I am going to replace the tires on my '69. I have original date coded wheels. The current tire size is P 205 70R 14. I don't want to go any larger in height, but I would like a little wider tire. Does anyone know what size this would be? I remember back in the day, a G60 would fit these wheels (showing my age here). Don't want to go that wide, since I want the same size all around.

I second that. Derek hit the nail right on the head.

Derek69SS wrote:

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235/60/14 would be about 1" wider and only 1/8" shorter sidewall, and they look good on a 14x7... speedometer would change by 0.5mph at 60.

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You're not going to find any 235/60/14 tires. The largest 60 series 14" I can find is a 225 and there are only a couple brands of them Radial T/A's being the most popular. I don't like T/A's but many people have them on 60's cars because they still make many of the sizes for them. I have the same set of SS wheels for my 70 and have all but given up finding good performance tires in 14".

TireRack has the BF Goodrich a little cheaper.

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/TireSearchResultsB.jsp?width=235%2F&ratio=60&diameter=14&x=78&y=2&sortValue=0

BFG have been known to be out of stock on a lot of sizes in the Radial T/A line.

I have a used set of those 235/60/14 BFGs... had them at the swap-meet at Karl's in January.

$100/set if anyone is interested.

3 of them are "like new", one has some wear from apparent 1-wheel burnouts... I got them on a set of wheels I picked up at Jefferson for someone else.

*EDIT* those may be 245s... will have to look at them again this weekend.

I have 235s on the front and 245s on the rear of a set of 14X7 inch cragars and they fit and cleared just fine.

I miss seeing that El Camino.