Wheels

Wire Wheel Fit

• Author: Don Hyde
• Year: 2010
• Issue: Jul/Aug
• Page: 52

57 Radial tires / skirt clearance

• Author: Don Hyde
• Year: 2010
• Issue: Jul/Aug
• Page: 52

1957 Radials/Skirt Clearance

• Author: Don Hyde
• Year: 2010
• Issue: Jul/Aug
• Page: 52

Bias VS. Radial Tires

• Author: Dick Stern
• Year: 2010
• Issue: May/Jun
• Page: 51

Tire Size Choices for 1956

• Author: Jim Dinunzio
• Year: 2009
• Issue: Jul/Aug
• Page: 51

1957 Wheels

• Author: Don Hyde
• Year: 2009
• Issue: May/Jun
• Page: 51

Tire Safety/Age

• Author: Gil Baumgartner
• Year: 2008
• Issue: May/Jun
• Page: 26

T-Bird Wheels with Radials

• Author: Gil Baumgartner
• Year: 2008
• Issue: Mar/Apr
• Page: 47

1957 Wheel Specs

• Author: Gil Baumgartner
• Year: 2008
• Issue: Jan/Feb
• Page: 47

Rough Riding ’55

• Author: Dick Stern
• Year: 2008
• Issue: Jan/Feb
• Page: 46

Tire and Rim Safety

• Author: Jim Dinunzio
• Year: 2007
• Issue: Sep/Oct
• Page: 48

Painting Wheel Wells & Floor Pan

• Author: Gil Baumgartner
• Year: 2007
• Issue: Mar/Apr
• Page: 22

T- Bird Questions

• Author: Gil Baumgartner
• Year: 2007
• Issue: Jan/Feb
• Page: 45

Refinishing 1955-56 T-Bird Wheel Cover Center Medallions

• Author: Rod Wake
• Year: 2007
• Issue: Jan/Feb
• Page: 36

15-inch Wheels on ’55

• Author: Dick Stern
• Year: 2006
• Issue: Nov/Dec
• Page: 42

Kelsey Hayes Wire Wheels

• Author: Gil Baumgartner
• Year: 2006
• Issue: Sep/Oct
• Page: 48

Tires for the Ride

• Author: Jim Dinunzio
• Year: 2006
• Issue: Jul/Aug
• Page: 38

T-Bird Wheels/Tires Decisions

• Author: Jim Dinunzio
• Year: 2006
• Issue: Mar/Apr
• Page: 40

56Tire/Fender Skirt Scraping

• Author: Jim Dinunzio
• Year: 2005
• Issue: Nov/Dec
• Page: 52

Re: Wire Basket Wheel Covers and Radial Tires (From July-Aug 2005)

