OEM Tires
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i think the original OEM tires for later 40's were the snow cruisers.Alot of people put a little bit oversize tires (i think 33" for pavement only) without trimming.It looks pretty good. Now I think i am going to get the old army style tread for my rebuild............it will make it look very nostalgic (spelling?) anyways hope i helped although i doubt i did................
Tate,
You should think about what you are going to do with your rig. If you are ever going to wheel it, I would not put stock tire size on it. Did you put any kind of a lift on it?
I'm running 33's, they are a great compromise between an off road and on road tire. I think Pimp has 33's on both his 40's and only 1 had a lift.
Unless of course your goal isto make a pure stock cruiser with 0 modifications.
Tire's are expensive and you want to geta good tire that will last 5 years. BF Goodrich AT Ko's in any size is what I would recommend.
You should think about what you are going to do with your rig. If you are ever going to wheel it, I would not put stock tire size on it. Did you put any kind of a lift on it?
I'm running 33's, they are a great compromise between an off road and on road tire. I think Pimp has 33's on both his 40's and only 1 had a lift.
Unless of course your goal isto make a pure stock cruiser with 0 modifications.
Tire's are expensive and you want to geta good tire that will last 5 years. BF Goodrich AT Ko's in any size is what I would recommend.
I think the stocks were like 28 inches or so. If you are EVER going to do ANY offroading, they will be TOO SMALL. Compromise and go for a taller but narrow look; still retro look but you will enjoy them so much more. also get a free overdrive effect. I like 33X9.5 on a 40. Would not necessarily need power steering either with narrows.
I recently got Dunlop Radial Rovers, which are the closest you will get to OEM.
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33" x 9.5" BFG AT's . Tall and narrow . Retro look is good IMHOP.
The stock tire was H-78 15 and most often a Dunlop Snowcruiser.
Searching on "stock tire" does return an awful lot of threads. 
https://forum.ih8mud.com/showthread.php?t=22278
https://forum.ih8mud.com/showthread.php?t=22278
Just food for thought, many people have MANY different ideas of what "wheeling" is or will be. I keep getting drawn back to that post where there were pics of 40's on the Rubicon back in the 60's. Guess what? They did not have 33 or 35 inch tires. Point is that bigger is not always better and you would be surprised (very) with what that 40 can do with some 28-30 inch tires. Not knocking big tires. I personally like the 33X9.50 or 32X9.50 look but I also dig the retro stock look in a mudder or milit. tire.
I wish those military type tires were still available in the US. Dunlop sells them in Gibraltar, and maybe elsewhere, but not in the States.
Dave:
I have seen, somewhere, where you can buy millitary tires from, I think, Firestone or Goodyear. I cannot remember but when I was searching for tires for my rejuvination (I am tired of the word resto), I remember looking at them and, then at the price, and then somewhere else ( :
I have seen, somewhere, where you can buy millitary tires from, I think, Firestone or Goodyear. I cannot remember but when I was searching for tires for my rejuvination (I am tired of the word resto), I remember looking at them and, then at the price, and then somewhere else ( :
Those Cokers are Kew-el. Maybe perfect for the FJ45......
IDave said:
I'd think as a daily driver you'd get sick of them fast. Even aired down those things are rock hard.
That's why I went with the radials, problem for me was finding a tall AND very skinny radial. Denman used to make the military directional mud tire also (picture the bar tread as a chevron pattern) but I don't think anyone is molding them right now.
Nutley has one original tire off his '70. We were talking about it the other day...I might have to offer him a few bucks for it. That would be cool to hang in the garage.
Cruiser_Nerd said:
That's something to think about. However, the FJ40 is my DD. The 45 would be for short trips and hauling duty, but mostly it is a resto project.