll probably try the narrow whitewalls, which are available from, i think, B.F. Goodrich and some others. Not optimal, but still not a bad look on some old cars. A friend of mine put them on his '47 Dodge B24. Not bad. I think they were Tires Plus specials, and reasonably priced.

If I get radials, I think I'll go "oversize" with the 225 R. They're a bit smaller than the L78's I have on there now, which look good to me. Speedometer readings are slow, but then they're not that accurate to begin with, and they usually read higher at higher speeds, so overdoing the RPMs at 70 or 80 is less likely, I think.