Posted By: Wagonmaster
OEM tire size for a '63 Belvedere?? - 09/09/12 10:54 PM
Not a MW car... Any ideas? Would it equate to...
OEM tire size for a '63 Belvedere??
Posted By: Supercuda
Re: OEM size for a '63 Belvedere?? - 09/09/12 11:09 PM
size of WHAT?
Posted By: Wagonmaster
Re: OEM tire size for a '63 Belvedere?? - 09/09/12 11:14 PM
Oops - that'll teach me to be in a hurry - Tire size. Sorry!! 
Posted By: dart1962_440
Re: OEM tire size for a '63 Belvedere?? - 09/09/12 11:16 PM
Wagon, sedan/hardtop or police car? Original tire size or modern equivalent?
Posted By: Wagonmaster
Re: OEM tire size for a '63 Belvedere?? - 09/09/12 11:21 PM
4 dr sedan. 318. Just wanting to have fresh ready to take with me to replace rags. Had a 64 Polara 500, years ago. Have forgotten whether the equivalent is 215 or 205/75R 14.
Would be better if not for my feeble memory...
Would be better if not for my feeble memory...
Posted By: Cab_Burge
Re: OEM tire size for a '63 Belvedere?? - 09/09/12 11:38 PM
Quote:I remeber 7.50x14 or maybe 8.00x14 or 8.25x14, don't ask for the translation sizes, sorry. Way to many chnages in tire sizes and styles in the last 52 years of working on cars
4 dr sedan. 318. Just wanting to have fresh ready to take with me to replace rags. Had a 64 Polara 500, years ago. Have forgotten whether the equivalent is 215 or 205/75R 14.
Would be better if not for my feeble memory...
Posted By: dart1962_440
Re: OEM tire size for a '63 Belvedere?? - 09/09/12 11:57 PM
Posted By: 6bblgt
Re: OEM tire size for a '63 Belvedere?? - 09/10/12 02:37 AM
According to the "LIBRARY" at Hamtramck-Historical
1963 b-body:
7.00 x 14 STANDARD
7.50 x 14 OPTIONAL (STANDARD Station Wagon)
Kelsey Tire sells a reproduction 7.50 x 14 with a 1" white wall
(7.78" section width, 27.68" diameter & 4.675" tread width)
Modern equivalent - 215/75/14 - probably the largest 14" tire you can find
(8.5" section width, 26.7" diameter & 6.2" tread width)
or
225/70/14 - (9.0" section width, 26.5" diameter & 6.7" tread width)
1963 b-body:
7.00 x 14 STANDARD
7.50 x 14 OPTIONAL (STANDARD Station Wagon)
Kelsey Tire sells a reproduction 7.50 x 14 with a 1" white wall
(7.78" section width, 27.68" diameter & 4.675" tread width)
Modern equivalent - 215/75/14 - probably the largest 14" tire you can find
(8.5" section width, 26.7" diameter & 6.2" tread width)
or
225/70/14 - (9.0" section width, 26.5" diameter & 6.7" tread width)
Posted By: Wagonmaster
Re: OEM tire size for a '63 Belvedere?? - 09/11/12 04:08 AM
Many thanks, all. Now, on to find a mfgr. NOT in China!