Or purchase a modern car with suspension and tires designed to compliment one another.
This kind of undercuts the entire hot rodding philosophy, don't you think?
If the goal is handling, get a modern muscle car...if you just wanna cruise and have fun, get a rod or early muscle car.
No.
If the goal is to improve on the handling ability of a classic, shorter sidewall tires in a diameter similar to stock is one way to go. I could run a 295-40-15 if someone made that size but it would be a very short tire with large gaps between the tires and the body.
No thanks.