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Though not assigned when our cars were new, the tires of
those days were approximately "85 series" meaning they were 85% as tall as they
were wide. Today's tires are 75 series (which is disappearing), 70 series,
60, 50, 40 and I think there is now a 30 series. So what we have to
do to get a same/similar diameter to the original tire is to buy more width
because of the ratio. That of course is in turn limited by the width of
the wheel.
With a company like Diamondback, on the
phone you can tell them the width of the wheel and they can advise you
on what will give you the diameter you seek so your speedometer reads the
same. Coker and Diamondback publish charts of equivalent modern
tires to old. I believe the diameter issue is critical to both stance
and handling.
Wayne
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