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Old 09-20-2012, 08:25 PM   #1
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help! its tire time. help please....

while my 65 was in the shop, it was on the lift receiving a 3speed to automatic (700r4) conversion..... two of the 19 year old tires blew out with in 1 week. go figure! thank god that it wasnt on the road!.... anyway i want as close as original size and look, but in a modern tire (radial) for better driving!
its a 1965 c10 short wide with 6cyl. do i need 195/75/15r? 195/80/r15?
h e l p .... buying tomorrow. thx, dave
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Old 09-20-2012, 08:27 PM   #2
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Old 09-20-2012, 09:20 PM   #3
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Re: help! its tire time. help please....

I like 235/75's on stock wheel/stock height C10's myself. A 195/75 is rather small for a truck, I have 205/70's on the back of my lowered VW bug!





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Old 09-20-2012, 11:08 PM   #4
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Re: help! its tire time. help please....

I ran 235/75/15 for a while. If you like a wide oldschool style 255/70/15.
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Old 09-21-2012, 02:56 AM   #5
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Re: help! its tire time. help please....

you can check out mine for reference...I have 205/75/15 Firestone fr380's

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Old 09-21-2012, 03:53 PM   #6
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Re: help! its tire time. help please....

thank you all for your reply... looks like i might go with 215-75r-15 or 215-70r-15. thx again..........dave
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Old 09-21-2012, 04:16 PM   #7
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Psssst.......blackwalls this time. No white letters...........

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Old 09-21-2012, 04:55 PM   #8
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Psssst.......blackwalls this time. No white letters...........

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hehehehehehe... thats a big 10-4 buddy...
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Old 09-21-2012, 05:10 PM   #9
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hehehehehehe... thats a big 10-4 buddy...
Small or big white walls will look better...
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Old 09-21-2012, 07:53 PM   #10
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Re: help! its tire time. help please....

235-75-15 blackwalls all the way baby!!!! Mine are on the stock skinny steelies (1st pic).
But you can't go wrong with your truck - ANYthing will look great on it!

I agree with Rockdog also, 255-70-15 is also a nice size, but significantly beefier than a "stock" look - see 2nd pic.
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Re: help! its tire time. help please....

Having a slightly taller tire will also help your rpms. The actual diameter is 195/75/15=26.5in, 205/75/15=27.1in, 215/75/15=27.7in, 235/75/15=28.9in, 255/70/15=29.1in. 6cyl don't spin fast
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Old 09-22-2012, 01:10 PM   #12
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Small or big white walls will look better...
how about raised white letters? 60's look?

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235-75-15 blackwalls all the way baby!!!! Mine are on the stock skinny steelies (1st pic).
But you can't go wrong with your truck - ANYthing will look great on it!

I agree with Rockdog also, 255-70-15 is also a nice size, but significantly beefier than a "stock" look - see 2nd pic.
thx for complement... after seeing your truck again i probably will go 235/75/r15.
but wont they look too wide?


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Having a slightly taller tire will also help your rpms. The actual diameter is 195/75/15=26.5in, 205/75/15=27.1in, 215/75/15=27.7in, 235/75/15=28.9in, 255/70/15=29.1in. 6cyl don't spin fast
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ahhh so now i hope 235/75/r15 's wont dog it down too much? 6cyl,. 700r4. what do you think. ?????????
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Old 09-22-2012, 01:25 PM   #13
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I'm running the 235s now, only problem you may have wit the 700r4 will be connecting the tv cable, especially if you have 1bbl. I've been considering that swap for a long time, but I also have 3.38s in the rear
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Old 09-22-2012, 01:28 PM   #14
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white wall rule.....
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Old 09-22-2012, 01:44 PM   #15
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I'm running the 235s now, only problem you may have wit the 700r4 will be connecting the tv cable, especially if you have 1bbl. I've been considering that swap for a long time, but I also have 3.38s in the rear
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i just got the truck back from the 700r4 conversion and everything is working fine. i just thought that the larger tire might give it too high of a ratio. or loss of power?
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Hey so what do you think about the 700 behind the L6 and what add-ons are you running (gears, intake, carb, exhaust. I was gonna go with a 283 or a 327 bc i wasnt sure how well the little six would handle the 700? Also (and MOST IMPORTANT ?) is how may MPGs are you getting now.
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Is it a 230 or a 250 and if possible could you please post pics of the the tv cable lingage. I hate to bug you but this conversion was something i was really considering and is the last project i havent done besides power brakes and electric fan which i will be doing next year.
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Old 09-22-2012, 03:50 PM   #18
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Hey so what do you think about the 700 behind the L6 and what add-ons are you running (gears, intake, carb, exhaust. I was gonna go with a 283 or a 327 bc i wasnt sure how well the little six would handle the 700? Also (and MOST IMPORTANT ?) is how may MPGs are you getting now.
i just got it back wednesday and have only put 1 mile on it due to the bad tires, put it seem to have run out better than the 3speed manual. big improvement!
even that i hated to convert from the "factory originality " i did want to go over 45 miles per hour with out the "high" rpms. im sure it will improve gas miliage..


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Is it a 230 or a 250 and if possible could you please post pics of the the tv cable lingage. I hate to bug you but this conversion was something i was really considering and is the last project i havent done besides power brakes and electric fan which i will be doing next year.
its a 230 inline 6 with 59,000 orig miles. i will post pics soon of the tv cable.
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Re: help! its tire time. help please....

Also very interested in that TV setup for the 6, I've been hoping to do a 200-r4 swap. I run 235/75 15s and the 6 can spin them fine, it'll even bark into 2nd. They are skinny though with only about 6.5 inches touching the road in each corner, I'd go with a 255/70-15.
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yote wrote: thx for complement... after seeing your truck again i probably will go 235/75/r15.
but wont they look too wide?


yote, as far as performance goes - an inch or so difference in tire size (dia) isn't really going to be noticeable as far as what you feel in the seat of your pants - but you'll just note your speedo is off a bit. As far as width - here is a better shot (pic #1) to show how wide the 235s look - they really don't look "wide" at all to me though - look pretty stock - but you can tell a difference when you see bone stock side by side with the 235s. I just always thought the 235s filled the wheelwell better than stock size (see pic #2 & #3 - #2 is a side shot of a 235, #3 is the no-kidding original 66 bias ply spare on the truck from back when I was experimenting with wheel colors).
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#3 is the no-kidding original 66 bias ply spare on the truck from back when I was experimenting with wheel colors).
Love the orig skinny look myself, but for a driver it makes so much more sense to get wider radials under there.
Hey Jocko, you don't still have that spare tire from '66 do you?
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nope, it was completely dry rotted - just does't look that way in the pic because I actually sprayed part of the tire too...! It was quite trashed, sorry.
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Old 09-24-2012, 11:23 AM   #23
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wow... too many sizes to chose from..!!!! think i will go with 225's

i thank you all for the help. glad i didnt go with 195's... GREATsite!!!
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