6.00x16 6-ply was standard with 6.50x16 6-ply optional. Never heard of
Columbia brand, but mine had Atlas (a defunct manfr. that I've heard
of/remember). I use 7.50x16 to gain some highway speed with stock 4.11
rear. I'm not sure I would trust 2-ply tires for much speed or load.
AFA I know, www tires were "available", but would only have been from a
dealer or independent tire shop after vehicle purchase. I don't think GM
outfitted any from the factory (not trucks, anyway).
Regards,
Doug Pewterbaugh
dpewter@msn.com
Denton, TX
49 3104 216 5-window
----- Original Message -----
From: "bark fahnestock" <bfahnestock@cox.net>
To: "Oletrucks@Autox. Team. Net" <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 3:13 PM
Subject: [oletrucks] tires
> Hey guys--I'm needing some help on tires for my '49 1/2 ton Chevy p/u.
When I
> bought it recently it came with four nearly new Columbia Deluxe tube type
> 2-ply tires 6.00x16 (and no spare). Anybody ever here of this brand? I'm
not
> finding it on the vintage tire sites.
> Was this the standard size when the truck was manufactured? Or should I
be
> considering 6.50 or ??
> A second question concerns wide white walls. Was it possible to special
order
> www back in '49 for pickups? Since I want to restore my two trucks to
near
> original I don't want to dress either up with tires that are not true to
what
> might have been on it originally.
> Thanks again for the help you extraordinary guys give to some many of us
> ordinary fellows.
>
> Bark Fahnestock
> N. Kingstown RI
> '48 GMC 1/2 pu
> '49 Chevy 1/2 pu
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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