17" Mb Wheels On A 65 Stang?

I believe that will work. I plan on doing the same thing with American Racing Torq Thrust Ms. You may want to go with 17x7 in the front, just to ensure you will have no clearance problems. You may have to roll the fenders if you go too big. If you haven't seen it yet, take a look at dodgestang's compilation of wheel and tire combos: http://www.dodgestang.com/Tire Fitment Guide 65-6.pdf
It should have all that stuff you are looking for. Backspace, wheel and tire sizes, suspension setups and whether you will have to roll the fenders.

It shows some with 4.5 BS but they are on the rear. And since it even shows up to 5.75 BS, I don't imagine you will have any trouble with those wheels in the rear. The only problem I can see is the potential to be really close to the spring in the front (i believe 17s are big enough to be out of the way of the control arms). If you have the UCA Shelby drop, it will be even worse, but would make your outer fender clearance better. When I do mine, if I run into fender clearance issues, I plan to do the drop so that the tires will lean in around curves instead of out. That should be enough to fix that problem.

But I do see some 17x8s with some pretty thick backspacing on there and with the shelby mod. If those can clear the spring, you should be ok.

I talked to a wheel knowledged guy at Summit Racing here and he told me as long as I don't go any wider than 8s, I shouldn't have much trouble. But he did recommend putting 7s in the front. Just in case.

I have a buddy that used to have some sweet rims on his 64.5 back in highschool. I'll ask him tomorrow what he used to have on it. He used to drag it, but it was also his daily driver (until someone nailed his rear quarter). I'm thinking they were 16 inchers, though. So, not sure how much help that will be.

If you do get 8s all around before I get my rims, I would love to know how it works and if you run into any problems. Like you, I've been looking for awhile but still haven't made the final decision.

Post up some pictures when you get them installed, we love pictures around here.

I am running Intro 17 X 8s and 4.5 BS with 235/45s all around. No problems at all. I have the Granada disks up front and drums in back.

It can be alignment issues that have one side sitting different than the other. I am in the same boat as I have a 65 FB with 1" lower all round with the arning drop and need to get wheels n tires soon. But, I will not roll the rear lips, I just spent all winter getting everything squared away and painted.

Also I am going with 7" wide up front because I have manual steering and the wife likes to drive.

Are the 9.5s going to fit in the rear with no rubbing issues?