1967 GTO vintage wheel options

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I can’t seem to fit any decent size rear wheels on my ‘67 GTO without the tires rubbing on the wheel openings.

I have a nice set of 15x7” Torq Thrust wheels with redline tires that used to look great on my old 67 Malibu, but won’t fit in the wheelhouse of my 67 GTO. “big gear head” posted in another thread that the ‘67 Chevelle rear is 1” narrower than the ‘67 GTO rear because Pontiac had that wide trac thing going on. I recall reading that somewhere.

That being the case, if I don’t want to raise my GTO from factory height, I can’t fit more than a 14x6” wheel on the rears without rubbing. Best I could find in a vintage wheel was a set of 14x6 Cragar G/T that has a 4 3/4” backspace which are very similar to the backspace on the factory steelies.

Anyone else able to run a nice vintage wheel on their 1967 GTO?



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