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Largest Tire on cop car rim to fit a 67 Monaco ? #2624574
02/22/19 03:15 AM
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My buddy Jim is building a 67 Monaco with cop car 15" rims, will 235 60 15 Cooper Cobras fit front and back? Or will he need smaller tires on front for clearance. Thanks


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Re: Largest Tire on cop car rim to fit a 67 Monaco ? [Re: NAS Backyard] #2624576
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shruggy I would hope a 235/70/15 would fit? twocents (235/60s sound awful short, unless it's riding long & low?)

Re: Largest Tire on cop car rim to fit a 67 Monaco ? [Re: NAS Backyard] #2624578
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we know the 70 will fit but he wants 60s all around but doing research first


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Re: Largest Tire on cop car rim to fit a 67 Monaco ? [Re: NAS Backyard] #2624584
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does he want wide tires or short tires?

per tire rack:
cooper cobra radial gt 235/60/15
7.2" tread width & 26.1" diameter (9.1" section width on a 7" wheel)
tire rack cooper cobra 235/60/15


cooper cobra radial gt 235/70/15
7.2" tread width & 27.9" diameter (9.4" section width on a 7" wheel)
tire rack cooper cobra 235/70/15

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Re: Largest Tire on cop car rim to fit a 67 Monaco ? [Re: 6bblgt] #2624585
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the big 15" tire that was available on a '67 Polara was 8.45x15" (8.45" section width)

roughly equivalent to a metric 215/78/15, in a perfect world would be 28.1" diameter

&

the smallest 14" tire that was available on a '67 Polara was 8.25x14" (8.25" section width)

roughly equivalent to a metric 205/78/14, in a perfect world would be 26.6" diameter

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Re: Largest Tire on cop car rim to fit a 67 Monaco ? [Re: NAS Backyard] #2624587
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Jim says THANK YOU !!!! I told him we could get the answer here. He's going with the 70 Series


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Re: Largest Tire on cop car rim to fit a 67 Monaco ? [Re: NAS Backyard] #2624590
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he still needs to check the fitment, the extra 1.5" of wheel width might put the tire too close to something & cause some interference, someone on here should have experience with a '67 Dodge C

I've only had '70-71 Cs & the 235/70/15s fit with 15x6.0 wheels

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Re: Largest Tire on cop car rim to fit a 67 Monaco ? [Re: NAS Backyard] #2624591
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OK, we will wait till tomorrow to order them.


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Re: Largest Tire on cop car rim to fit a 67 Monaco ? [Re: NAS Backyard] #2624617
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23570R15 ON 15X7 MAGNUM 500'S.
Lots of room in the rear even with fender skirts.
Backspacing on cop rims no different than Magnum 500's and seen plenty of slab C's run them.
He can run 25560R15 and still clear,IMHO

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Re: Largest Tire on cop car rim to fit a 67 Monaco ? [Re: NAS Backyard] #2625927
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If I remember correctly, 23560R15 Goodyears was OEM on the Local Highway Patrol cars back in the day.
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My buddy Jim is building a 67 Monaco with cop car 15" rims, will 235 60 15 Cooper Cobras fit front and back? Or will he need smaller tires on front for clearance. Thanks

Re: Largest Tire on cop car rim to fit a 67 Monaco ? [Re: Jwilli500] #2626946
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I had a 67 Fury 4 door w 275/60R15 on rear stock cop wheels
don't remember what on fronts







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