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Weld Wheels:
I bought at exra charge the Dog Dish covers for my Welds not shown in this piture.
http://www.weldracing.com/Weld_Racing/w ... ngle2.shtm
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Cant remember the Tire size off the top of my head and the Trucks not here at the house right now,I'll try to go look tonight
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Here's a Picture of my Welds with the centers.Front and Rear side by side:
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Those wheels look nice. Amazing how much better that style looks without the fake rivets
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I went ahead and ordered the first ones, 62 series OEM from Wheel Vintiques ( in 15/7 and 15/8 ) and received the standard one month away ETA from Summit.

They come bare, and I will have them powder coated Wimbledon White when they arrive. Then I will stick the stock hubcaps on them, and I hope the truck will be running.

Then I will revisit the tire sizes, Probably 225/70/15 Radial TA on front and 275/60/15 Comp TA Drag Radials for the back.

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Except for the International Harvester red paint and baby moons that is almost exactly whar\t my brown 72 had.
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They are in the next load of stuff to the powder coaters.
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i would use the first ones. i put halibrand rims on mine, well on the back. i haven't bought the front ones yet, just using my welds off my falcon on the front.

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Finding matching big and littles is a problem with high profile tires. I had Firestones on my 72 and had some that were all white letter but not exact. I have also researched the BFGs and found the same thing, similiar but no exact match for basically stock 235s up front and wider tires on back.
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