I've searched everywhere and I can't find stock looking wheels? There aren't many websites that show these trucks BRAND new back in the day. I Imagine I could find a set at a local junk yard but I've heard that most people wont touch them - Something like "Two piece" wheels?

My truck currently has wheels on it that I am sure aren't stock. The tires look too big also, in my opinion. Any idea what size tires came stock on this 71?

 

Is that a picture of your truck? Are you thinking that the wheels on that are not stock? Can you post a new picture of just the wheel and rim?

Thank you,

David

 

Stockers could have been 16 or 16.5 "split rim" types.

Forget those.

The drop-center rims you have on the truck look fine.

Tires look to be a couple sizes up.

In '71 you would still find tube-type 6.50 x 16, or 7.00 x 16 etc, bias ply, nylon, dyna-thump tires on 3/4 and larger PU.

Look at something like a 245/75 x 16 in an E load rating. Maybe an 85 series if you want taller, skinnier.

Now Numberdummy can tell you exactly what tire/wheel combos were on those new, so if he comes along and it's varied from the above, don't be surprised....

 

Yeah that is my truck - So then they actually had hubcaps?

 

Well, NumberDummy if you read this anytime soon here is the VIN # For my truck. Thanks in advance!

F25YRK07592

 

YES! The Famous "Dog Dish" hubcaps.......painted in some cases, stainless steel in others. Oh, and the wheels you have on it appear to be "stock" but if you look at them close, there will be a date on them stamped into the metal. They made this same wheel up into the middle 90's.

 

See some people might not like those, but I do. For some reason I thought this truck came with a different set of wheels, but the hub caps make sense now

 

They had 16.5 or 16 split wheels

 

16.5" was split rim for tires with inner tubes and 16" was not. 16" took tubeless and were 16"x6" and because of this narrow width, your tire size choices are somewhat limited. If you want a good "stock look" find 16"x7" rims off of late 80's thru mid 90's Fords and it opens up a lot more tire choices not to mention the stock hubcap sits farther into the wheel giving a more natural look. I'll post some pics of my 69 F250 soon so you can see what I mean. By the way, nice lookin' truck ya got there.
Gene

 

My 72 had STOCK 16" split rims when I got it. The 16.5 was not a split rim (No 1/2 size has ever been produced in a split rim as far as I can tell, even in heavy trucks the split rims were only even sizes).
I have mid 80s 16x7 rims on mine now, they look stock on it, the original hubcaps even fit. My fronts are 235/85s and the rears are 285/75s, which closely replicate the 16x8 and 16x10 tires in appearance and fit on the truck.

 

F25 = F250 2WD

Y = 360 2V

R = San Jose CA Assembly Plant

K07592 = 1971
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1967/72 F250 non split rim SRW (single rear wheels) for tubeless tires.

D1TZ1015A replaced C7TZ1015B = 16.5 X 6 Heavy Duty

D2TZ1015A = 16.5 X 6

D3TZ1007A replaced D2TZ1007C & C7TZ1015C = 16.5 X 6.75
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1967/72 F250 split rim SRW for tube type tires.

B7TZ1007A = 16 x 5.5 (1967/69)

C7TZ`1015A = 16.5 X 6

D2TZ1007D replaced D2TZ1007A & C9TZ1007A = 16 x 5.5 (1969/72)
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Ppl assume today that these trucks came with radial tires. Nothing could be further from the truth.

All trucks and passenger cars thru the mid 1970's came with bias ply tires as standard equipment.

If a customer wanted radial tires, the dealer would install them, or the customer would go to a tire shop and get them.

Michelin invented the radial tire. The first vehicle in the world to come with radial tires was the 1955 Citroen ID19. The reason was Michelin owned Citroen back then.

The first US vehicle to come with radial tires (Michelin's) as standard equipment was the 1966 FWD Olds Toronado.

This was a necessity because GM found that bias ply's would not last more than 7,000 miles on the front wheels of these cars.

1967/72 F250 tire sizes: 7.00-16 // 7.50-16 // 8.00 x 16.5.

Dog dish hubcaps were all that Ford offered on F250's until 1972 when the first wheel covers were offered.

The original, and most common wheel covers used on 1972 thru 1979 F250's were from 1971/72 LTD's: D2AZ1130J.

LTD's, as y'all prolly know, came with 15" wheels. How could 15" wheel covers fit a 16" wheel?

Ford offered "beauty rings" for F250/350's beginning in 1972. These could be installed with the dog dish hubcaps to dress up the wheels, or...

The beauty rings (D2TZ1210A) were installed on the wheels, then the 15" wheel covers were snapped onto the beauty rings. Simple as that.