'69 wheel sizing help needed

at one time summit was carrying circle track wheels in those specs for about $30-$40 a piece, but unfortunately it looks like they arent carrying them ayymore. either that or i just cant find them.

i did find this place,

http://www.petepaulsen.com/Catalogofwheels/CircleTrack/Circle%20Track%20Wheels.htm

look for the "Daytona" in standard weight (they make them in lightweight too). you can get them in 15x8 and 15x10 with anywhere from 2" to 5" bs on the 8" and 2" to 6" bs for the 10", only thing i dont see is the bolt pattern listed but i would imagine you can get whatever you want, i know summit offered them in many bolt patterns including the 5x4.75".

they're asking $39 a piece for them raw.

i dont know how you feel about this style of wheel, but if they're only going to be used for racing i dont think they are all that bad. i honestly think the stock cars look pretty good with these wheels.

you're only other option would be rally wheels(like wheel vintiques or similar), but they're about $60 to $70 a piece.

haha i wish i could read minds, it might have saved me some grief with the females over the years.

only thing is, i dont know that Gene has actually gotten Old Red to hook at this point or he really hasnt launched the old girl yet, i believe his best 60ft is 2+ something.

i would not be worried about running an ET street on an 8" wide wheel, im doing it with a 10" wide slick. hoosier says that the minimum recommended width for these is 9", but they work fine. you probably will need to adjust the tire pressure to give you a flat footprint, i did this by wetting the bottom of my driveway and doing some short rolling burnouts. watch the tread pattern for wear all the way across the tread, if you have too much air the edges will show no wear. do this until the whole tread is wearing all the way across, you can also look at the marks left on the driveway but i found it easier by look at the tire itself. you can do this at the track too, but i found it easier to do it at home without the rush involved at the track, plus the marks will go away.

if you do decide to go with the ET streets or QT pros, keep in mind that they rate the widths using the sidewall NOT by tread width like they do real slicks. so a 26x10.5 et street only has a 9" tread width, to get a 10" wide tread you need the 26x11.5.