Hey all! I just bought a 1950 Ford F1 with the 239 flathead and a 4-speed floor shift transmission, I've got a few questions but first, some pics!









I've already changed those Cadillac hubcaps to the original Ford ones, new distributor cap, leads, plugs and about to do a full fluid change. The most important question I have right now is I need to change the tires as they are pretty shot...

They are 6.70-15 Firestone's. I wanna price all my options before I make a decision so what does that size equal in modern sizes? Obviously it's gonna be an R15 but what width/profile? Is it around a 175 or 185 by 65 or so?

Thanks guys!

 

Hi All I can say is nice original truck and welcome to the club.
Sorry I can't help with the tire thing but someone will be along that knows.

 

Try this link Tire Conversion Chart

 

Sweet truck! A 235-75R15 is an approximate height to the original 6.00/6.50x16, but will be a bit wider than your stockers. From the side, they'll fill the wheel opening correctly. If you still want to stick with the stock skinnies, you'll probably have to stay with your current size.

 

Sounds perfect. Will 235's fit on the rims though? That seems wide for the stock rims...

 

Very nice looking truck. As it looks like your tire questions have been answered, I'll just say welcome to FTE, glad to have you. Come around often and join in the fun.

Gil

Edit: The stock rims were 16" so the rims you have on it now are not stock.

 

welcome to fte & what a beautiful truck,nice find

 

welcome from downunder, hope your going to stay with wide whites with the new tyres.
NICE truck, enjoy. John

 

welcome.Nice truck dont change a thing exept the tires.

 

Wow ! Very nice truck. As nice and as stock as it is ,why not go back to 16" "stock" rims? Welcome!

 

Hello and welcome to FTE, you have a beautiful there.

 

Thanks for the comments all!

I'm pricing up my tire options tomorrow hopefully. I'd like to keep the wide whitewalls but it all comes down to cost. We shall see what I can scrounge up...

It's gonna be my little work run-around so it may get some vintage styled logos for the doors but that's gonna be it I think, I wanna keep it mostly as is. Gotta get some more good photos of it cleaned up once it's on the road.

 

Because a decent set of 16" rims are getting harder to find. I've collected about 13 different 16" rims over the last few years only to have a friend give me a set of five 16" rims with Good Year WWW bias ply tires from his 50 F1. He got a set of chrome 15" smoothies from another friend and no longer needed the 16"s. Needless to say, I was lucky. I ended up selling all but two of the 13 16" wheels that I had.... and they went quick!

No matter what wheel size you choose, I'd recommend going with WWW tires.

You can see how 16" wheels and tires fill up the wheelwells.

 

Nice truck. This is just my opinion, but it's directly from my own personal experience and the mistake I made. IF you end up going with a set of original 16 inch rims, do not go with 235's in the 16 inch tires. I bought a set when I got my rims, the sidewall has to flex way too far in to accomodate that very narrow bead. I ended up swapping mine with a set of LT P215/85/16's. See photo below. Diamondback tire in Carolina is a good bunch to ask this question. They told me that an original 600-16 bias ply equals out to a 195/80/16 (coker told me it was a 205). Tire sizes are the absolute most confusing thing out there. It's all about ratios and some sort of witch craft. You'd think that one number represents the tread width and the other represents the sidewall height and that's that. Well...they do to a point, but it's more of a ratio that is impossible for my little brain to totally understand. I'm sure somebody will jump on here and say the contrary. But the recc. above only applies to the 16 inch rims. If you stay with a 15 inch rim, the 235 is probably a better option as stated earlier.

 

I used 225/75 R15s on my 49 F-3. They were a better fit than the 235's...

NICE TRUCK!