Re: Tire Shopping for a '54 Clipper

Posted by 55PackardGuy On 2015/6/23 16:23:14
Well, read 'em and weep. These are all that I found. Boy, are there a lot of tire jockeys out there who claim to sell whitewall tires and don't.http://www.dbtires.com/crossreference.htmlhttp://www.lucasclassictires.com/225-75R15-Sierra-15-WW-blem-S22515.htmhttps://www.bridgestonetyres.com.au/bridgestone-r230https://www.cokertire.com/catalog/product/view/id/974/s/l78-15-coker-classic-3-whitewall-tire/category/2/https://www.universaltire.com/l78-15-coker-classic-3-whitewall.htmlhttps://www.universaltire.com/l78-15-coker-classic-4-whitewall.htmlhttp://www.lucasclassictires.com/800-15-General-Dual-90-3WW-179p.htmhttp://www.lucasclassictires.com/L78-15-Royalton-3-WW-L78153.htmhttp://www.summitracing.com/parts/mtt-90000000178/overview/

Some of these are just for fun. I'd love to have Mickey Thompsons, for instance, but they wouldn't look quite right I'm afraid.

I'm leaning toward what HH said earlier. Just get a set of 235 75 15 radial blackwalls for now. With the dog-dish hubcaps, it'll look kind of police car-ish.

Sorry if it's not considered kosher to put all those links in a post.

I'm NOT endorsing any of them. They're just various whitewalls, mostly bias ply, that would be likely to fit my car.

They're all "oversize" for the Clipper, to be consistent with my current L78 15 tires, which look good and fill up the wheel wells nice. Some of the links show the same tires, but from different dealers.

The closest radial tire to L78 size is the 235 75, I believe.

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