mrbobs48 Posted August 29, 2010 Report Share Posted August 29, 2010 Hi Im new here, just bought a 1948 plymouth special deluxe. Its blue with the original interior. Body is straight and all the chrome is in great shape. My first car in high school was a 1948 plymouth special deluxe, but it was black. Now I have another one, I feel 16 again. lol Question. The tires are bad, I don't want to spend a $150 per tire for the big white walls. So should I go black tire or skinny white wall ? Both look good to me, any input will help. Thanks from Oklahoma city. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldguy48 Posted August 29, 2010 Report Share Posted August 29, 2010 Welcome to the forum. My first car was also a black Special Deluxe. I would suggest that if you haven't already done so, take a little time to do a search on this forum. I think you'll find a lot of previous discussions on tire selection. If you don't find what you are looking for, by all means ask away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1940plymouth Posted August 29, 2010 Report Share Posted August 29, 2010 Welcome to the best old Plymouth, ie Chrysler product forum on the web. Can you post some photos? Good luck with your Plymouth, Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbobs48 Posted August 29, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 29, 2010 Sorry I forgot to post pics. The tires has fake white walls now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pflaming Posted August 29, 2010 Report Share Posted August 29, 2010 (edited) Go to 'member's list' and look at their pictures. There will be a number of pictures with different wheel/tire combinations. To me they all look good. NICE CAR! WELCOME! Where do you live? There may be a forum member close. ps. look at: moparmonkey, mikk506, Deano, dmkberger for a few. I occassionally just browse the members profiles and enjoy their cars. I would encourage you to fill out your profile as well. Edited August 29, 2010 by pflaming Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
claybill Posted August 29, 2010 Report Share Posted August 29, 2010 (edited) skinny whites just dont do it for me...however fake whites were ok for the era... go with black radial (205 etc is rec by the forum) tires and nicely painted rims and caps! .02 c. wait it out......things change.. bill Edited August 29, 2010 by claybill additions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P-12 Tommy Posted August 29, 2010 Report Share Posted August 29, 2010 Mrbobs, Welcome to the best flathead Mopar site in the world! More pics when you get a chance. Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carls 49 Posted August 30, 2010 Report Share Posted August 30, 2010 hi bob and welcome. good to have you here. great looking 48. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Blackstone Posted August 31, 2010 Report Share Posted August 31, 2010 Welcome aboard. My family's first new car was a 48 SD and I have been trying to get back there ever since. Good memories. Do what you know. Are those Port-A-Walls you are calling fake WW? I impressed the young guns at the local mechanics with mine. They had never even heard of them. Keep coming? back, Frank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobT-47P15 Posted August 31, 2010 Report Share Posted August 31, 2010 Hi Mr Bob. From another Bob. Welcome. I would suppose since your car is a 48 that it has 15 inch tires. If you buy your tires locally, I don't know if you will find any thing besides radials. Maybe a farm supply would sell the old bias ply type. Even the narrow white stripes are getting hard to find.....some places have them, but they don't carry any at our Walmart or Sam's Club. Size wise, my preference would be a P215-75R-15. Radials do make the car handle lots better on the highway - are just harder to turn when going very slow or stopped. they will fit on the old skinny rims. Everyone likes something different - so do what you like best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dynaflash_8 Posted August 31, 2010 Report Share Posted August 31, 2010 hello there Id stay with the bias. Radials just dont look right, and bias dont handle nearly as bad as you think. Blackwalls would look good. Whitwalls would look classy. Look up cokers G78-15 http://store.cokertire.com/tire-styles/bias-ply-tires/wide-whitewall/g78-15-coker-classic-2-3-4-whitewall-tire.html Not a bad tire. With my HAMB discount, they were $505 shipped to my door. Look great and handle well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1949P17BC Posted August 31, 2010 Report Share Posted August 31, 2010 Welcome, your car was made for wide whites, bite the bullet get a set from coker, wide white radials. you won't be disappointed in the look and the ride. Just drove my 47 to Portland and back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbobs48 Posted August 31, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2010 I forgot I have some G78-15 wide whitewalls on my old 1955 ford in the garage and the tires are in good shape. Im switching for now, I have to get the 57 chevy fixed next and the ford is last. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg g Posted August 31, 2010 Report Share Posted August 31, 2010 The ford wheels should fit your plymouth blt pattern so you may not even need to dismount the tires to facilitate the switch and the plymouth might look nice with the T bird wheel covers..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobT-47P15 Posted September 1, 2010 Report Share Posted September 1, 2010 As I recall, the Ford rims will work fine on the Plymouth. It seems as if the holes in the Ford pieces are just a tad bigger diameter than the Mopar......therefore the lug bolt goes into them just a little farther. Doesn't quite fill the hole like on the Plym wheels. I've used Ford rims on a Mopar on past occasions with no problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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