-=> Quoting Jack Schwendener to Landon Robinson <=-
 JS> @MSGID: 1:203/721.0 8BD9B175
 LR>Wouldn't happen to know what size tires a '68 Chevy Impala is supposed to
 LR>have? When I bought it had P205/70R14's on it but I have been told these 
are
 LR>small for the size of car they are on.  The owners manual (believe it or 
not
 JS> I ran 225-75R15's on an old '69 Buick, although they may have been a
 JS> tad big ....
BIG is what I want (on the back anyway).  I had some 30x9.5x15" light truck
tires that I was going to put on the back of the Impala after I put air
shocks in to take car of the obvious clearance problem but I couldn't find
any rims in the junk yards around here that would accept the tire and fit
on the end of my axles. New rims are out of the question (cost wise) right
now.
Basically I don't want to turn the Impala into a low rider Portland (Oregon)
has way to many pot-holes, speed bumps, drop offs, high/low incline/decline
drive ways, etc etc. for a low rider to survive for very long.  I want to
turn the thing into one of those muscle car era street machines with the back
bumper about three/four feet off the ground.  Plus having big tires on the
back will up the final drive ratio to make the thing seriously launch at
take off (it does that anyway but more is better :)  ).
 JS> As I recall, those came with 7.75x14s, which translates to about a
 JS> 205-75. But those original 7.75s were on the small side anyhow (to cut
 JS> cost). I wouldn't hesitate to go up a size or 2....
That size is what I think the manual had in it although it may have been a
8.25x14.
Thanks for the info.
-Landon
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