19" A wheels...

With Firestone 19" tires, Minerva was TOTALLY smooth all the way up to 75 MPH, with NO balance weights! I always forget to ask Glen if he did the Dyna-Beads when he put the tires on. Bill W.
 
Good wheels and good tires take the 65 miles quite well - if all else is o.k. with your car. The real concern in STOPPING ! And I somehow don't feel confortable driving my 85 year old flivver at a sustained 65 mile speed, even though it can comfortably do it. Besides my concentration of listening for any 'new' sound - I don't think I and my '28 Ford can respond well against the modern kamakazi's that are constantly juxiposing (sp?) in both speed and lanes - much like an Indy track race. So I drive in MY 'comfort zone' of 50 - 55 mph, with an occasional burst of 60 - 65 to pass a '58 Volkswagen. Again, it's really about the old flivver being able to STOP and safely wiggle between fast-moving obstacles. The 19" tires can handle it, but I can't.
 
My A currently has 19's on it. I drove 3,000 miles in one week back in May- all at or above 60 MPH. I have them balanced, but they were good wheels to begin with and good tires.
 
We had the 21" wheels balanced on our sedan and it runs smooth up into the 70 MPH range. We haven't had the roadster pickup that fast yet but the 19" wheels with the radial tires handle nice and seem to be working well. Once we get the engine broken in good we will run it a little faster to see how it drives then.
 
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