Best tire and wheel combo for a street-mod 69 Charger RT

[DPL]

My car is coming out of my paint shop in a week and assembly will start. 

I decided to go with a slightly custom restoration - nothing too crazy like body mods or anything.  Just custom paint, massive engine, tranny and a few odds and ends.

I want to look at a 17" and 18" wheel/tire combo.  Its tough to find any cars with this combo - any I do find look like they don't fit very well.

Does anyone have any examples they could guide me to?

I want the perfect fitting wheel/tire combo within the rear fender wells, just so the tire is under the well and right out to the edge.

Same goes for the front.

Maybe I'm dreamin'...

[DPL]

I've looked over a few hundred photos of 69 chargers and found very few with 17 or 18" wheels...seems everyone likes the old school (as I do!)

Maybe I should stick with tried and true...

[Mike DC]

 
I think 16" wheels are the most underrated size out there for classic iron right now.  (Wearing a tire sidewall that's reasonably tall but not huge, like a 60-series or something.)


15" rims and 70-series tire sidewalls is decidedly old-school, and 17" rims with 45-series tire sidewalls is decidedly new-school.  It splits the difference.

[kamkuda]

Have a look here
http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,33920.0/topicseen.html

[DPL]

Awesome Kamkuda, thanks for the link.  Gives me some ideas.