I put a set of Goodyear Viva P235R75/15's on my '56 Fury and they look
great. Wish they were wide white sidewalls, but oh well. Bought them at
Wal-Mart for $49.95 each. Seems like a real nice tire. Gives the '56 Fury
a serious meat on the ground look. I may go to a stock Goodyear Bluestreak
7.10x15 later when I start showing the car. For now I just needed to get
it up off its knees.
PS, the true '56 stock original wheel is a 15x5.5" and has a guide pin hole
between each of the lug holes. It does not have the small hub ears stamped
in that would hold a baby moon hubcap on from the inside of the cap. It
further does not have any permanent hub cap clips just around the lug bolt
area. The correct wheels were borrow by Chrysler from Desoto for both the
top-of-the-line performance Fury and Dodge.
Richard
At 11:01 PM +0100 8/5/98, Brett C. Snyder wrote:
>> Anyone out there have any
>>experience/recommendations. Feel the 215/75 would work, but not sure
>>about the
>> 225/70, our '56 Fury rear wheelwells pretty tight. Would love your input!
>
>The 215's will probably make your car look like a low rider. In fac, the
>problem with modern radials is their profile is so much lower than the old
>bias ply tires. I'd go for the tallest radial you can find... probably
>235/75. You may also want to compare prices... I've seen at least two or
>three other radial WWW dealers in Hemming's and Old Cars Weekly.
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