• Author: Dick Stern
• Year: 2005
• Issue: Nov/Dec
• Page: 52

Wire Wheel Basket Covers and Radial Tires

• Author: Ron Portland
• Year: 2005
• Issue: Jul/Aug
• Page: 41

Question On Tires For Our ’55 T-Bird

• Author: Dick Stern
• Year: 2005
• Issue: May/Jun
• Page: 41

1957 Wheels

• Author: Gil Baumgartner
• Year: 2005
• Issue: Jan/Feb
• Page: 44

Wire Wheel Hubcaps-1956T-Bird

• Author: Gil Baumgartner
• Year: 2004
• Issue: Jul/Aug
• Page: 53

Wheel Shimmy

• Author: Don Hyde
• Year: 2003
• Issue: May/Jun
• Page: 39

Authenticity – 1957 Thunderbird Wheels

• Author: Gil Baumgartner
• Year: 2002
• Issue: Jul/Aug
• Page: 49

Wire Wheel Cover Clips

• Author: Charlie Kinder
• Year: 2002
• Issue: Jul/Aug
• Page: 39

Authenticity – ’55 Restoration Questions

• Author: Gil Baumgartner
• Year: 2002
• Issue: Jan/Feb
• Page: 42

Tires Rubbing on Your Fender Skirts

• Author: Norm Brinkmeyer
• Year: 2002
• Issue: Jan/Feb
• Page: 37

4 Things You Can Do

• Author: Doug Thrasher
• Year: 2002
• Issue: Jan/Feb
• Page: 33

Wire wheels

• Author: Don Hyde
• Year: 2001
• Issue: Nov/Dec
• Page: 51

Tire wear

• Author: Bill Hightower
• Year: 2001
• Issue: Nov/Dec
• Page: 48

Warning – tire defect

• Author: Peter Eisenberg
• Year: 2001
• Issue: Nov/Dec
• Page: 47

Think Spring tech tips

• Author: Bill Gill
• Year: 2001
• Issue: May/Jun
• Page: 29

Tire clearance

• Author: Don Hyde
• Year: 2001
• Issue: Mar/Apr
• Page: 47

Safety alert for wire wheels

• Author: Gary Minkin
• Year: 2001
• Issue: Mar/Apr
• Page: 41

Authenticity – color of steel wheels

• Author: Gil Baumgartner
• Year: 2001
• Issue: Jan/Feb
• Page: 51

Abnormal tire wear reveals problems

• Author: Old Cars
• Year: 2000
• Issue: Mar/Apr
• Page: 42

Safety and handling updates ’57 makes for a fine driving machine

• Author: John Sailors
• Year: 2000
• Issue: Mar/Apr
• Page: 22

Is your ‘Bird on the level

• Author: Thunder Enlightening News
• Year: 1999
• Issue: Sep/Oct
• Page: 52

Restoration tips of a complete on-the-frame

• Author: Dean Linscott
• Year: 1999
• Issue: Sep/Oct
• Page: 52

How not to be left at the side of the road

• Author: Jay Raine
• Year: 1999
• Issue: May/Jun
• Page: 34

Tips for a trouble-free road trip in your old car

• Author: Old Cars
• Year: 1999
• Issue: Mar/Apr
• Page: 44

Radial tires and hubcaps

• Author: Steve Frano
• Year: 1998
• Issue: Jan/Feb
• Page: 48

Why did some whitewalls turn brown

• Author: M. Manley
• Year: 1997
• Issue: Jul/Aug
• Page: 44

Mini spare tires in the trunk and on the ground

• Author: Dick Stern
• Year: 1997
• Issue: Jan/Feb
• Page: 39

Dtermining the fitness of the tires on your vintage car

• Author: Old Cars
• Year: 1996
• Issue: May/Jun
• Page: 38

Wide white radials

• Author: Howard Skogman
• Year: 1995
• Issue: Sep/Oct
• Page: 22

Radial tires

• Author: Steve Frano
• Year: 1995
• Issue: Jul/Aug
• Page: 67

Tires Windsor classic

• Author: Bud Utehdorf
• Year: 1995
• Issue: May/Jun
• Page: 46

Easy spare

• Author: Bud Utehdorf
• Year: 1995
• Issue: May/Jun
• Page: 46

Bad vibrations

• Author: Doug Pangburn
• Year: 1995
• Issue: Jan/Feb
• Page: 51

How to avoid treading on thin rubber

• Author: Pony Express
