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Quote from: crossboss on February 11, 2024, 12:45:51 AM

Quote from: Kent on February 10, 2024, 09:39:23 PM
and by the way he is also faster than Mr. John Force, respect

https://youtu.be/7aAYyYvp5v0?si=YlcovVPwARbVv_0g

Well....not quite. Force's car had trouble and he had to back out of it. Oh btw, Tasca's funny car is powered by a version of the Hemi...
Robert Hight holds the record for quickest and fastest 1/4 mile (actually 1000ft).

Is it a Ford built Hemi though?

Quote from: TA Coupe on February 10, 2024, 09:26:57 PM
Here's a chart with general recommendations. I used to run 255-50-16 on my lowered 70 coupe.I used Saleen BBS style 16x7 and 16x8 wheels. I don't know the back spacing.

     Roy

That is a great chart. I will pass it on. Thank you!

Quote from: shelbydoug on February 10, 2024, 06:25:32 AM
I ran them ok on my '68 with stockish size tires. A '69 has a squish more room.

A '66, I would expect some issues.

You have to realize though that I ran quite the gambit with tire sizes. At one time I ran GR50-15's in the front with no flaring.

I eventually wound up with 235-60-15's on '67 10 spokes in front and 295-50-15's in the rear. All on a lowered suspension and stock fenders.

So my general response is that a '69 should give less issues but tire and wheel fitment on these cars is all a bit of alchemy and always will be.

It may simply be that you need to decide on your wheels, then your tire sizes to make it all fit within the package, as a progressive developing process? There really is no secret formula and you may need to go through a series of revisions and tweaks as necessary to deal with the unexpected and unpredictable.


The more neutral offset of the 67 10 spokes was easier for me to work with then the + offset of the 200s' and made more sense in my case anyway. It depends on what you set the criteria to solve at?


I took somewhat of a unique route which includes non-stock but T/A similar solutions which have the experts somewhat speechless. I don't know if that they just generally disapprove to the point of non-commenting or are just flabbergasted?

Frankly, I don't care. My nature is to find solutions that just shut the so called experts up and keep them away since they become fearful of getting flamed.

Eh. I'm the 'Horse of a different color. There's only one of 'em, and he's it." So be it.

He has an original set of magnum 500s for his 70 Boss.  If he can manage the minilites I think he is onboard.  You are very well informed.  I had to look up the meaning of 1/2 inch offset. 

https://www.lesschwab.com/article/wheels/what-is-wheel-offset.html

Quote from: FL SAAC on February 09, 2024, 10:15:32 PM
Good grief  !

y'all using pronouns now .... him, her....yikes  !

I call them ALL used vehicles or car for short

Tell "them" Charlie  !

"She" has been used by seafarers for millennia to refer to their ships.  There was even a Star Trek episode where Captain Kirk says:
KIRK: I've got it, the disease. Love. You're better off without it, and I'm better off without mine. This vessel, I give, she takes. She won't permit me my life. I've got to live hers.
SPOCK: Jim.
KIRK: I have a beautiful yeoman. Have you noticed her, Mister Spock? You're allowed to notice her. The Captain's not permitted
SPOCK: Jim, there is an intermix formula.
KIRK: Now I know why it's called she.
SPOCK: It's never been tested. It's a theoretical relationship between time and antimatter.
KIRK: Flesh woman to touch, to hold. A beach to walk on. A few days, no braid on my shoulder.

Quote from: shelbydoug on February 09, 2024, 07:09:16 PM
The 200s was the first wheel I put on my '68 GT350 when I first got it in '72. It transformed the car entirely.

It did have a 1/2" positive offset, meaning it increased the track in front 1/2" on each side compared to the stock steel wheels.
It would have been better to have had a 1/2" negative offset or zero offset compared to the steel wheels but even then not every combination was available.

It was a very high quality wheel in my view.

Any flaring of the fenders necessitated with the American 200S?

Quote from: 98SVT - was 06GT on February 09, 2024, 08:37:49 PM
843 was shipped to High Performance Motors in February 1966.

So I have to make it to February 2066.  Very unlikely to happen considering there are so many things out there that are trying to kill me off, viruses, car accidents, sicknesses, a falling tree, drowning, aneurism, heart attack, death by misadventure, crazy happenstance and so on.  It is hard to stay alive.

Quote from: tesgt350 on February 09, 2024, 04:04:17 PM
I must say, you are the first person I have ever heard call their Car a Him...................

After three failed marriages I find it insulting to the car to call it a "her" anymore.  The car has a sense of loyalty that most men these days find to be highly elusive in women.  So I am pushing back by calling my car "him."  Besides, cars are a creation by men and everything about them is masculine (depending on the car of course.)

Looks like a perilous restoration.

Quote from: FL SAAC on February 09, 2024, 07:05:23 PM

Quote from: shelbydoug on February 09, 2024, 05:46:42 PM
I've already given the family instructions to just prop me up behind the wheel.

All things being equal I would surmize that at some point my sons would move me to at least the passenger seat so they could drive the car.

If they leave the windows open my dust can blow out.

what do you think if we turn it into a movie "Weekend at Richards" pretty original title dont you think ?

by the way I have filmed many shows, I use to be a cameraman.....LMAO  !

I lead a mundane existence.  The only excitement I get is a drive in the Shelby or the Boss or when the girlfriend comes over. Or run a motion to suppress up the flagpole in court.  Otherwise, nothing to see here.  Perambulate along...
In my younger years though I went on a rampage through Europe chasing women, Germany, Norway and Belgium being primary, secondary and tertiary targets.  Those were exciting times.  It all lies in my rearview mirror now for reflection.  So in conclusion, a "Weekend at Richard's" would amount to nothing.  Your time is far better spent elsewhere.

Quote from: shelbydoug on February 09, 2024, 05:46:42 PM
I've already given the family instructions to just prop me up behind the wheel.

All things being equal I would surmize that at some point my sons would move me to at least the passenger seat so they could drive the car.

If they leave the windows open my dust can blow out.

Like this guy?
https://nypost.com/2014/01/31/dead-ohio-man-rides-to-funeral-on-harley/

American 200s. I will pass that on to him. He could also look at American Racing coke bottle style rims. I recall the 69 Boss 302 trans am cars used coke bottle rims on the rear of one or two of their cars.
Okay I looked them up the American 200s are the coke bottle rims. It is a cool rim. I agree with you.

Thanks for the link CSX!  I was looking at their US site and couldn't find enough info to determine what size is best.  I couldn't see 15 x 7 on the US site but rather 15 x 8

A friend recently acquired a 70 Boss 302 and I suggested minilites for the car.  He became interested in said rims.  Does anyone know the correct size and spacing for a set of minilites on a 1970 street Boss 302?  Any assistance is appreciated.

Thinking random thoughts last night I realized that my car will be 100 years old in the year 2066 (maybe 2065 since the car is an earlier number).  My body, alive or dead, will be 103 years old.  If I can just hold on...

Quote from: FL SAAC on February 09, 2024, 09:04:17 AM
beautiful picture, remember always meant to be driven

what size tires did you go with?

205 60R 15 front 215 60R 15 rear.  Seems to work best. No clearance issues in the front.