As I mentioned earlier, 2124 came with BFG’s on the 6-pin FIA-style wheels from Trigo. The sizing was 235/60 and 295/50. My first order of concern was that the tires felt too squidgy and in no way had the amount of adhesion I was looking for in the corners. Secondly, I didn’t feel the sizing was right for the FIA, especially in the rear. The wheel-wells are shaped differently relative to the 427 flares and after looking over some period photographs of the race cars, I borrowed a 275/60 to try in the rear to see how that would look. The photos below show the result of that trial. I’m really pleased and will be using this sizing for the rear and 245/60 for the front. These photos also show the wheels machined to the correct ERA-specified back spacing. I discovered earlier that they were 3/8” under the specification at 3.5” vs 3.88”. I will be going with Mickey Thompson S/T tires in this sizing.
As for powder coating the wheels black, I’m still quite undecided. I was all gung-ho on the idea as of last week, but after seeing how this is shaping up, I may run the car a while this season with them in the natural as-cast state. I can always change it up a bit later. The determining factor will be the fitting of my 17” set of auto-x wheels from Vintage Wheel in the next week or so. I ordered these in all-black (painted). I’ll hold off on ordering the MT’s and getting those mounted until I see how the 17” set looks.