1957 chevy COE car hauler

[jammersspeed]

have not had much time to work on the 57 .... but did find time to try one of the 19.5 wheel/tire combo on it ... looks better i think. fills up the wheel well a little better. i have the motor and trans home now also.... its not much but better than nothing. progress is progress here is a couple of pics... one with the 16" wheel/tire and one with the 19.5's

 

[oneeye]

Cool build! [cl How is French Lake to deal with? I have heard good things about them.

 

[shakey56]

Wheel/Tire

I think the larger wheel/tire combo looks better. Big truck needs big tires. I'm using a Ford E150 chassis under my COE. It is a 5 on 5.5 lug pattern. I think I'm gonna run 235/85R16 on the front of mine to help fill the wheelwell. That tire is 31 inches tall.

 

[jammersspeed]

Cool build! [cl How is French Lake to deal with? I have heard good things about them.

good bunch of guys... and a family owned and operated place since the doors opened .... think it was in 1956 that Floyd started it....i deal mostly with Skip, and Shawn.

 

[jammersspeed]

I think the larger wheel/tire combo looks better. Big truck needs big tires. I'm using a Ford E150 chassis under my COE. It is a 5 on 5.5 lug pattern. I think I'm gonna run 235/85R16 on the front of mine to help fill the wheelwell. That tire is 31 inches tall.

i agree...on my truck the 19.5 with the low profile 245/70/19.5 is only like 1 1/2 inches taller than the 16" i had on it... but that big wheel makes it look so much better! my 19.5's are about 32.5 inches tall

 

[oneeye]

Thanks Jammer. I hope to take a road trip down there this summer just to look around!