Wheels and tires question- trying to avoid buying 16.5" tires

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Wheels and tires question- trying to avoid buying 16.5" tires

MagooInFL
my 1985 F250 has a goofy front tire size (16.5) and goofy rim size that I am trying to change off of.

The bolt pattern is 16" x 6", 8 Lug, 6.5" Bolt Pattern

What I am trying to find out is what vehicles in the junk yard will have these bolt patterns that I can get the rims off of and switch to a normal sized tires.

Does that make sense?
My current collection consists of nine projects in various stages:
1986 F350 6.9 4x4 C6 regular cab long bed - I bought this from the ORIGINAL OWNER!
1986 F350 6.9 4x4 C6 regular cab with a Knapheide Service Bed
1985 F250 6.9 4x4 C6 regular cab dually with a steel flatbed with a gooseneck hitch in the bed
1987 F350 7.3 4x2 E4OD regular cab dually 10ft wooden flatbed.
1981 Mercedes Benz 300D with OM617 Diesel - my current daily driver
195? Willys CJ3B - my future project - Not sure what I am going to do with this.
1985 Mercedes Benz 300TD diesel station wagon - had plans to pull the motor for a Jeep build or something.
1975 GMC C20 with big block 350 - bought this for the motor - not sure what I am going to do with it.
1978 Mercedes Benz w116 with OM617 diesel - bought this to chop the body up and make it look like the bat mobile  - this project is on the way back burner.  
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Re: Wheels and tires question- trying to avoid buying 16.5" tires

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Most any 3/4 or 1 ton Ford through ‘96 and vans a few years later used that bolt circle. Other makes used it too but the Ford’s are most likely to have the right offset, and will have the pilot hole large enough for the full floating rear axle hub of the Sterling 10.25” axle. Some of the older ones were 16.5, but many were 16” back to the split rim days.
SHORT BED 4-DOOR DIESEL: 1986 F350 4x4 under construction-- 7.3 IDIT ZF5+GVOD

STRAIGHT SIX 4X4: 1981 F150 2wd to 4x4-- 300 I6 close ratio diesel T19, hydroboost brakes, Saginaw steering

BIG F: 1995 F-Superduty under construction— converting to 6.9L IDI diesel ZF5+DNE2