Rims / Tires for my 1969 Corvette

[MosportGreen66]

Dave,

An old teacher of mine once gave me an original photo of her brother's '69 fathom green bbc Corvette. It was a coupe with side pipes, raised white letters and slots. I think you'll really like the look. I'll have sometime tonight to post it for you.

Dan

[PxTx]

I think the 200's look great on a 'Vette! It has a timeless look and will never be out of style.

I would rather buy an old set of these than anything new.

[Dave Rifkin]

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I think the 200's look great on a 'Vette! It has a timeless look and will never be out of style.

I would rather buy an old set of these than anything new.





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Not to get off the subject but, do you have any more information on that Riverside Gold L88? When I was younger there was a guy who would come down every summer who had a similar car. He was from Maryland and I always thought the car was just a 427 'Vette with an L88 sticker on the hood. I thought that because he also had a '73 455 Trans Am that he added SD-455 decals to the scoop.

[PxTx]

I just pulled the pic form a quick search for "Otis Chandler corvettes" but don't know anything about it.

[TDW]

NOTHING over 15" wheels on it. Nothing!!!!!

[427TJ]

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How about some vintage Torq's? Maybe some red line tires or RWL Polyglas?

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I think I am going to go with the rims shown here

http://www.tirerack.com/wheels/WheelClos...&sort=Brand

and may just go with some BFG Radial T/A's with the letters turned in. I prefer these rims to the Torque Thrusts due to the fact that these rims have a polished outer rim. I really don't like the full polished Torque Thrusts.

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Those in 15-inch, say, 7 front and 8/8.5 rear with T/As would look great.

[Dave Rifkin]

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How about some vintage Torq's? Maybe some red line tires or RWL Polyglas?

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I think I am going to go with the rims shown here

http://www.tirerack.com/wheels/WheelClos...&sort=Brand

and may just go with some BFG Radial T/A's with the letters turned in. I prefer these rims to the Torque Thrusts due to the fact that these rims have a polished outer rim. I really don't like the full polished Torque Thrusts.

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Those in 15-inch, say, 7 front and 8/8.5 rear with T/As would look great.

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That's what I was thinking; this discussion / feedback has been very helpful.

[1railman]

I agree nothing over 15. Like the idea of daisys, maybe with some Mickey Thompson "I block" tires.

[Dave Rifkin]

Here is where I am so far;

American Racing T70 (15 x 7 front, 15 x 8 rear)

BFG Radial TA's 255/60-15 for the rear and I was thinking of putting either 225/60's or 235/60's on the front. The issue I am having is the stock size 225/70-15's would have a diameter of 27.3". The 255's have a listed diamter of 27.1" (close enough); should I be concerned with the diamter of the fronts? The 225's have a listed diameter of 25.6" and the 235's have a listed diamter of 26.1"
I don't want the speedometer to be way off with the varying tire diameters.

I think if I can get this figured out I can pull the trigger and order my new rim/tire combination this weekend.

[Salvatore]

make sure with the offset on the rims the front tires don't rub. 27" on the front of a 69 camaro with a rim less than 4" of backspacing seem to rub/hit the wheel well. A vette may have more room.