Oops, I forgot about the E-150 really being a heavy 1/2 ton, almost a 3/4, but ot quite, meaning 8 lug wheels, and everything that goes with it…
I can promise you that would not happen in person…
Good catch Texases and CapriRacer…
Engineers did not put two ply tires on Chevies, bean counters did.
Chevy sold slightly over 2 million full size cars in 64. If two ply tires cost GM $1 less than four ply tires, that saved $10,000,000.
That was just full size Chevies.
Engineers did not switch 15 to 14 rims, stylists did.
Engineers compensated for the switch from 15 to 14 rims.
There are very, very few “classic” cars I would want to drive that would score 100 points at Pebble Beach.
Just using Chevrolet as an example, one of our family truckster was a 64 Impala wagon with a 327. Almost all domestic manufacturers did the same.
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Thank You Capri my mind was thinking E150 would be similar to a F150.
I was (gasp, sob) wrong☹️
Not in this example, but 10 years ago, on my Church’s 2000 Dodge Ram 3500 van.
It was a poor Assemblies of God chapter, still in ‘service’, but not very financially endowed. On the van were a recently installed set of off-brand P-rated tires, max inflation 35psi. I told the Pastor about it, and he said he would “look into it”. The church just needed tires they could afford, and whoever sold them tires obliged - with potentially deadly results!
Cold inflation pressures for that van were, if memory serves me, 45 or 55psi front, 80 rear.
There is no love lost between American drivers and those 2/4/10/18 black rubber things between their vehicle and the road.
Tires are seen simply as an occasional inconvenience - when one goes flat, when they all need inflation because summer changed to winter, and of course when paying for replacements.
ZERO regard is given to just how much tires influences the driveabilty and handling, and going and stopping, of everything from a kids bicycle, to Uncle’s Harley, to the family sedan or SUV, to eighteen wheeler trucks, casino coaches, and Boeing 777.
And that is how the above, regarding the Church’s van, happened.
I have refused many times to sell/install P-metric XL tires on those Sprinter vans with aftermarket custom wheels, and other like them, and I can promise you, that church van would not had P’s installed under my watch, if nothing else, I would have reduced the price of the correct LT’s and just helped the church out…
Our computer system would not let you sell the incorrect load range tire (to low) when the correct vehicle info was entered for safety and liability reasons…
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Man, I love the wedge look and always will. My Chevelle is set up similarly. The front cross member has a welded section of square tubing on the bottom just as some added insurance against bottoming out. Never needed it but it’s there in case 
The only thing left stock on that car is the body. Rear end is located using an Art Morrison-Gazan kit with 0.5 deg down angle that does not change much at all on launch. Comes to neutral at most. I have a custom set of progressive springs made to my specifications. Car had a wicked case of tire hop before all that work that was done. Loved reading your post!
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Which is why I was known as “the loose tire guy” at a local tire store. 
I bring in 4 wheels, you mount the tires I selected- no worries.
I have my reasons and I accept any liability.
The other reason- I don’t want anyone else touching my rides unless absolutely necessary.
In the last few years, I found a great tire store where they really know their stuff and do exceptional work. I have brought several vehicles to them to install new tires. Hopefully, that can continue as long as the management doesn’t screw it up
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Isn’t that management’s primary job, screw things up?
Like the old saying: “If you are not part of the solution, then you must be a part of management “.
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Would you care to share?
I can vouch for Nashua Wholesale & Tire in Nashua, NH. I stopped searching for tire places years ago after using them a few times. Great service and low prices.
Tire Warehouse in Exeter.
When I lived in MA, Nashua was within my circle of normal travel but too far now.
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Been buying tires there for decades…ever since Mike owned it. Now owned by Jashua.
If you haven’t been there in a while - they moved. About 1/2 mile from the old place. The block they were on was bought by a congolmerate that’s building a huge apartment complex.