'58 Imperial Wire Wheels and Tires

[Gregg Benedict]

I'm looking for a set of wire wheels and tires for a stock '58 Imperial. The wire wheels would be the classic-looking Chrysler style wire wheels with spinners. I'm thinking getting 15", even though the original wheels are 14". Or, is that a bad idea? Also, I may want to go with a new modern disk-brake set-up, which may require the 15" wheels anyway. The tires I'm looking for would be radials with the large 3" whitewalls. The biggest thing I'm concerned about is wheel clearances, as I don't want to be rubbing on any suspension or inner wheel-wells.

 

[UGW]

These are quite expensive, but they exist and look period-correct. I'd consider them if it wasn't a good chunk of what I paid for the whole car.

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