• Year: 1994
• Issue: Nov/Dec
• Page: 53

Air time

• Author: Orange County Register
• Year: 1993
• Issue: Sep/Oct
• Page: 20

Thunderbird iron

• Author: Robert Valeski
• Year: 1993
• Issue: Mar/Apr
• Page: 20

Tube failure on wire wheel equipped T-birds

• Author: Bill Phelps
• Year: 1989
• Issue: Sep/Oct
• Page: 18

Wire wheels can be hazardous to your tires

• Author: Joe Cole
• Year: 1989
• Issue: Sep/Oct
• Page: 18

Thompson’s Waterseal for cleaning tires

• Author: Sierra Mustang Club
• Year: 1989
• Issue: Jan/Feb
• Page: 37

Wheel and tire problems – part 2 – tires

• Author: William Crowell-Davis
• Year: 1989
• Issue: Jan/Feb
• Page: 31

Wheel and tire problems – part 1

• Author: William Crowell-Davis
• Year: 1988
• Issue: Nov/Dec
• Page: 30

Front wheel outer bearing

• Author: Dennis McCosh
• Year: 1988
• Issue: Jul/Aug
• Page: 39

Wheels of good fortune

• Author: Diana Jacokes
• Year: 1988
• Issue: Jul/Aug
• Page: 30

Authenticity – white wall width 750 x 14

• Author: Gil Baumgartner
• Year: 1988
• Issue: May/Jun
• Page: 14

Authenticity – frame-up on a late 1956

• Author: Gil Baumgartner
• Year: 1988
• Issue: Jan/Feb
• Page: 27

More room in the 1955 trunk – space saver spare in your existing wheel

• Author: Frank Watson
• Year: 1987
• Issue: Sep/Oct
• Page: 18

Engine serial number, spare tire cover, tonneau cover

• Author: Barry Thomas
• Year: 1987
• Issue: Jan/Feb
• Page: 39

Rebuilding Kelsey-Hayes 14-inch wire wheels

• Author: John Clement
• Year: 1986
• Issue: Nov/Dec
• Page: 20

Plastic emblem protection

• Author: Jack Jordan
• Year: 1986
• Issue: Sep/Oct
• Page: 35

Hi-Tech has it’s place

• Author: Editor
• Year: 1986
• Issue: Jul/Aug
• Page: 24

Hubcaps used with wire wheels

• Author: Dan Deane
• Year: 1984
• Issue: Jul/Aug
• Page: 20

Problem with whitewall tires

• Author: Don Hyde
• Year: 1984
• Issue: Jan/Feb
• Page: 20

6-inch wide wheels on a T’Bird

• Author: Don Hyde
• Year: 1983
• Issue: Sep/Oct
• Page: 30

Proper tire storage

• Author: Old Cars Weekly
• Year: 1982
• Issue: Sep/Oct
• Page: 23

Kelsey-Hates wire wheels with skirts

• Author: Dan Deane
• Year: 1982
• Issue: Mar/Apr
• Page: 25

Continental kit on 1955

• Author: Dan Deane
• Year: 1982
• Issue: Jan/Feb
• Page: 17

Wheels for 1955 & 1956 versus passenger car’s

• Author: Dan Deane
• Year: 1981
• Issue: Sep/Oct
• Page: 42

14 Ford rims fit 1957?

• Author: Dan Deane
• Year: 1981
• Issue: Sep/Oct
• Page: 42

Radial tires effect on steering

• Author: Don Hyde
• Year: 1981
• Issue: Sep/Oct
• Page: 37

Substitute for 14 wheels

• Author: Don Hyde
• Year: 1981
• Issue: May/Jun
• Page: 26

Wheel paint color

• Author: Barry Thomas
• Year: 1981
• Issue: May/Jun
• Page: 21

Authenticity Archives

• Author: Gil Baumgartner
• Year: 1981
• Issue: Mar/Apr
• Page: 29

Experience using radial tires

• Author: Rudy Grenier
• Year: 1980
• Issue: Sep/Oct
• Page: 40

Radial tires, dangers?

• Author: Barry Thomas
• Year: 1980
• Issue: May/Jun
• Page: 31

1957 wire wheel cover photos

• Author: Editor
• Year: 1980
• Issue: Mar/Apr
• Page: 3

White side walls for 1957

• Author: Don Hyde
• Year: 1980
• Issue: Jan/Feb
• Page: 28

Radial tires, harmful effects?

