Hey guys,

In the market for news wheels and tires for my 66 coupe straight 6 project. I have always been a fan of torque thrust rims, but I'm grappling with a few decisions. I plan on converting all drums to 5 lug discs. Firstly, how big of a tire can the car accommodate? I know the disc conversion calls for a tire of at least 15, so I was thinking either 15 or 16 inch rims? Any thoughts? Is it possible to go bigger without having to trim the wells or anything like that? I would love if you guys posted some pics of your rides or of rides that you've seen that have great wheels, so that I can get an idea of what looks good and what to avoid! Thanks guys!!!

 

I have 16's on my 1967. The 66' wheel well is a little smaller than the 67', but they are fairly close. I am running 16/55/235 on this setup.

 

205/60/15 on the front and 215/60/15 on the rear.

 

I ran 15x7s and 15x8s with 205/50R15 fronts and 225/50R15 rears.
Wheels are Summit Racing Legend 5 series, believe they are made by Vision.
I had to roll my fenders because I had it dropped so low.

 

I just finished converting my straight six to disc brakes (converted to an 8" rear axle last year), and I decided to go with "MB Old School" wheels with BF Goodrich RWL tires.

Rims are 15x7" and the tires are 215/60R15 all around (I probably would have gone with a 65 or 70 sidewall if I were ordering them again- at least on the rears to fill in the well a bit better).

Since these pics, I've changed the center caps out to a billet-style with the tri-bar pony emblem... I like em a lot, and they weren't all that expensive ($1,100 for wheels/tires complete from Discount Tire after a $75 rebate).

 

For the 65/66 these are the best looking IMO

 

The styled steel wheels are sweet (they were on back order from everyone when I finished my disc brake swap- or I probably would be running a set myself). Probably the first or second best wheel ever put on the Mustang from the factory (the Magnum 500s on the Hertz GTs were nice too).

 

I like the MB wheels. I almost bought them in chrome for my 67.

 

How about a classic 14" steel wheel with wire covers (and whitewalls)!

 

thats a clean one!!

 

 

17x8 235 55 17 all four corners

 

Thanks

 

So when I picked up my 68 FB she'll the guy had a set of 18 inch Coys. Anyone have a suckggestion on what size tire will fit the well with stock suspension?

 

I like the old torqe thrust D wheels

 

i like them also but i painted mine black ...

 

Nice 69 they look good black my 69 has center lines

 

torq-thrust-Ds on mine still... back in the day, ran cragar SS. bought the TT wheels in '93 when they released them, put them on a engineless car...what the heck is wrong with me ?

 

I run stock 14" 5 lugs on my disk brake converted six cylinder 67, no problem.