I have 175/70R14s on my '66B wires.
You are WISE to worry about the age of the tires. I had perfectly new looking Yokohama 165-14s on my car when it came back from restoration. They only had about 1,500 miles on them when the front left tire separated between the treads when I was taking a long highway trip. When I took a close look, every tire had cracks showing between the treads. I'd never noticed, because I knew the tires were "new" to the car.
Tires only have about a 7 or 8 year shelf life before the rubber starts drying up.
Anyway, since I was on the road away from home when this happened, I didn't have too many options or time to think about what tires to put on. (I had to replace all four.) I ended up with Vredestein Quatrac2s, which I'm very happy with, handling wise. They are a little wider than what I had, but the same height.
I'm not sure I've ever seen whitewalls on wires . . .
[ 02-07-2003: Message edited by: Kim de B ]</p>