Posted by: ianmac - 17 September 2009 21:09:19
Did the VW factory fit a particular brand of tyre in the 1950s ? I am looking to buy some new tyres for my '51, which incidently are all horendously expensive IMO:shock:

Posted by: GKL 7 - 17 September 2009 21:22:26
Ian,i think to be totally correct your car should have continental tyres(Anorak Oakley,sorry i mean Professor Oakley :lol: will probably point me out as wrong)I made extensive enquiries, when restoring my vert,for availability....They ceased production of the Continental 5.00 x 16 approx 15 years ago. I have managed to find two of these N.O.S and one with approx 1K miles on it.Could not find another two to complete the set,so i used five new Avon tourist,i think these are as good a tyre as you will find. So if anyone has two 5.00 x 16 continentals we could make up a set whether i buy or sell.

Posted by: Rich Oakley - 18 September 2009 11:07:25
[quote='50 Karmann]Ian,i think to be totally correct your car should have continental tyres(Anorak Oakley,sorry i mean Professor Oakley :lol: will probably point me out as wrong)I made extensive enquiries, when restoring my vert,for availability....They ceased production of the Continental 5.00 x 16 approx 15 years ago. I have managed to find two of these N.O.S and one with approx 1K miles on it.Could not find another two to complete the set,so i used five new Avon tourist,i think these are as good a tyre as you will find. So if anyone has two 5.00 x 16 continentals we could make up a set whether i buy or sell. [/quote] Yep, Continentals in the early 50s. Avon Tourists look good though.

Posted by: Sunroof53 - 18 September 2009 16:42:51
longstone tyres https://www.longstonetyres.co.uk/ do a nice firestone 5.60x15 and if your really desparate Camac also do one.I have Camacs on mine and have seen them on many ovals at shows,but they are an awful tyre by popular opinion and would not recommend if you are using the car regularly .

Posted by: pre67vw - 18 September 2009 16:46:22
[quote=Sunroof53]longstone tyres https://www.longstonetyres.co.uk/ do a nice firestone 5.60x15 and if your really desparate Camac also do one.I have Camacs on mine and have seen them on many ovals at shows,but they are an awful tyre by popular opinion and would not recommend if you are using the car regularly .[/quote] a '51 should have 16" tyres, but I guess for every day use you could easily run 15's

Posted by: Sunroof53 - 18 September 2009 16:50:17
[quote=pre67vw] a '51 should have 16" tyres, but I guess for every day use you could easily run 15's[/quote] :oops: :oops:

Posted by: GKL 7 - 18 September 2009 17:04:44
[quote=pre67vw] a '51 should have 16" tyres, but I guess for every day use you could easily run 15's[/quote] [-x

Posted by: pre67vw - 18 September 2009 17:06:31
[quote='50 Karmann] [-x [/quote] What's that for? :roll:

Posted by: GKL 7 - 18 September 2009 17:08:43
You shouldn't even suggest it:lol:

Posted by: 48REME - 18 September 2009 19:08:16
[quote=Rich Oakley] Yep, Continentals in the early 50s. Avon Tourists look good though.[/quote] When I had my 48, I got BF Goodrich which I almost prefered to Avons because they are almost narrower in profile than the Avons. There's nothing nicer than a Split sitting high on wide but narrow tyres to emphasise that vintage aspect.