I just faced this dilema with my 63 Falcon. I found a nice straight stock
set of 13" 5 lug wheels and had them sand blasted and powder coated. I then
went to buy tires. The stock C78-13. In radials, that's a 185/80/13.
Firestone lists them, but has been on national backorder for 8 months,
Hankook lists them, also on backorder. Maxxis (?). Then there were snow
tires, and trailer tires. That's it. I found a set at Les Schwab (house
brand made by Hankook). Next time I need tires for it, my only choice will
probably be the reproductions from Cooker Tire, pricey, and Bias Ply.
Dave Riker
PS, So how about he makes a set of those wheels in 15"x5 for Midgets?
They'd work on RWA and Bugeye's.......
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill L" <pythias@pacifier.com>
To: "Linda Grunthaner" <grunthaner@gmail.com>
Cc: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 5:50 AM
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Cool wheel VTO? Just like the AMR Libre.
I've checked places on tire
> availability including Tirerack, and find that the selection of
> 13" tires is slowly dwindling. ONE high performance, NINE all
> season, and FOUR ice and snow. In the 14s we have choice of 34
> different tires, only SIX of which are winter. I talked to my
> tire guy and he said no auto maker has made 13" wheels standard
> since the mid 1980s, thus the dearth of selection.
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