• Author: Barry Thomas
• Year: 1980
• Issue: Jan/Feb
• Page: 26

Wire wheel covers for 1957

• Author: Peter Van Schuyler
• Year: 1980
• Issue: Jan/Feb
• Page: 23

15 wheels on a 1957

• Author: Don Hyde
• Year: 1979
• Issue: Sep/Oct
• Page: 25

Quick facts about tire pressure

• Author: Editor
• Year: 1977
• Issue: May/Jun
• Page: 15

Continental kit 1955 option

• Author: Dan Deane
• Year: 1977
• Issue: May/Jun
• Page: 34

Front wheel bearing adjustment

• Author: Editor
• Year: 1977
• Issue: Jan/Feb
• Page: 33

Tires 1956

• Author: Barry Thomas
• Year: 1977
• Issue: Jan/Feb
• Page: 30

Incorrect rims or oversized tires in bumper installation

• Author: Barry Thomas
• Year: 1977
• Issue: Jan/Feb
• Page: 30

Wheels knockoff 1955

• Author: Dan Deane
• Year: 1976
• Issue: Nov/Dec
• Page: 32

Wheels 1955

• Author: Dan Deane
• Year: 1976
• Issue: Sep/Oct
• Page: 42

Wheels 1955

• Author: Dan Deane
• Year: 1976
• Issue: May/Jun
• Page: 33

Brake drums passenger 1956 for 1957

• Author: Don Hyde
• Year: 1975
• Issue: May/Jun
• Page: 9

Deluxe hub cap 1955

• Author: Paul Hudgins
• Year: 1974
• Issue: Mar/Apr
• Page: 23

Correct wire wheel cover numbers

• Author: Paul Hudgins
• Year: 1973
• Issue: Sep/Oct
• Page: 16

Correct wheel balance stops vibration

• Author: Walter Fowler
• Year: 1973
• Issue: Jan/Feb
• Page: 33

Making Chrysler wire wheels fit

• Author: Paul Hudgins
• Year: 1973
• Issue: Jan/Feb
• Page: 13

Differences in Ford and Thunderbird wheels

• Author: Paul Hudgins
• Year: 1973
• Issue: Jan/Feb
• Page: 12

Simulated wire wheel covers

• Author: Paul Hudgins
• Year: 1972
• Issue: Sep/Oct
• Page: 21

How to bleed power brakes

• Author: (no author listed)
• Year: 1972
• Issue: Jul/Aug
• Page: 12

1957 Country wagon wheels OK for 1957 Thunderbird

• Author: (no author listed)
• Year: 1972
• Issue: May/Jun
• Page: 14

1957 and 1958 rear brake drums identical

• Author: (no author listed)
• Year: 1972
• Issue: Mar/Apr
• Page: 27

Wire wheel cover clips

• Author: (no author listed)
• Year: 1972
• Issue: Mar/Apr
• Page: 8

Lincoln Continental brakes on Early Bird

• Author: Paul Hudgins
• Year: 1972
• Issue: Jan/Feb
• Page: 8

Instructions for installing spring tension wire wheel rings

• Author: Editor
• Year: 1971
• Issue: Nov/Dec
• Page: 12

Loose spokes in wire wheels

• Author: (no author listed)
• Year: 1971
• Issue: Jul/Aug
• Page: 21

Correct way to bleed power brakes

• Author: Paul Hudgins
• Year: 1971
• Issue: Jan/Feb
• Page: 32

Illustrated schematic of 1956 continental kit

• Author: Paul Hudgins
• Year: 1970
• Issue: May/Jun
• Page: 10

14 wheels are special and available

• Author: Paul Hudgins
• Year: 1970
• Issue: May/Jun
• Page: 10

Information on wire wheels

• Author: (no author listed)
• Year: 1970
• Issue: Jan/Feb
• Page: 23

Brake drums

• Author: (no author listed)
• Year: 1970
• Issue: Jan/Feb
• Page: 23

Brake lining replacement

• Author: (no author listed)
• Year: 1970
• Issue: Jan/Feb
• Page: 22

Wide white wall tires

• Author: Paul Hudgins
• Year: 1970
• Issue: Jan/Feb
• Page: 7

Radial tires on the Thunderbird

• Author: (no author listed)
• Year: 1969
• Issue: Nov/Dec
• Page: 14

Check entire braking system

• Author: G. Smyth
• Year: 1969
• Issue: Nov/Dec
• Page: 12

Wheel shaking

• Author: Paul Hudgins
• Year: 1969
• Issue: Nov/Dec
• Page: 9

Gates 482 tire

• Author: G. Smyth
• Year: 1969
• Issue: Sep/Oct
• Page: 3

Check entire braking system

• Author: G. Smyth
• Year: 1969
• Issue: Sep/Oct
• Page: 3

Tire flaps for wire wheels

• Author: Dean Macklem
• Year: 1969
• Issue: Sep/Oct
• Page: 3

Radial tires

• Author: Paul Hudgins
• Year: 1969
• Issue: Jan/Feb
• Page: 10

Wide whitewall tires

• Author: Paul Hudgins
• Year: 1968
• Issue: Jul/Aug
• Page: 5

Oversize Wheels

• Author: Paul Hudgins
• Year: 1968
• Issue: Jul/Aug
• Page: 5

Use of radial tires

• Author: Tom Lawford
• Year: 1968
• Issue: Jan/Feb
• Page: 9

Wire wheels

• Author: Paul Hudgins
• Year: 1968
• Issue: Jan/Feb
• Page: 2

Balancing wheels

• Author: Gino Pasquini
• Year: 1966
• Issue: Jul/Aug
• Page: 6

Replacement of wheels

• Author: Editor
• Year: 1966
• Issue: Jul/Aug
• Page: 6

Nylon thump

• Author: Charles Janda
• Year: 1966
• Issue: Mar/Apr
• Page: 8

Repair air leaks

• Author: Elton Wolfe
• Year: 1966
• Issue: Jan/Feb
• Page: 4

Dangers of wire wheels

• Author: Wynne Eminger
• Year: 1965
• Issue: Nov/Dec
• Page: 6

Wire wheels

• Author: Editor
• Year: 1965
• Issue: Sep/Oct
• Page: 9

Wire wheels

• Author: Editor
• Year: 1965
• Issue: Jan/Feb
• Page: 4

Wire wheels

• Author: Randy Smith
• Year: 1964
• Issue: Jan/Feb
• Page: 4

Repair of tubeless tires

• Author: Jim Schmidt
• Year: 1963
• Issue: May/Jun
• Page: 7

Conversion to 14 inch

• Author: Gary Hoffman
• Year: 1963
• Issue: May/Jun
• Page: 7