We have a 1958 Apache 3100 that we are having restored as close to original as we can get (except for the front disc brakes). The restoration shop ordered 15" diameter X 8" wide slotted rims. They wanted to 'fill' the wheel wells thinking the factory supplied wheels and tires would look too narrow. This truck will not be a 'Trailer Queen' or a daily Driver, but we will drive it. I want it to function well and my wife and I to be able to steer it. We did not opt for power steering.
What I would like to know is first, were the original factory wheels/rims slotted or not (when I bought this truck it had some funky after market white spoke wheels) and second what is a common size wheel and tire size that most folks are putting on their restored, no power steering, trucks '55 thru '59?
John
