While working on the 195? 1 Ton today, I started wondering if it might not be a good idea to go to smaller tires on the front rather than larger. It has 18s all around now, and I still want to go to 19.5s in the back, but look at these pictures of the front.
This is the passenger's side front fender and wheel.
Front Wheel Well 1 A slightly different shot that shows the drum clearance.
Front Wheel Well 2 And this one is a closer view of the wheel intended to show the drum clearance better, but I'm not sure that it does.
Wheel Through the hole under the valve stem you can see part of the leaf spring and part of the floor jack, which isn't holding it up, by the way. This picture was taken from slightly to the rear of the center of the wheel.
How about 17.5s for the front, for that steam roller look?
Would it be any harder to find them to fit the bolt pattern than 19.5s?
