Wheels and tires

Wheels

It came with 1 16x4.5 wheel and 2 15x4.5 green wheels, maybe original?  It also had 2 studded snow tires on the back on 15x6 rims, maybe winter tires. I decided to powdercoat the 16x4.5 rims. I found 1 on ebay and the guy that sold me the truck had 2 more on an 65 scout. So that's a matched set. 


Color will be a match for whitecap white 902.


I switched to matte black, and they look great, thanks to Powdercoat of Montana in Belgrade.


Tires

A local tire shop helped source Cooper Discovery AT3 215/70R15, which look original and are all season radial and not super expensive. With the smaller 15" rims, the Cooper trendsetter tire, with a white sidewall fit and a white rim made sense. 

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