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So.....if I'm reading this correctly, these tires were made in 1995. (29 years old)




I belive one of the fronts needs to be balanced, and I'm pretty no tire shop is going to touch them due to age. So looks like a cheapo replacement set of tires will be called for to hold the car through the rest of the resto. We will worry pretty tires later.

Being a 16" wheel, options on the cheap side are pretty limited. The tires currently on there are General 7.00x16LT tube tires. General doesn't even make that size anymore.

This was the closest cheap tire I could find that still appears narrow enough and has about a 30" diameter.

simpletire.com/brands/power-king-tires/s ... y-ii#v=1&tireSize=6.50-16&mpn=wld32

Which is a 6.50-16 97L C tubeless tire.

Did you check Walmart for the equivalent radial size? They even have thin whitewalls for cheap.

I just want a black wall that is about 30" diameter and as narrow as possible. Otherwise it will rub the fender when turning.

Light truck tires are generally the ticket when you don't want to spend $300+ per tire for a "classic" tire.

In radial it would be something like a 215/85R16

The 51-56 are more forgiving in the front on those wider radials.

The last few "tire" posts should have been put on my '37 blog. Whoops!

Anyway... here is a '54 post from having the car out today.

With winter upon us, and the mess from bodywork in the garage increasing it was time to officially put the 54 away.

She started right up after a five second blip from the primer pump. I pulled her put into the driveway and let her completely warm up and recharge the battery while I dust mopped the outside. Also took a moment to sweep out that garage bay.

After a 20 min run she went back in the garage and on when the cover for the winter.