wheel fitment on 65 valiant

the most room I have under a 8 3/4 rear end is a 8.5 wide X 27 inch tall tire and that is in my 65 barracuda but I dont have the rims to accommodate those tires I had American racing wheels custom make me some sbp rims and ran bf Goodrich street legal drag slicks that were on 14x7 inch rear rims and the tires were about 25 inches tall there was no such thing as hooking up unless you were at the track at the right day for track temp and rubber layed down ahead of you . that flair on the wheel well is very deceiving as to how much tire will go under it with out major modification. gl with your ride the main thing is HAVE FUN with it