What size tire for a 15" rim? Truck is a '57 3100. THANKS.
"Nate" <vwna...@yahoo.com> Sent by: old-chevy-truck@yahoogroups.com 11/20/2011 09:58 PM Please respond to old-chevy-truck@yahoogroups.com To old-chevy-truck@yahoogroups.com cc Subject [old-chevy-truck] Re : 15" Tire Size Question If possible , find a LT215/85R16 size , that'll match the original 15" bias ply tires almost exactly . I don't know if this size is still available in America anymore , often looking in Barrio tire shops rewards you with original size tires as the worker bees from other countries understand the important of the correct diameter tire , not just " wow that looks so bitchen' ! " lunacy of American Hod Rodders . I'm amazed that I have become one of those old guys everyone goes to for what I consider basic information on tires etc. Interestingly , Falken tires has a nice catalog that has all the info Garnet used , I used it to choose the radial 16" tires I plan to fit my '69 C/10 with whenever it is I find the flusherginner rims . -Nate Garnet wrote: > > > > Sorry, it took me so long to respond. I did not make my decision on tire > size alone. I matched up new tires with the specs of the original tire. I > am positively trying to keep my Father's work truck as stock as I can. This > 3100 is the bottom of the lineup so you know it did not come with white-wall > tires on it unless they were ordered special. Not something any farmer in > my county would have done to a working farm truck in 1959. The original > owner use to bring this 1959 3100 into my Dad's shop for service. My Father > was a Chevrolet mechanic. Knowing the history of the truck my Father bought > it from the original owner in 1962 or 1963. > > I wanted to match a new radial tire to the specs of the original black-wall > tire so I was looking for diameter, width, Revs Per Mile, etc. I could find > a lot of white-wall tires which would work well, but I insisted on > black-wall for originality. That is why it took me about 6 months to find a > tire I was happy with. I settled on this tire: > LT215/75R-15/6 > Maxxis MA-751 > All Seasons Black-wall > > I took the wheels (forgot the spare) off and took them to a place in town > and had them power coated in black. You can see the tires on the truck > here: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/old-chevy-truck/photos/album/1276534548/pic/list > > The album starts off with the way the truck looked in 2010, which was 11 > years after I inherited it. The truck had never been under cover until my > brother and I pushed it into the garage in late 2001. Doesn't look too bad > for being out in the weather for 42 years, then garaged 9 years before I > started working on it. > > There are two close-ups of the tires near the end of the album. Notes are > in the upper left corner. > > You're correct! A 1959 3100 is amazing and wonderful! > > Garnet > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Ole Chevy and GMC trucks rule! To unsubscribe, send an email (with no subject, no body, just the email), to: old-chevy-truck-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.comYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/old-chevy-truck/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/old-chevy-truck/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: old-chevy-truck-dig...@yahoogroups.com old-chevy-truck-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: old-chevy-truck-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
