I recently acquired a 1953 Suburban that appears to be mostly all stock equipment, with the exception of the wheels and tires. It has the 235 inline 6.
http://s38.photobucket.com/user/mmurphy147/library/ I want to take it back to something more original-looking.
After reading lots of posts on here and other websites, I am leaning towards:
16"x6" smoothie wheels from Coker or one of the others in black (all look the same to me).
https://www.cokertire.com/smoothie-wheel-primed.html Tires to be 215/85/16 to look tall and thinner like the vintage tires, but in radials. A little taller is always nice to keep RPMs down. I welcome ideas on make and model of tires that run nice on these old 3100s.
The moon caps with "Chevrolet" in red letters which I believe is correct.
https://www.summitracing.com/parts/wvi-2030-aI do not know what rear end the vehicle has. At 48 mph indicated I am doing 55 mph on my GPS. Could be speedo is old and off or could be re-geared in the rear end.
All this to say, does anyone think I am missing anything important before I pull the trigger on this setup?
Thank you in advance.
