ROD W Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 Am interested in a 1918 Buick tourer that has 5.00 x 23" tyres. Seventy Years of Buick says the 118" wheelbase cars have 34 x 4" tyres. Are these the right size wheels for the car.Rod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Schramm Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 Is it an 4 or 6 cylinder vehicle? If my memory is correct, the 4 cylinder uses the 30x3-1/2. The 6 cylinder used a larger tire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbbuick22 Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 Rod, The chassis in the pic is a 6cyl. and I think would use 25" wood felloe wheels, with 34x4-1/2 tires. JB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbbuick22 Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 The short wheel base 118" , 44,45,46, and 47, does use a 34x4 tire (26" rim), the 124", 49& 50 uses the 25" (rim), 34x 4 1/2" tire. JB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leif Holmberg Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 http://www.buickclub.org/BCA%20JUDGING%20MANUAL/BCAjudgingrev2.pdfOn page 31 you will find all the old Buick wheel dimensions. Leif in Sweden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROD W Posted January 20, 2011 Author Share Posted January 20, 2011 Thanks everybody. It looks like these are smaller wheels than were normally on 1918 tourer 118" wheelbase. Maybe at some time the wheels were changed over because they could not get the correct tyres. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbbuick22 Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 Rod, What is the condition of the rest of the car ? I checked my wheel cat. and for 1919, the 118" cars use the same size rim as the 124", 25" but with a 33x4 tire, 18 is prob. the same.The rim is a Jaxon #19 a pin drive with an angle cut at the split. It looks like the front wheels and 4 rims from a 124" car will fit on a 118", the rears are different because the brake drums and wheel bearings are bigger. Good Luck JB1922-6-55 Sport Touring Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROD W Posted January 23, 2011 Author Share Posted January 23, 2011 JB the body is a full restoration, but there is a E-46 body in Inglis Florida. No coupe,s were imported into Australia, so it would make a very interesting restoration. From the photo,s it looks like there is bad pitting rust in the rear section of the body around the trunk lid. Is there anybody in the Inglis area that could have a look at this coupe body. The bottom of the cowl and under the doors is rusted out but these are easy to replace.Rod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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