I recently received a 48 ford f2 that I want to work on as a project.

First thing I guess is get it rolling.

I assume the old wheels have tubed tires, right?.

Is it best just to get some newer style wheels that don't require tubes? Can I get some off a later model ford (50s or 60s?) that will work?

Are there some other options for wheels (somewhere online that they can be bought new if I had to?)?

Anybody use the tubed wheels and tires? Any good reason to do that?

 

Old wheels used tubes, yes, because that's all there was back then, but they work too with tubeless tires (even radials) as long as you don't have air leaks around the rivets. What some guys do is seal the rivet areas with JB Weld or some other sealer to ensure they are air tight. Stu

 

You need to give us the bolt pattern of the wheel

 

Dick - an F-2 has the same 8 x 6.5" pattern as the F-3s and later F-250s. The stock wheels are pretty hardy, 16" x 6", and very sought after by F-3 guys who are wanting to be rid of their 17" widow maker style wheels. They'll take the whole range of 16" tires that are appropriate for the 6" width. Stu

 

Very cool, so if you seal the wheel rivets you can use tubeless tires?
How safe is that?

Also, my other question was are there wheels from later models (50s or 60s) that are tubeless and have the same bolt pattern? Sounds like that is not the case.

 

If you're just wanting different wheels for style reasons, please do a posting in the FTE classified section to allow some other member to make use of your stock wheels. Stu

 

I am currently using original wheels on my 37 Ford with tubeless radials. These wheels have a lot of rivets holding the center to the rim. Before mounting the radials I had the wheels sandblasted and painted. I did nothing else to seal the rivets and have had no air leakage problems in the four years the tires have been installed.