cruising
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cruising
I know this is the wrong place but I know you guys better and you appreciate this more. I got my 59 F250 together and have been cruising it around. I haven't driven something this fun in a long time. It's great, easy to drive, runs and stops perfect. But oh, those 4.56s. 50-55 is rumbling pretty loud!! I wish I had a set of the ultra rare 19.5s for it.
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I can get 255x85x16 that are about 33", would knock the rpm down a couple hundred. Any conventional tires that get taller also get a lot wider, which I don't want.
The 255s would make cruising rpm at 60 about 2800
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All he wanted was the spark plug wire covers and I decided to keep them together with the valve coves and tubes. But thanks for the hook up.
I emailed the contact last night, haven't heard back from him yet.
After doing quite a bit of research I see the 225 19.5s don't gain much height over 235x85x16 and not as tall as 255x85x16. I found some highway 8R19.5 Bridgestones that are a little taller than the 255-16s, but not much. I was thinking they looked a lot taller, like 34-35" tall. Must have been the old 8-19.5s that you can't buy anymore that made them look tall in the pictures. A lot of money for not much gain.
On the subject of old wheels, I have one 17 inch one piece wheel if anybody needs it to fill out a set.
I emailed the contact last night, haven't heard back from him yet.
After doing quite a bit of research I see the 225 19.5s don't gain much height over 235x85x16 and not as tall as 255x85x16. I found some highway 8R19.5 Bridgestones that are a little taller than the 255-16s, but not much. I was thinking they looked a lot taller, like 34-35" tall. Must have been the old 8-19.5s that you can't buy anymore that made them look tall in the pictures. A lot of money for not much gain.
On the subject of old wheels, I have one 17 inch one piece wheel if anybody needs it to fill out a set.
#13
All he wanted was the spark plug wire covers and I decided to keep them together with the valve coves and tubes. But thanks for the hook up.
I emailed the contact last night, haven't heard back from him yet.
After doing quite a bit of research I see the 225 19.5s don't gain much height over 235x85x16 and not as tall as 255x85x16. I found some highway 8R19.5 Bridgestones that are a little taller than the 255-16s, but not much. I was thinking they looked a lot taller, like 34-35" tall. Must have been the old 8-19.5s that you can't buy anymore that made them look tall in the pictures. A lot of money for not much gain.
On the subject of old wheels, I have one 17 inch one piece wheel if anybody needs it to fill out a set.
I emailed the contact last night, haven't heard back from him yet.
After doing quite a bit of research I see the 225 19.5s don't gain much height over 235x85x16 and not as tall as 255x85x16. I found some highway 8R19.5 Bridgestones that are a little taller than the 255-16s, but not much. I was thinking they looked a lot taller, like 34-35" tall. Must have been the old 8-19.5s that you can't buy anymore that made them look tall in the pictures. A lot of money for not much gain.
On the subject of old wheels, I have one 17 inch one piece wheel if anybody needs it to fill out a set.
If you have a one piece 17" I'd like to know more about it, and see pictures. I don't think any were made. Stu
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#15
Hey, and thanks for letting me ramble on about the 59 here in the older section. It just seems like you guys appreciate stock old trucks more. It doesn't stir up much conversation on the 57-60 segment, they seem more into bagging or how to put a crown vic front end in.