67 camaro wheels and tires

[wannarun70]

My 20yr old son has a 67 camaro that is all stock and besides new metal, interior and drive train are original. Nothing too special 327/210 hp. He loves the 70s look with the big tires in the back and the crazy paint. O yeah shackle kits also. He is going with 15x6 cragers in the front and 15x8 in the rear. The tires he is thinking of getting are the BFGoodrich radial TAs. 205 60r15 for the front and 255 or 265 60r 15s for the rear. Any feedback on the tire, wheels and stance would be great. And what do you think about turning the white letters in. Thanks, Mark

[cook_dw]

Early, mid or late 70’s?

[AnthonyS]

Hi Mark, that's a great tire IMHO. And his plan sounds similar to what I did on my barn find '69 a few years ago...

click here and check out post #16 for pics:

https://www.yenko.net/forum/showthre...rn+find&page=2

I put the stock 14X7 XT wheels on the front with 225/70R14 BFG Radial T/As and used the as-raced 15X10 rims on the back with 295/50R15 - worked and looked great, again, IMHO. All with the RWL turned inward.

Have fun with it!
Anthony

[Too Many Projects]

I have reproduction Corvette style rally's on my '67 Camaro. 15x6 front, 15x7 rear, with 215/65 front, 255/60 rear. They fit and fill the wheel opening nicely. The rears will rub the inside on a steep upgrade into a driveway, if I go in an an angle. Straight on and no issue.

If he is going black wall out, there are many tires with better traction ability than T/A's. I wish Rusted Tires had a better website with pics of the reproduction radials now available. I, and buddies, have had handling and traction issues with the T/A's and don't buy them, but that's just my experience.


I was able to attach a couple pics directly from the hard drive. Not sure why the back appears so high. I was moving it around with a floor jack and it maybe hadn't settled yet ?

[fiveforty]

255s will be great in the rear with an 8" rim with 4" backspace. That 205 60 15 is a very short tire in the BFG line. I put 215 65 15s in the front and liked them. White letter is preference. Cragars I might put them in but on Rallys keep them out.

[wannarun70]

Originally Posted by Too Many Projects

I have reproduction Corvette style rally's on my '67 Camaro. 15x6 front, 15x7 rear, with 215/65 front, 255/60 rear. They fit and fill the wheel opening nicely. The rears will rub the inside on a steep upgrade into a driveway, if I go in an an angle. Straight on and no issue.

If he is going black wall out, there are many tires with better traction ability than T/A's. I wish Rusted Tires had a better website with pics of the reproduction radials now available. I, and buddies, have had handling and traction issues with the T/A's and don't buy them, but that's just my experience.


I was able to attach a couple pics directly from the hard drive. Not sure why the back appears so high. I was moving it around with a floor jack and it maybe hadn't settled yet ?

Are those radial TA's on there now?

[Too Many Projects]

Originally Posted by wannarun70

Are those radial TA's on there now?

No, these tires were on the wheels when I bought them. Some off brand that is actually a very decent tire. I'll have to go look at them to get the brand. My memory gets shorter every year.

[JRC99]

I think I'm running 15x6 in the front and 15x7 in the rear (this was 15 years ago, I was 6, and my grandfather's memory isn't great) on 215/60/15 and 255/60/15. As you can probably tell, the springs are completely worn and it's never rubbed.

[NorCam]

Here's my old 68 with 215/60 fronts and 225/60 rears using 15" x 7" rims both front and rear. Car was setup with multi-leaf rear springs and z/28 coil springs up front. Many a people commented on it having a great stance. Hope it helps.

[dykstra]

Obviously I have skinnies up front, but the rears are 15x8 with a 4.75 back spacing running 275/60/15’s. Stock suspension with zero rubbing.
Hope this helps.