Hi gang,I am thinking about buying a 74 Duster to restore some what stock.My choice of rim are American Raceing Outlaw 1 love that rim,15x7 front and rear,will it work,and what tire can i stuff under the rear with no problims,as for front i would like to stick with a 70 series 60 rear.thanks boys.Thoughts.

On my '74 I've got 275 60s on a 15x8 wheel out back. Plenty of room, stock spring location. My son's truck has the same tire on a 7" cop rim, seems to fit fine. Skinnies on the front of the duster, so I can't help you there.

Thanks fshd4it for the help any chance you could post a pic of your car? I bought the duster yesterday so my first perches is rims and tires.

my buddy finished up a 72 duster last year. he used a b-body 8 3/4 rear with out narrowing it. he also bought 15x7 wheels with 4"bs. the wheels were not what i would have picked to maximize tire sizes, but he was stuck with them as they were non re-turnable close out specials. so, in order to make the wheels work on his car, i used 205-60x15 on the front[24.5 dia. x 6" wide] and 225-70x15 rear[26 dia. x 7" wide]. these are bfg ta's with the white letters. [he had to have white letters too.....] these fit great with no rubbing issues at all. keep in mind a couple things. #1, he used a b-body rear that was not narrowed. i would, and did, mock up several tire/wheel combos that found you could fit 275-60's on 8" wheels with a 4 1/2"-5"bs. and to center the tire in the wheel openings, i fabbed a 3/8" spacer for the rear spring forward bracket. the driveshaft also needed checked and adjusted, but i forget what length shaft we used. #2, the front tire size could be adjusted some what, but the wheel offset prevented much adjustments there with the ride height he decided on. and #3, he just bought the wheels without even considering or thinking about any bs. issues what so ever. now i MADE these wheels fit HIS combination, but i would have done things differently if it was my ride. hope this helps in some way.

Well it does help a little,but i need to know if the American Racing Outlaw 1 will work.the place I am getting them from say they will,but who knows, and they probably have a no return deal.Help I dont want to loose on a G note.

Rim maker shouldn't matter as much as rim size and backspace. If I were you I would thoroughly plan the build before purchasing anything much less rims and if I had a question I would buy either a backspace guage or a cheap rim and a used tire to see if my choices are solid. For instance if you decide to go with an aftermarket rea disc brake you my need a bigger than 15 inch rim to clear the calipers, if you plan to build it with available to you parts you might end up with a B-body rear which woudl dramatically change the backspaced needed as outlined above. If you know you are going pure stock and will either pay for an A-body 8.75 or will live with a 7.25 then you might have enough info to order rims and tires jsut make sure before you drop the dough. The other thing I see to regularly is people jump into buying parts and then change direction or buy tires and 6 years later when they get it done the tires are in a bad date/age range, yes I buy into date codes on tires. Maybe you're a build it 6 month kinda guy or the build while you ride type, you gotta make that call but be realistic.

Just a lot to think about.

My plan is too keep every thing stock,my days of pounding rubber is almost over,just want something cool looking.The car is a 318 but i do plan on a 360 4bb very little cam thats it.

You can always stuff a pair of N-50's back there