Hello out there!
My wife and I just bought a 1976 Dodge based Class C Empire. I believe it is the B300 series on June 10th. 1 Ton chassis with Full floating rear axles. It has a 360, needs new exhaust, tires,brakes are not quite right, big cleaning, the roof a.c. does not work, nor does the cab a.c.
Just found out the fridge may not be working. Although we may be doing something wrong with setting the controls. We'll find out.
I have 1 question about tires:
It has 16.5 inch wheels, with 8.00X16.5 radials. After stopping by a few tire stores, it seems that while those tires are available, they are not as readily available as are the P metric or LT metric series with another rim size such as 16 inch. Has anyone changed over there old dodge to the 16 inch wheels or other size, and if so, what size tires did you go with? I'm concerned about the duals rubbing in the back if I go with something too wide. The 8 inch tires would translate into just under a 205 MM width metric tire.
Thanks in advance and let's all enjoy the summer RVing! We hope to here, we'll need to after working on it !
Art in N.C.
