[DeTomaso] !7" wheels on stock body Pantera

[boyd casey]

A key element in getting wheels this size to fit is the increased positive
caster which moves the wheels toward the back of the car and more centered
in the wheel well. IMHO
Boyd

On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 9:47 AM, <cengles at cox.net> wrote:

>
> Dear Larry and Burrid,
>
> Minor wheel observations:
>
> Late '74, serial number 7171 stock body Pantera L with Pantera Performance
> Center 17 x 9 Kinesis wheels will handle BFG G-Force 255-40-17 tires and 4
> degrees positive caster *after* some gentle and discrete recurving of the
> front fender lip and contour............ FWIW
>
> Warmest regards, Chuck Engles
>
>
> ---- Larry Finch <fresnofinches at aol.com> wrote:
> >
> > I purchased the Campy clones from Pantera East, made by Boyd Coddington.
> >
> > On the boxes it said the 16x8 wheels had a 5.375 back space and the
> > 17x11 wheels had a 6.5 back space.
> >
> > I run, as most do with those wheels, 245/45x16 and 335/35x17 tires.
> >
> > My car is a January '72 build narrow body with fender lips fully rolled.
> >
> > The 245 barely clear things in the front - there is the slightest
> full-turn
> > scrubbing on the rearward inside wheelwell.
> >
> > The 335 fit just fine and only occasionally rub the R/R fender lip,
> > but my car sits WAAY low.
> >
> > I have always thought these two widths were about the maximum one could
> > manage to fit on a stock car.
> >
> > You wrote you have 275/40x17 front tires. Do you mean they are installed
> on
> > your Pantera and they are actually fitting?
> >
> > Larry
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