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Is 275's too big for a 67?

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#1 ·
I was on the phone about to order my tires and wheels. The sales guy warned me about a tire this big on a 1967. Is anyone having major issues with a tire this size on a 17X9.5 rim?
 
#25 ·
No way a 295 is gonna fit if the car is lowered at all. Sounds like your car had a mean rake to it. I think he is going for the P/T looks and that means the car is either getting lowered or already is low.
 
#11 ·
275/40R17 or 275/50R17? I run the 275/50R17 on an 8" rim with 5" back spacing and it fits with lots of clearance. I plan to run 325/50R17s on either 9" or 9.5" rims when these wear out. This is on a 67 Firebird with a Moser 9".
i run the 275/40. are you sure you want a tire that's almost 30 inches tall? that's huge! you'll need a very low rear gear, too. you must be tubbed, right?
 
#12 ·
Back again.

I daily drove my car w/ old style, L-60/14's on 9" Fenton slotted mag's w/ 3.5" b/s!!

They are still mounted and up on my top shelf in my garage!!

They measure a modern 298/53-14 so go from there!!

I had to run coil-overs to raise her like 4" to 4.5"s to keep from cutting my tire roll/corners!!

I figure that a 17" x 26.5" tall tire w/ a 12" section width on a 10" rim w/ a 5.25" b/s will fit fine !!!

And I'm going to find a pair of real slicks that size too.

pdq67
 
#23 ·
And fwiw, I ran old Firestone 9.50/14 mud&snow tires on my car using my coil-overs and my stock 14" x 6" rims w/ 3.75" b/s years ago.

They measured like 29.5" tall!!

And I got an old pic of them on my car..

He, He!! Speedometer when from 70 to 82 mph at 30/3100 rpm!!

pdq67
 
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