65-66 B body wheelwell will accommodate a little over 30" tall tire before ya start rubbing the wheel opening towards front of car. So whatever wheel diameter\tire size combo you want to run, max tire diameter is still gonna be around 30" tall.
As for wheel height specifically, I've only experience with the stock 15" x 7 and custom 15 x 8 Rally II, but....I would bet a very low profile (short sidewall) tire on a 17 or 18" rim would allow the rim width to grow to 9", due to much less tire sidewall bulge beyond the rim's width, that low profile tires usually have. Also, with a taller rim, the lower shock mount\bracket will fall INSIDE the rim's inner diameter, which may make moving it unneccessary??
For test fitting, anybody got access to a 17(or 18, 19?) x 9 rim with around 6.500" backspace and 5 x 5" bolt pattern?
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