72 spoke MGC wire wheels on an MGB with slightly lower profile tires works well, looks sharp too.
Just don't go to overboard with the lower profile tires, if you get the tire width to wide, you will have problems with sidewall flex that will make the car handle like it has a flat tire. It cost me $400 to learn that once...
Get the size and profile right and you can have stiffer sidewalls and wider tred than with standard wire wheels without having to give up the wires.