Wheels & tires for my 61

Dave's 61 · 01-31-2002, 12:50 AM

I have a white '61 with blue interior and blue inserts. The car has had Cragar wheels since I bought it and they are showing their age. I need to get something else and am considering going to the original wide white wall with wheel covers or another type of custom wheel. What size of tire works best for this car?

SWCDuke · 02-01-2002, 02:00 AM

The revs/mile of the OEM 6.70-15s is 760; 225/70R-15s are the best performnce tires and have the same revs per mile, but need at least a 6.5" wheel; 215/70s at 775 revs/mile are okay on 6" wheels: 205/75R-15 are in the right ballpark also, will fit on the original 5.0" base wheels, but are all hard compound all-season sedan tires with low or no speed rating.

You can search for models by size at http://www.tirerack.com.

Duke

vettedan · 02-14-2002, 11:11 AM

Check out Masterdaves set up on his '60 something Vette. I beleive he's using TTII. They look awesome on his C2.
Dan