Just that old tube rims don't have as much shoulder to support the seal at the bead. My advice is to spend a lot of time and do it right. Clean up your wheels, sand blast if you can, smooth out any rough spots. A coat of quality primer, sanded and a couple of coats of premium enamel, giving them plenty of time to dry. Be sure you check the air chamber part of the wheel for any pits that may occur when removing scale rust. Limber up the sealing rubber on the tire with some sort of petroleum solvent to make it tacky. I have even applied belt dressing to the tires which helps. I like to run my front tires around 25 psi and rears 18 or less for a soft ride, but on those I'd run 35 for a 4 or 6 ply. Like others said it's a crap shoot.
If you fail and they won't hold air then get some Slime and put like a quart per tire. Gallon here is around $30 and the quart is less than the cost of a tube. I just started using it on lawn mower tires that I want to run around 5 psi for the same reason.....with old tires and it works great. That and what I told you above works for me.
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