Rear wheel and tire size for '68 long axle?

[cjargo]

'63 bug + '68 long axle with '63 drums with a 1 inch spacer.

So what is the largest tire that will sit flush, or mildly tucked with a standard 5.5 inch chrome wheel? If that's not a option, same question with a standard 4.5 chrome wheel. Thanks in advance.

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'65 Bug - '63 Bug - '74 Bus - '72 Karmann Ghia
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[Cali_Army_Guy]

Depends. What offset and back spacing are you trying to run?
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[cjargo]

[rockerarm]

Hi. I would probably guess a 165R15 tire, but the availability is not so good. You might be able to use a 195/65R15, where the availability/quality jumps greatly!
Is the engine pic in your gallery the installed engine? If so, I would suggest you check out this local LA area company that's been doing wheel work since Fred Flintstone. Here is a recent post:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=311559&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0
I have personally used them for over 30 years. Very good people. If you have a wheel made up you could even run a 215/60R15 tire. I ran a set of Pirelli CN-36's in this size on my type 3 on 914 steel wheels, where this wheel has more back spacing. Tire Rack lists 17 different tires in this size.
If this helps, I may have some different size tires on different size wheels that you could use to "mock up". But most of my wheels are 4-lug.
Hope this helps, Bill.

[cjargo]