Re: [Amc-list] 1967 770 Rebel Wagon Tire Size?

[adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Sandwich Maker)]

" From: JohnBherna@xxxxxxx
" 
" Can anyone tell me what is the largest size tire I can use on my wagon?  I 
" asked COSTCO and they told me it depended on my rim size.  I clean my spare and 
" found 5.5 next to the tire stem hole.

it does indeed depend on your rims, and radials like wider rims than
bias-ply tires did.  yours may be 5.5"; i don't know about that valve
stem area marking but you'll usually find the size stamped in the rim
valley between the beads inside the tire - something like 5.5jj14.  i
think you'd have either 5" or 5.5" rims.

the widest plain-steel 14" rims you can get - without going to stockton
wheel or some other custom-wheel shop - is 6".  hornet/concord 14x6"
rims will fit and most of them will take rambler dog-dish hubcaps; i
have a set on my american.  they might've run something as large as
215/75 but for sure 205/75s will fit.

if you were willing to step up a size, mopar 15x7" steels are pretty
common and vans came with no-name dog dish caps.  they'd be good with
215/65r15s, which exactly match the rolling diameter of 205/75r14s.

" I am planning on buying new tires and want the largest size.  Also is it 
" better to install black walls or the 1" white walls?

no difference.
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